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Wow been a while since I have posted, it has been a wonderful first year of brewing. Have made some crotch grabbingly delicious beers...beyond what I thought I was going to be able to make, it depresses me going out to drink cause I pay 3-5 bucks for a pint of inferior beer -sigh- but alas I...

Hey all, so I am about to do my first AG batch. I brewed a 10gal batch on national homebrew day with the help of my neighbor, he pretty much just hung out and made sure I didn't screw up, I couldn't have asked for a better beer, it came out great. So today I am going to do a 10 gal batch and...

Ok so I got really really lucky. I am planning on making my AG set-up and I was asking around work and I found 3 guys who had empty kegs so score....I think. I have a set of carbide high speed bits so I was trying to see if I could drill a hole for the plumbing to come out and low an behold the...

I took an AG class yesterday at my HBS, it was an absolute blast. Firstly it simplified AG, I was way overthinking it and thought it was much more complex. I have read several articles on it, but reading doesn't compare to seeing/doing. The instructor was totally cool, way laid back and he...

I brewed my first hefe saturday night. The recipe came from my LHBS. 7 pounds Briess wheat-barley malt extract 1 pound Gambrius Honey malt 25L 1oz Hallertauer-60min boil Wyeast #3068 Wheinstephen Wheat The owner of the HBS told me that I could ferment it a little higher and get some...

Home brewing is a new hobby for me, but I am completely hooked. I love making beer just as much as I love drinking it. I made my 5th batch lastnight, my first batch was made march 4th. Now I want to look into trying all-grain brewing. I have looked at mash and lauter tun kits on ebay and they...

I am wondering, does a colder temperature of a lager throw off my reading on my hydrometer? I know that 60f is when the hydrometer reads accurately but for every 10 degrees f I should adjust .002-.003...does that apply to both 10 degrees above and below 60f?

2 weeks ago I started an oktoberfest brew. The primary fermenting seemed to go well, I started it around 4pm and made sure to wake up in the middle of the night to make sure that I got it into the garage as soon as I noticed the fermentation begining. I put my carboy in a fridge that was/is not...

So I started an oktoberfest beer yesterday, I'm making a Spaten clone with a couple substitutions, but to the point. I stuck a thermometer in a spair not plugged in fridge yesterday and it was a perfect temp of 55 right now the temp is at 63ish and it wasn't a hot day by any means, I'm not sure...

Hey, so I think I may have made a mistake. I bottled my first batch on tuesday and I forgot to boil the sugar in water for 5 mins...in fact I didn't dilute the sugar in any water I dumped it into the bottling bucket and then siphoned the beer into the bucket. I made my 2nd batch last night...

Ok so I am almost done brewing my 2nd batch. I am making an IPA this time and I was looking over the recipe sheet and is says to use 1-4tsp of Irish moss. I have no idea what irish moss is and the the lady at the home brew shop didn't mention anything about it when she was helping me get all my...

Hi! Lastnight was the first time I have attempted brewing. I browsed this site last night but didn't get a chance to register. Look forward to learning what knowledge is out there and hopefully brew a drinkable beer. Yesterday afternoon I started the process by sanitizing my equipment...