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I had quite an interesting experience with my 2L Erlenmeyer flask today. I was brining 1250mL water to boil for some yeast washing later today. I used my gas stovetop as usual. But I noticed the water acting funny this time around. Instead of coming up to a rolling boil, I saw single...

After having Asheville Brewing Co's Fire Escape Jalepeno Pale Ale, I decided to take my try at a pepper beer. Then my friend told me about this jalepeno peach pie he had somewhere, and I thought that might go well together in a wheat beer! I have some Anaheim's growing in the garden out back...

So I brewed a pumpkin ale back in September. I bottled it back on October 7 (almost 4 weeks ago). here's the summary of that. http://charlottesvillehomebrew.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/back-to-the-basics-with-bottling-pumpkin-ale-2012/ The issue is that the beer is still pouring flat. I...

I brewed a Milk Stout 10 days ago with an OG of 1.057 (preboil 1.045). It fermented well for only about 24 hours before dropping off. After 1 week I tested the SG and it was only at 1.030. I went to my LHBS and it was suggested that I added a yeast starter to try and get it going again. So...

Does anyone out there have a good pumpkin wheat ale recipe that DOESN'T use pumpkin? From what I've read out there, the actual pumpkin yields little flavor to the beer and can be a pain to work with having to cook it and everything. But I'm afraid to take a recipe that uses pumpkin along with...

Its that time of year, starting to think about brewing my october beer, and Im going to try out a pumpkin ale. I haven't done one before and wanted to see what people thought about the use of pumpkin juice as an ingredient. I recently got a fancy juicer for everyday use and thought it...