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Hey y'all. I just got my water report from Ward Labs. I don't know much about water chemistry. I did some reading on it a year ago, but it didn't really sink in since I had no way of knowing what was in my water. Now that I have a report I plan to do some reading, but I wanted to post my results...

I was at the LHBS yesterday with the intent of buying the ingredients to make a milk stout. Then I saw they had amarillo and simcoe hops in stock! So I called an audible on the line and decided to make an IPA instead. I hadn't picked out a recipe or anything, so I kind of winged it on the fly...

Take a look at this American Pale Ale recipe and tell me what you think. I'm going for something with a little toasty malt character with a touch of sweetness and a heavy citrous flavor and aroma without being too bitter. OG: 1.052 FG: 1.013 (ABV 5.11%) IBU: 40 Color: 7.9 SRM Batch size...

I brewed my first lager 10 days ago. I had done my research and thought I had the process down pretty well. My plan was to let it ferment for a week or until I saw the krausen start to fall and then I was going to raise the temp for a diacetyl rest. Keep it at 65 F for two days, transfer into...

I brewed my first lager 10 days ago. I had done my research and thought I had the process down pretty well. My plan was to let it ferment for a week or until I saw the krausen start to fall and then I was going to raise the temp for a diacetyl rest. Keep it at 65 F for two days, transfer into...

I live in Texas, so it's typically 100 degrees outside when I brew and my ground water is probably 85 degrees. So when I drop my immersion chiller in there the best I can hope for is to get it down to 95 degrees or so. I just moved from brewing in my kitchen to brewing out in the garage. My...

So I went to the LHBS yesterday to get the ingredients for a brew day tomorrow. I'm still trying to learn how different ingredients taste, so I wanted to do an IPA with a basic grain profile and a single hop, which I had chosen to be Centennial. Well, they were almost out of Centennial hops...

Hey y'all. I've been doing extract batches for 2 or 3 years and I'm planning on doing my first all grain brew day next week. I've been reading up on all the great advice here, but I'm a bit confused on something. I plan on doing a mash at 153 F and then a single batch sparge. But I'm not sure...

I currently have a Black IPA fermenting. This weekend I transferred it into secondary after sitting in primary for 13 days at a steady temperature of 65 F. I took a sip of it before I dry hopped it and it had a really bitter taste. Is it possible the yeast will clean this up by the time I'm...

Yesterday I found a huge puddle of water on the floor where I store my beer equipment. At first I thought my refrigerator had died and was defrosting, but then I realized it was leaking out of the bucket where I was storing a couple gallons of Star San. :mad: After cleaning up the mess I leak...

I'm planning on brewing a Black IPA this weekend with an OG of 1.075. I've never done a beer with this high of an OG before so for the first time I figured I would need a yeast starter. I mixed it up okay but kind of overestimated how much I would boil off in the pot. I was shooting for 1.5...