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I am currently fermenting my first saison. First, some info about the recipe. It is the Northern Brewer extract kit, and I am using the Wyeast 3726 private collection Farmhouse Ale. After reading Brewing Classic Styles, I decided to start fermentation at 68 and slowly move up to 82 over the...

I brewed an extract Russian Imperial Stout that I would like to enter in some competitions mostly just for feedback. The question I have, is will you be penalized for not meeting the "vital statistics"? Under the BJCP guidelines, it says that the beer should have an ABV of 8-12% and mine is only...

I just got done brewing NB's extract Winter Warmer. I want to add some holiday type of spice to the beer, so I was thinking of going with a 0.5 ounce pack of mulling spices. I have only seen them used in the end of the boil though, so I'm not sure if they will add much flavor when used in the...

2 weeks ago I brewed Northern Brewer's Imperial Stout extract kit. I ended up with a little extra volume (about 5.5 gallons total) and OG was 1.083. I pitched at 70 degrees, and put the bucket in my temp-controlled fermentation fridge set at 68 degrees. Now, one thing that I kinda screwed up...

I bottled my third batch last night, and I am planning on brewing my 4th batch tonight. I mixed up 5 gallons of star san in a big rubber made container, but forgot to cover it before going to sleep. It is still cloudy, and foams up when I stir it around. Should I use it, or should I chuck it?

I brewed an IPA extract kit from Northern Brewer. I followed the steps exactly, but I did add a little extra hops (I dry hopped with a half ounce of Cascade which wasn't in the recipe.) I hit the target OG exactly (1.064) and it after 2 weeks it was holding steady at 1.015, so I racked to...

So I just bought a 32 quart pot and did my first full boil extract kit. It's a belgain wheat kit from my LHBS that uses two cans of LME. I started with a little over 6 gallons of water, and I think I made the mistake of covering the pot with aluminum foil, because I ended up with just about 6...

So, I am getting sick of doing partial boils on my stove top in my crappy walmart lobster pot. A friend let me borrow an aluminum 10 gallon turkey fryer pot, but I have found that it is very thin and the bottom is warped. It took for ever to boil 7 gallons of water. I stopped at a local...

I brewed the IPA extract kit from Northern Brewer about 10 days ago. The kit says that the OG should be 1.064, which I hit exactly. Unfortunately, the kit doesn't say what the FG should be. The bubbles in the blow-off slowed way down on Saturday so I took a reading just to see where it was. It...

My mom is cleaning out her basement and offered me a 1940's refrigerator for free as long as I hauled it out. It is now in my kitchen. Here are some pictures. It definitely needs a good cleaning. It works great (it will actually freeze water bottles if you turn it down too far) and it...

So, I have done 2 extract batches on my stove using a crappy 4 gallon lobster pot from Wal-mart. I have 3 sanke kegs sitting in my shed that were given to me. I am planning to build an all grain sculpture at some point with those kegs, but I don't see it happening for at least another year. I...

So, I brewed my second batch on Sunday, and it started bubbling away within 12 hours. It's the IPA kit from Northern Brewer. Anyway, I have been watching the temperature of the bucket very closely, as I want to try to keep a steady temperature. Yesterday morning the bucket was in my hallway that...

I was just wondering how this is accomplished. I googled around didn't find much info. Magic Hat #9 has a very dry mouth feel that I haven't really experienced in other beers.

First of all, hello, and thank you! I have been reading a lot on here in the past couple of weeks and you guys provide a huge wealth of information. I brewed my first and only batch about 2 years ago, and it didn't come out too great, although I know what I did wrong. It was a simple kit beer...