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I brewed up a smash ipa yesterday using only marris otter and simcoe. I boiled off more than expected now my beer will be a little stronger and more bitter than expected. Has it become more of an imperial ipa? Ingredients used: 4.5kg(10lb)Marris Otter mashed at 67oC(152oF) 25g(1oz) Simcoe...

I will be moving soon and this will stop me brewing for a while so planning on brewing a large batch of something special so i want to make a fairly hoppy IPA. Inspiration will be taken from the Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA so i'd appreciate some help with this. This is not intended to be a...

Unfortunately i have no tasty homebrew prepared for my mates party this weekend but i was considering filling a corny with about 40 cans of some basic lager just for the fun of it. Can this be done easily or will my corny overflow with foam as i open each can and pour into the corny? The keg...

Planning on a holiday, flying to and driving around cali and vegas this coming September. This is the planned route I would love to include the Sierra Nevada Brewery but it's too far north off our route. How about the Stone Brewery in San Diego? Any other Suggestions? Don't know many Cali...

An interesting article from the BBC "...the approach works by removing riboflavin, or vitamin B2, which causes changes to beer's flavour when exposed to light passing through the bottle..." BBC NEWS | Technology | Molecular trap makes fresher beer I wonder if this also ties in with...

I am splitting a batch into containers of different kinds of fruit. I haven't got enough airlocks for these, even if the airlocks fitted. Can i simply cover the lids well with sanitized kitchen foil like i would a starter?

My friend is bringing me back a 6 pack of sierra nevada torpedo ipa from california and im wondering how much they cost these days? i remember when i lived in the states it was around $8 for a 6 pack of craft beer. Anybody know if the torpedo extra ipa is any good? i just love SN and cant get...

This brewday isn't going well so far. took forever to sparge, took forever to get to a boil because my electric element has stopped working so im boiling with gas from a tank that i thought had run out in winter but miraculously has some left now. lets hope it lasts for those important 60...

I'm just wondering how much wort a micobrewery boils at one time and how the hell they do it? all electric? I've only ever boiled as much as 6 gallons before.

I haven't brewed in almost 5 months and my supply is LOW. Over Christmas i kegged a really bland hefe and bottled an awesome pale and stout which were all done for a friend so i didn't even get to enjoy them. So i think i'll dump the hefe and make room for Orfy's hobgoblin clone since me and...

Oz and James Drink to Britain was played on Tuesday night and is Top Gear's James May and another fella touring around britain and learning all about british beer and how it's made. It's funny and very interesting and you can watch it on BBC Iplayer until some time in March 09: BBC iPlayer -...

so i brewed an oktoberfest back in march and traditionally lagered it all over the summer months. This was my first kegging attempt which was very successful, i never want to bottle again, but when i brought it round to my mates poker night it was so popular that the 5 of us drained it in no...

so my mates from my abroad college in oregon are visiting me in Ireland and i want to take this opportunity for them to bring some good american craft brew with them. So far the ones i remember and loved are: Rogue Shakespeare stout full sail amber(pale?) ale ropewalk amber ale alaskan...

I have about 2oz of 1 year old opened perle, and 4 oz fresh centennial to make a nice american ipa with. I was wondering if i can save the centennial for more of the flavour and aroma and use the old perle for bittering? The perle hops (about 2oz @ 7%AA) were opened one year ago, sealed back up...

up here in northern ireland the climate is too wet and never sunny enough for growing hops but if i could i definitely would. I dont understand why more people wouldnt try especially with the price at the minute. id have some cascade, ekg and something noble maybe. is it a high mainetenance job?

ive always used a spirit thermometer to measure my mash temperatures but when i dropped it once it got a bubble so i bought a digital. now the buuble in the old one is gone and is ready my cuurent mash at 71oC which is too high and the new digital one says its at 61oC way too low. so i test...

me and two of my mates are heading to the states for a while march and probably travelling down the west coast. Maybe i could bring some of my brews over and do a swap with someone? i never get the chance to do that at home.

today at my work lunch i went down to the christmas continental fair in belfast where they had lots of continental european food and a franziskaner tent with loads of german beers from oktoberfests to hefes, pilsners to all sorts of great winter beers. i had a smoked wheat which was ok. came...

Im wanted to brew a lager this weekend, maybe tommorow if i make a starter today. however i just tested my fridge and the highest temperature that it kept my test glass of water was 7oC or 44oF which is too cold for primary lager fermentation. However temperatures outside this coming week...

that guy was locked out for being 20 and assumed underage? what if hes not from the USA and of age in his own country? did you check his IP location?