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Looking for two things in this post. #1) Standard recipe critique. #2)I would like to know if I run the following recipe and then run another 8 gallons for a second 5 gallon batch through the grains what kind of OG am I looking at? I figure if I'm going to invest all this money in...

I've been brewing the same "house IPA" if you will for a few years. I love it and it recently won a bronze medal in a local competition, but its time for new things. The grain bill is very similar to the existing brew but the hop schedule is all new. Below is something I developed based on...

I've used this grain bill several times with one variation. Usually it is 8oz of 80L. I just want to use up the 3oz of 40L I have laying around. I use the bill to showcase various hops that I've never used before. I've never used the mosaic hops before and am primarily looking for comments...

The following is how my brew stand has evolved since I started AG two summers ago. The first thing I did was use the terraces in back yard for a 3 tier system. At the time I had a SQ-14 Bayou Classic where I heated the strike water drained to my Coleman Extreme 54 qt mash tun then to a...

Farmhouse had a sale on hops and I picked up 4oz of Zythos for under $4 and threw this together with what was in the pantry. After two weeks in the bottle its still a bit green but quite drinkinable even now. Thought I would share for anyone considering this hop blend. Ingredients...

I wanted a bench capper but didn't like what I was seeing with all the plastic on modern ones and went to look for old solid metal one. I found this on eBay for $20 with the shipping. I don't know how old it is but I googled the patent number and it was issued on July 4, 1922. Here are some...

They are calling for 60s this weekend (in Missouri) and I'm off Sunday and Monday. I just bottled 10 gallons this past Monday and another batch is waiting on a keg to blow so my pipeline is basically empty. I just need to decide between German pils Wheat stout or Bourbon vanilla porter I...

Picked up some Zythos blend hops and was looking to make a Pale Ale to showcase them with what I have in my inventory. I have some Chinook in the freezer so I was going to use that to bitter and Zythos for aroma and dry hop. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks. Recipe Specifications...

I've searched for this but have yet to find a good thread on it. I'm looking for a do's and dont's thread. Does anyone know of a thread that walks you through everything you need to know about adding a pump to your system. Most of what I have found is rig specific and I'm looking for more...

So in another thread someone asked me to post more about this. I've been putting this together in the basement this winter and have yet to use it, but looking forward to it. My goal was to make a cheap brewstand with as much equipment as possible I already had. I work at a paint store and it...

I am very seriously considering trying to grow some hops this year. I am just curious if anyone from Stl would mind sharing there experiences who have already done this. I'm primarily curious what kinds people are having success with in the bi-polar weather we have here.

I had some old yeast so I made my first starter last week and then I got sick (real sick not NYE sick) and was not able brew over the weekend as planned. The half gallon starter I made is currently in the fridge. I would like to brew this weekend. What process do I take to kick start this and...

So I went downstairs to pull a beer of the first keg ever nothing. The tank is empty and no pressure in the keg. I assume the leak is in the keg because I pulled a glass off after a little less than a week and now there is not left over pressure in the keg. I don't know what to do with the beer...

I've searched and I know there are some people doing this but I have some specific questions. Currently I have a Keggle/Turkey fryer set up with a cooler MLT in the back yard which is ideal for me in the spring and fall. Summer time however work is busy as crap so by the time I get home its...

And here is another Keezer conversion. I wanted to post this because I only found one other conversion of this specific freezer. I picked this up off of craigs list for a cool $100. It will easily hold 8 cornies on the floor with room for two more on the hump. I have not tried to fit my 20lb...

Who needs fancy welding and pumps when you have gravity and a couple terraces already in your back yard.

Steeping Grains (25min) .5 lb German Pilsner Malt .5 lb Red Wheat 7 lbs Wheat LME 1.0 oz Hallertau (60min) Added to secondary (3 lbs) 3x 12 oz bags of mixed frozen berries (straw, raz, blue, black berries) 1x 12 oz bag of frozen rasberries This beer was a request from the...

I had this idea to make one of these and searched and didn't really find a ton of stuff about it. I'm looking to make something that looks dark and heavy but when you drink it, it is light and refreshing with that nice wit spice. I was thinking of taking a pretty standard wit recipe and adding...

I was in Pidgeon Forge, TN last week and picked some of this up at the grocery store and really enjoyed this as well as the IPA. When I went back the next day they were completely out so all I had of this was one six pack of this. I dont have any left to compare it to and I'm still pretty new...

I am going to be in the smoky mountains on vacation next week with the little lady. Anyone from the region have any suggestions on local breweries or beer related activities we can do in the area? Especially since they are calling for rain next week, not that they know what they are talking...