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I've brewed a lot of beer but this is my first cider adventure. I'm not sure how I decided on it (most likely because I make everything unnecessarily complex), but I started with 5 pounds of store bought apple juice and 2 lbs brown sugar, and Safale s-04. My OG was around 1.065. After about...

I don't really consider myself a beginner (I am compared to some of you guys), but I thought this was just the best place to post this. I just brewed a ginger beer (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f76/ginger-ale-3rd-place-2009-hbt-bjcp-comp-141080/). I put it in my ~58-60 deg basement for...

I just tried my third version of peanut butter stout. Over the last 6 months I've attempted to brew a stout with a good, strong peanut butter flavor, and I started my last batch about 2 months ago. It may (hopefully) still get a bit better with age, but it's already fantastic. I read a ton of...

A quick search turned up a number of posts on the topic, but I thought I'd share my experience instead of reviving an old thread. I recently split a batch in two and fermented half with Notty and half with US-05. The OG was 1.050. Both fermented fairly vigorously for a relatively low-gravity...

I recently brewed a simcoe IPA. It's been in the bottle 6 weeks and is pretty good. It's got a good hop-malt balance and pretty much the level of bitterness that I desired, but really not a ton of hop flavor and very little aroma. I didn't want anything crazy hoppy and just pieced together a...

I brewed this stout from Midwest (extract with steeping grains: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/irish-stout.html ) about a year ago, and recently found a handful in the back of my stash. In short, I either didn't fully appreciate it at the time or it's gotten that much better with significant...

I'm looking for a recipe for a really good nut brown ale. I'm usually disappointed by the lack of "nuttiness," or caramel flavoring, or toasted malt, or however you want to describe what makes a nut brown a nut brown, in commercial brews. With the only good thing about fall and winter too...

I'm relatively new but I've brewed 4 batches now, all extract, which have turned out pretty well so far. I recently tried a sour stout (Madrugada Obscura by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales) that made me really want to try to brew a sour beer. I apologize in advance for my inexperience, but is there...

First of all, I have to do the obligatory "this is my first post, but I've been reading this forum for a while and it's awesome." And that's true, of course. A buddy and I brewed a couple kits together, as we'd each bought our own equipment starter kits. We had brewed one beer successfully...