Recent content by brewmate76

Hello forum, It's fall, and for me, that means the start of the beer brewing season! Anyway, I recieved an e-mail from the American Homebrewing Association regarding a membership for $38. It comes with the excellent Zymurgy journal. Is membership in AHA worth the cost? If you are a...

Hello all, My first batch since returning to the hobby was a Copper Ale from MWHB. It was in the primary fermenter for 3 weeks, followed by 3 weeks of priming in bottles. I had my first bottle last week and it was great! I was actually super surprised when I took my first sip and realized...

Thanks for the info, I installed a blowoff tube last night when I got home from work. That has alleviated my problem - seems to be working really well. The fermentation is still proceeding at a vigorous pace - plenty of CO2 coming out of my hose and making bubbles in the water. The...

Hello all, I came home today to see that my primary fermenter's air lock was filled with foamy light brown liquid and foam was coming out of the airlock's top. There does not appear to be too much CO2 - there's just a ton of foam and it's getting pushed up through the airlock. I put a new...

Thanks for the info! The first batch of beer that I made since getting back into the hobby was the Copper Ale from Midwest. It had Cascade and Willamette hops just like the recipe that was shared. I had my first pint on Saturday and it tasted quite a bit like the Bud American Ale. Mine was...

Hi all, I'm very fond of the new Budweiser American Ale. It has certainly grown on me. I have been looking for a "clone" recipe for this or at least a recipe that would produce something similar. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Malkore - very interesting. I bottled an amber ale in 1/2 16 oz PET bottles and 1/2 22 oz glass bottles. After 8 days of conditioning, I decided to open one of the PETs to try the beer. The bottle was hard to the touch so I figured there was a decent amount of CO2. But instead of chilling it as...

I brewed the MHB Cream Ale on Saturday. Looks like a great recipe! Everything went well except for one problem - I did not seal the primary fermenter properly. It's a plastic fermenter with a screw lock top. I had the top misthreaded because I unknowingly applied the top at an angle. I did...

Hello everyone, I've been reading this forum for awhile, but this is my first post. I've got a 5 gallon batch of a copper ale sitting in the primary. I'll be bottling in about 2 more weeks. I'll be using 22 oz glass bottles. My question is this ... Since I only have room for about 12 of...