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Hey folks, I have a day off to brew and was thinking about working with what little ingredients I have around. For Christmas I got about 10oz of fresh, organic Hallertau buds and I was thinking about brewing up something to showcase their profile. My thoughts were either a SMASH, or to...

Hey gang, I've busted up the following for a brew day tomorrow - hoping for a nice IPA. 8lbs 2-row 1.2lbs Crystal 60 0.5lbs Crystal 20 I have some really nice flaked rye here and I was thinking about using 1-1.5lbs as my grain bill is currently a bit light (ran out) and I would like to...

Hey folks, I'm am already anticipating a hefty wave of 'no', but I wonder if one could use a clean (new) metal/galvanized trash can as a boil kettle. I've heard a little bit about the risk of zinc, but I believe that you'd need to get the temps pretty high to start having issues, and I...

Hi all, A little over a month ago I brewed up a mini batch of cider, using a grocery-store (but nice quality), fresh-pressed cider. I made 2 gallons, and to this I added 4 cups of brown sugar (boiled some with a small bit of cider to clean it up). I pitched lavlin's EC-1118 champagne, and...

Hey gang, This weekend I brewed up a wheat beer, loosely based on a clone of Unibroue's Blanche de Chambly. I had a little over 6lbs of fermentables for a 3gal batch, and my OG came in at 1.044 (a little low, but exactly in the range I was expecting). For yeast I was slightly unprepared, and...

I was grinding up some grains for a brew I've got planned for the weekend, and I had to take a moment to charge the battery on my drill (happens about once every two pounds). I figured I'd snap some photos and share them with you good folks who are in need of a chuckle. The rig: - One crummy...

Hey all, I was at a local grocer the other day (really, it's more of a convenience store) and noted that they had an interesting selection of Caribbean food products. Always on the lookout for cheap versions of homebrew products, I noticed that they had both Irish moss and Islinglass, both at...

Howdy folks, Last night I brewed up a 5gal batch of a winter ale, based off of a clone of Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome. I went like so: 11.5lb Canadian 2-row (about half was 10min toasted - biscuity) 0.75lb Crystal 60-80L (home roasted from the 2-row) 0.6lb Crystal 20L (also home...

Last night I brewed up a Winter-Warmer with the hopes that I could have it ready (or close) by xmas. My recipe was based heavily off of a clone I saw for Sam Smith's Winter Welcome: - 11.5lb Canadian 2-row (about half of which I toasted for 10 mins to give a light bicuity taste) - 12 oz of...

Hello all, I have got a batch of Wayne1's 'Vail Pale Ale' stewing away in my basement. Rather than rack to a secondary, I've decided to go 'pure' and let the beer sit in primary for 3-4. The problem is, I pulled up quite a bit of hop (flowers/leaves) when siphoning (it was my first batch...

hello all, well, that I've caught the bug is now a confirmed fact -brewed up my fourth all-grain batch on Friday using up the last of my grains. The beer: a dark oatmeal stout with a meagre attempt to approximate McAuslan's Oatmeal Stout. I had found an ancient recipe online calling for 50%...

Hey gang, I had a bit of extra grain kicking around including a pound of rye malt. I haven't yet tried a rye beer, so I figured that I'd give it a shot with a little 3gal tester-batch. I trolled the net for various rye recipes and put this one together based off of a simple "rye-P.A."...

Good morning all, it's a cloudy day here in TO and the girlfriend won't be home til late so: time to brew! I will be getting started on my second ever all-grain batch and am hoping to do a nutbrown. I wanted to go off of this recipe: 8 lbs. American 2-row info 1 lbs. Crystal Malt 60°L 8 oz...

Hi all, I'm getting the itch to start up my next batch and have pretty much everything I need but some yeast. While I can track down some better quality stuff here in Toronto, there is a wine-making store just a few blocks from me that carry Morgan's yeast sachets. There are essentially two...

Hello all, I started my first ever fermentation this week, pitching Lalvin EC-1118 (Champagne yeast) into about 4.5 litres of cider (pasteurized, grocer-brand) I mixed with about 4 cups of brown sugar and placed in two, 1gal jugs with airlocks. This happened on Thursday, Oct. 27. I was...

This weekend I took my first plunge into all-grain beer making, brewing up a nice ~4.3 gallon batch of Vail Pale Ale from a recipe on this site. Owing to the limitations of my brew kettle (I can fit about 5.5gal in there, and that's too-the-brim full), I ended up having a nice pot of delicious...

This weekend I took my first plunge into all-grain beer making, brewing up a nice ~4.3 gallon batch of Vail Pale Ale from a recipe on this site. Owing to the limitations of my brew kettle (I can fit about 5.5gal in there, and that's too-the-brim full), I ended up having a nice pot of delicious...