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Let me start by saying my efficiency usually sucks!! I hover around 60% normally, this last batch I compensated. I wanted to do a nice easy drinking spotted cow clone that finished close to 5% abv with an SG of close to 1.044 and finish around 1.008. However I ended up with an SG of 1.055 and...

I am brewing an Imperial Stout and just noticed that the White Labs yeast has an expiration date of 7/18/11. I have some Safale 05 and some 04 on hand. Would I be better off ditching the White Labs or will it be ok?

Whats some of your favorite Brewing Apps for iPod, iPad, Android? Besides homebrewtalk mobile of course! I just downloaded the iBrewmaster for iPad, it has all the recipes from Northernbrewer and many more, also let's you create recipies and lets users share recipies with other users, very...

I brewed this up a couple months ago & it came out so well I thought I'd share it. I'm a big fan of Bell's Hopslam and their Two Hearted ale so I thought I'd come up with a cross between the two combining by favorite characteristics of each one, I call it Four Hearted Hopslam. 2row-14lbs...

It's a wonderful day for a brew, I have 5 kits in my brew room, 2 American Wheats, a speckled hefer, a dead ringer(two hearted ale) and a black ipa. Definately gonna brew today, just don't know which one.... Who else is gonna brew today and what you brewin?

I just made the jump to all grain brewing from extract. I brewed a kit from Brewers Best that I really enjoyed and want to convert it to an all grain recipe but am not quite sure how to do it and am looking for some help. The recipe is as follows. American Amber 3.3 lbs Amber LME 3 lbs...

I buy mainly kits for my brewing, some I have liked, some that are very lacking in body and/or flavor for the price. Which ones are your favorites, and which one have you not liked or had to add many "extras" to in order to get a good beer. My Favs....Brewer's Best Falconare's Flight...