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Being a brewer, you are part mad scientist, engineer, and plumber. So when our coffee maker fried it's circuit board, I decided to do exploratory surgery to see what I could use. I quickly realized that it already contains (relatively) easily cleaned liquid pumps that can handle near boiling...

Ok, time to admit defeat and ask for help... I've been trying to identify the technique, hop, and malt that gives New Belgium Fat Tire its distinctive taste, but i've been having trouble putting my finger on it. Recently, NB Shift pale lager came out, and it shares the mysterious flavor i'm...

Doing an over-hopped Helles/German Pils cross (miscalculated IBUs...wups). OG was 1.050. Plan was to pitch @68F and hold until fermentation started. Unfortunately, I was not able to cool down to 55F until full high krausen (ferm going for a full day and a half @68). Slowly lowered the temp...

Yesterday, had a homebrew buddy over, and we did similar batches with two different techniques simultaneously. I did an enhanced double decoction, while my friend did an infusion/temp step mash. Both batches used identical brewing water, adjusted for PH, and used a conversion rest at 152F. I...

Howdy Y'all! Just joined, but I've been using this forum since I started brewing 2 years ago. Between this forum and Noonan's "New Brewing Lager Beer' I (hopefully) have come a long way in that time. Anyway, thought I'd post my version of North Coast Brewery's Srimshaw Pilsner. I couldn't...