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I'm trying to finalize a one-gallon Irish Red Ale pilot batch. Here's what I've come up with: 1.2 lbs Amber DME 2.4 oz Crystal 40L 0.4 oz Roasted Barley 6.4 oz Toasted 2-row 0.15 oz Northern Brewer (7%) (60min) 0.2 oz Tettnanger (4.5%) (2min) Steep grains for 30 min, 155 F; stir in...

I bought Midwest's extract Coffee stout kit, & wondered if anyone had brewed it before & your thoughts. For those unfamiliar, here's the gist of it: 5 gallon Steep 8 oz chocolate malt, 4 oz flaked barley, 4 oz Caramel 60L, 4 oz Roasted barley for 30 min. 6 lb dark LME Boil .5 oz challenger...

The in-laws gave me $50 to Midwest Supplies for my birthday. I'm thinking of buying a 5-gallon carboy for lagering. My thinking is to primary in the 6.5 gallon fermenting bucket for 2-3 weeks, then 12 weeks in the 5-gallon carboy in a temp-monitored dorm fridge. What say you? Any...

Schlafly (best brewery in St. Louis, imo) are my favorite bottles to use. They look cool, the labels are easy to remove, and it's really easy to empty them of beer. Tastes Tasty. Mmmmmm.

Technically, a priming question. Here's my recipe (for those interested): Boiled 2 lb dark brown sugar in 2 qt apple juice (Market Pantry 100% Apple Juice), cooled. Transferred to fermenter, added juice from a second 2 qt bottle to fill to 1 gal, 3 cinnamon sticks into fermenter, pitched Red...

Draw my name, please.

Unfortunately, Pizza by Stout no longer exists. It was completely destroyed in the tornado last week.

I don't know if anyone watched the news last night, but my hometown of Joplin, MO, was absolutely devastated by a tornado that, according to a news story I read last night, could be classified as an 8-9 on a 10-point scale. Everyone in my family is safe, but my parents' house is completely...

Yeah, I only tasted it because I had some to taste. I used that much because i work in a chemistry lab, and the smallest cylinder we had (that I could "apprehend") that's big enough is 250mL. So, I got it for free. Anyway, thanks for the help. I'm leaving it alone, obviously, for a couple...

I bottled my first brew yesterday, so yay for me, right? I do, though, have one question: I tried a sample of it, expecting to basically taste flat beer, but that's not what I tasted. I'm new to the idea of critically tasting beer (in the past, it's always just been "I like this beer" or "I...

In the town I grew up in (Joplin, Missouri), there's a little family-owned pizza place called Pizza by Stout. In the back, they have an awesome little pub. It's about the size of my living room, but they've got pretty much anything you'd want on tap. There's an little patio out back, too...

Chapa: I actually do live in St. Charles, right next to the Embassy Suites/Convention Center on I-70. I'll see about maybe some of those meetings sometime this summer. Right now, Tuesday nights don't work for me. Cool beans. Burgeouisbee: I like to go to Shlafly's Tap Room downtown, and...

Hello everyone. My name's Caleb; I'm married, and have 2 little boys [3 years old and 1 year old], and we live in St. Louis, MO [GO CARDS!] I'm completely new to homebrewing; I brewed my first 5-gallon batch last Saturday, an extract kit from Midwest Brewing called Autumn Ale. I'm learning...