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So I had a thermapen before I decided to take up brewing. As you all know, it's an awesome thermometer which gives quick and accurate readings. Naturally it is my go to for mash temperature readings, but I've been having a lot of trouble using it for this, so I wanted to get some other takes...

This might be a silly question, but I'm trying to pinpoint what makes belgian beers taste belgian-y. Lately I've been trying a lot of them, and find them to be quite delicious, but very different from any non-belgian style I've tried, and from the strong ales to tripels to quads, they all have...

I only have 3 brews under my belt so far, but using DeathBrewer's stovetop all grain brewing method using the bag, brew day has gone very smoothly (thanks DB!). I still do sparging as his does by heating the sparge water in a second pot and after draining the first runnings, I dunk the...

I'm curious.. what is the minimum number of OG points you can actually taste? For example, all things being the same (hops, etc), how much difference in final taste would hitting 1.057 instead of 1.053 make? Barely noticeable, or pretty significant?

I tried to make my first starter Thursday night. I used the mrmalty calculator to determine that I needed a 3 liter starter with intermittent shaking. I used a gallon milk jug (cleaned and sanitized), but I didn't have any aluminum foil, so I used a coffee filter with a rubber band, figuring...