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At the moment I'm experimenting with some lower gravity extra quaffable beers for late sping/early summer drinkin. For this one, I want a light ~4% abv beer with a massive hop aroma and flavor, but not a lot of bitterness. (for my homeys who do enjoy the occasional homebrew, but don't like...

New beer! Shooting for something balanced, malty, hoppy yet drinkable. Going for toasty notes vs carmel though I do want a little of that. Thinking somewhere in between Half Acre's Over Ale and Fat Tire. 3 lbs Light DME 5 lbs Optic Pale Malt 1 lb Victory Malt .5 lbs Pale Chocolate Malt...

Ok, maybe these aren't the best beers in the world, but these are two of the best ones you can get in Belize, and damn if they aren't tasty in the sun! And of course there were the obligatory rum drinks as well. There is a seemingly infinite variety of light-gold-dark rum + fresh...

So, I discovered to my chagrin, that my Topaz Pale Ale is infected. I brewed over twenty beers this year, and got my first infected batch about a month ago. Now it is showing up in this other beer, I am a bit baffled how that happened. SO, going to have to review my sanitation and everything...

So, I've been doing partial mash BIAB brewing for a while now, typically using 3-6 lbs DME, and about 5-7 lbs of grain. Its been working well, but the other day I attempted an all grain 3-gallon batch (which came out to 7-lbs of grain, about as much as I can handle weight wise). This got me...

This is my 2nd attempt at a wit (the first being "Galdalf the White" of course). Also, technically, this is my first all grain batch. Since I only cooked up a three gallon batch, I found I could handle all of the grain BIAB style in my 7 gallon pot! Additionally, I found some interesting...

The little latino market near my place has a citrus fruit they call a "limon dulce" or sweet lemon. They are yellow/greenish, a bit ugly. The juice itself is a bit insipid but the peel smells like lemongrass/citronella. I thought it might be an interesting addition to a wit I'm brewing tonight...

So, I've been pouring over my notes as I review my 'year in beer' and one thing I've noticed is that any additions of spices and or citrus zest added at 10M, 5M or flameout are basically indetectable in the finished product. For instance, I did a spiced clementine porter recently where I added...

How does this look? For: 5.5 gallons 4 lbs Light DME 1 lb Piloncillo 2 lbs American Victory 2 lbs Marris Otter, Pilsner Malt, Etc. 1 lb Dark Munich .5 lb Honey Malt .5 lb Midnight Wheat, De-bittered Black Patent, etc. 20M .5 oz nelson sauvin 20M .5 oz galaxy 10M .5 oz nelson 10M .5 oz...

I happened to have some hard cider that I made last year- it wasn't all that great- too tart, and a bit bland, so decided to freeze concentrate a gallon. It worked like a charm, but was still tart so I sweetened with some honey- and now- it is great stuff! I am a little concerned about...

I was thumbing through my well worn copy of Radical Brewing last night when I found an entry I had previously missed somehow- spice smoked grains... wait- what??? Here, Mosher suggests using soaked spices like cloves, cinnamon sticks, etc. to smoke grains on your grill, instead of woodchips- by...

This is my take on Foreign Extra Stout. Aiming for the less sweet, more roasty side of the style. I decided to go a little out of style and push the later hop additions to balance the roastiness. If the gravity was a little higher it is almost a RIS. Anyway, brewed this last night, excited to...

So, I wasn't planning on putting a sour beer together anytime soon. However, I have a five gallon batch of beer going on Wyeast Trappist Blend 3789 (special release). Then it occured to me that the bucket it is fermenting in is going to need to be dedicated to funky/sour beers from here on...

New to me anyway! I just ordered 4 oz each of Nelson Sauvin, Summer (AUS) and Topaz (NZ) hops from farmhouse brewing supply. Has anyone ever played around with the Topaz or Summer varieties? Here are their descriptions.... And... They sound interesting to me anyway!

I've been thinking about brewing this one for a while now and finally got around to it! Mine is slightly different. Slightly higher gravity, more spices, more hops and zest. This should be hitting its peak around the holidays so I kind of took it in that direction. Tangerines are not available...

In the proud and popular tradition of many homebrewers, I decided to use up all of my old stock to make a random batch of beer. Here is what I came up with! For Three Gallons: 3 lbs Extra Light DME 1 lb Pilsner DME 1/2 lb Amber DME 1 lb Victory Malt (steep 45M) 1/2 lb Honey Malt...

My buddy is very kindly sending me some of his homegrown Brewer's Gold and Galena hops. I was thinking something English-y would be good, maybe somewhere between and ESB and a Northern English Brown, like so? 5.5 Gallons, Partial Mash: 3 Lbs Light LME 3 lbs Marris Otter 1 lb Special B...

I just wanted to share this recipe, because it came out gooood! For 5.5 Gallons/Partial Mash: 3 lbs Wheat DME 3 lbs German Pils 1 lb Acid Malt Yeast: Wyeast Weihenstephan 3068 Hops: 20M: 1 oz German Select 10M: 1 oz German Select Flameout: 1 oz German Select Even though the...

My buddy wants to brew a Belgian with black pepper- thought it would be nice with rye to reinforce the spicy quality, and some citrus notes. What do you guys think of this? For 5.5 Gallons (partial mash): 4 lbs Light DME 2 lbs Rye Malt 2 lbs Rye Flakes 2 lbs American 2-row/6-row .5...

So, I brewed up a blonde ale this weekend, loosely based on Revvy's recipe... 6 lbs Pilsner DME 1 lb Belgian Aromatic 1 lb Vienna 1 oz Sterling, 20M + 1/2 oz cracked corriander 1 oz Saaz, 5M + 1/2 oz cracked corriander Wyeast 3787 I think this is going to be awesome! However, I...