I have had a strange obsession in the last few months of brewing... Tributes to lost regional beers and researching larger regional breweries that died in the 1970's. Of course one of the most famous examples is Ballantine but I grew up in Holyoke, MA so our large regional brewery was Hampden...
I'm the proud father of 5 gallons of a Belgian Dubbel (my 5th batch of home brew) that I pitched a vial of WLP530 ABBEY ALE YEAST... My kit instructions from my local home brew supply said to bring the primary fermenter up to 85 degrees for its last few days in primary. I did that slowly over 2...
I have been lurking in here for a few weeks now and what I have learned on these forums has been indispensable for my first two batches!
I inherited a pretty nice home brew set up from my brother who hasn't had the time to brew in a few years and have dove right in. So far I have done an...