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So I'm sitting here drinking some Caribou Slobber that I made from a Northern Brewer extract kit that I did "all wrong". It's honestly quite good - very good according to my critic friends. This is the second extract kit that I've gotten on a "buy this stuff" and "get this stuff free" deal. I...

So I brewed my first lager an all grain Octoberfest from NB. OG 1.059. Pitched 4 packs of yeast in leu of a starter. Should have been about 320M cells based on production date. As I would expect fermentation has been slow to show signs. Today I have what I hope is krausen forming, but I'm a...

Hi friends, I finally picked up a chest freezer and temp controller so I will now have an opportunity to have the temperature control to make my first lager. I've considered many recipes and spent hours searching this forum, but I still haven't landed on exactly what I have in mind. The...

I could really use some suggestions. I'm having a very frustrating problem hanging on to my CO2. :confused: A few months ago, I "upgraded" to a double body regulator so I could run 2 different pressures across my 3 kegs (2 at serving pressure, 1 at what ever is needed to get it carbed up)...

So I've created an interesting dilemma for myself. :( I'm brewing a stout kit this weekend and so I made a starter with a vial of White Labs British Ale yeast. I had a bad feeling about it's viability since it got trapped in FedEx purgatory over Memorial Day weekend and it's been hotter than...

http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10007962.html?tag=newsletter&tag=nl.e434 Neat article from cnet. Enjoy! :mug:

First, I'm relaxed, and I've got a home brew. :mug: OK, so I've chosen my 3rd kit and ordered and received my Northern Brewer Black IPA kit, but I'm hoping you guys can clarify a couple of points for me - Brewing this Saturday afternoon. Let me start with I chose the liquid option and I got...

Hi all, true beginner here. I'm on my second batch and I was finally ready to put it in the keg last night when something very unexpected happened! Let me start be describing what I've got. I did a very basic Red Ale kit from Williams Brewing. Goal was to get something done quicker than the...