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My job has taken me overseas to an Embassy. After a week, my DME showed up so, now I'm off and running.:rockin: A couple of pics: 1) Top of brew closet with supplies to make apple wine, 2) bottom w/ 4.5G of blonde ale fermenting away and the beginnings of my bottle collection, 3) what I am...

Bad weather in Chicago forced a huge change in my travel plans today, so I decided to hang at the Gordon Biersch while waiting for my flight (Dulles). Tried several of their brews and they all taste the same - color and hops slightly different, but backbone of the malt and aftertaste exactly the...

Before anyone starts hating, today I wanted to see what was the least expensive full batch of brew I could make that was to BJCP style. So, not just cheap - but good beer. What's the point of saving a couple of pennies if you can't drink it and enjoy it.:mug: A couple of points up front; I...

Had a bunch of misc stuff laying around that I needed to use up; answer? A Kitchen Sink Ale using whatever I had leftover from other batches. Cracked the first one tonight, and I must say, I'm quite pleased with the results. Medium to slightly dry body, good bitterness, and tight long lasting...

Been drinkin' this all weekend. Oatmeal Stout: Brewed 8 Feb 12 : Bottled 28 Feb 12 3.75lb Coopers Stout HME 3.3lb Coopers Dark LME .5lb Rolled oats steeped @ 145F for 20 mins 1oz Cluster Hops boiled in oat water for 7 mins Strained into fermenter, added HME and LME dissolved, topped to...

My first go at BIAB - I live in a basement apartment without a kitchen so I have to be creative with my brewing - usually extracts w/ grain and hop additions. But I decided what the heck, this can't be that difficult. 1st pic - my "brew area" 2nd - My grain bill for a simple English Mild...

I want an actual Corona Mill - hecho en Colombia - PM me if you have one for sale at a reasonable price. Cheers!

I brewed this up a couple of weeks ago to introduce my BMC drinking friends to craft brew...watching football now and it is a hit!:mug: HOME BREW RECIPE: Title: Orange-Willamette Wheat Beer Brew Method: Extract Style Name: Weizen/Weissbier Boil Time: 30 min Batch Size: 5 gallons Boil...

Made a batch yesterday to ring out the ol' and bring in the new. Made pretty much like the last I made (except using the concentrate 'cause it was cheaper): 5 gal of apple juice once reconstituted (14 12oz cans, no preservatives) 2lbs of brown sugar Yeast Nutrient Nottingham Ale Yeast...

Been scouting around trying to figure out how to use my left over hops for this year. Figured an IPA would be in order. I'm looking at an extract batch w/ a 60 minute, 3 gallon boil and a target OG of around 1.050-60 (half the extract to start other half at flameout to minimize...

Went the easy route for my Xmas stout this year (gotta good deal on the LME)::ban: 3.7lbs Coopers Hopped Stout LME 3.3lbs Coopers Dark LME 1lb Dark Brown Sugar 1lb Briess Amber DME 1oz Willamette Hops boiled 5 mins in 1 gallon water with DME and brown sugar Nottingham yeast rehydrated...

Been brewing on and off for 23 years - but made my first attempt at cider a couple of weeks ago: 5 gallons of store bought apple juice (no preservatives) 2 lbs brown sugar 1 cup of raisins boiled in 1.5 cups of water All into the primary w/ an OG of 1.080 Pitched plain ol' cheap...