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Also should be noted that I think all these reviews are from 2009? So take that with a grain of malt ;) I am sure that some if not most of these recipes have changed. I am only going to use it as a reference.

Identifying flaws and describing positive items in the beer is what I need to work on as well. That is why I was hoping to find a database with commercial examples of beers that people have tasted. I know I can pick up if the off flavor is really bad, but I do not know what my threshold is for...

Yes noted. I have to give them a look over this weekend when I have more time. In the mean time, I guess ill just start to sample beer....shucks!

This might be what you were talking about? I had someone from a FB group just send me this. https://www.bjcp.org/course/ClassicStyles.php?fbclid=IwAR2EGetJBuf7y38ceaOYGvdeHr5-aRcBP1H6SxJm7afwlnDXiK4PrbVcMrE

BJCP Scoresheet Question Im looking to start to study for the BJCP and one way I want to do this, other than the study material, is to sample plenty of commercial beers and fill out the BJCP Scoresheet. Does anyone know where I could find an archive of commercial examples to see if I am picking...

Can you post a link to your heating elements?

I know that I can do the corn starch method, but does anyone know if the coolant lines only run through the metal "freezer" parts? I am thinking of adding a collar to the door to give me more room to have 2 carboys in there. I do not want to crew brackets into the fridge and pierce a coolant...

My buddy is having a bachelor party in the next few weeks and he asked me to bring a keg of home-brew for him. So a few weeks ago I brewed up a fat tire clone, his favorite beer, and now it is time to keg it. I plan to bring a jockey box to the bachelor party to leave set up in the house that we...

This will be my first time trying a parti-gyle style brew. I plan to make a Barley Wine with the first runnings then I am note sure what to make with the rest. Below is my Barley Wine recipe that I came up with. My plan is to mash in and let it sit for an hour, then fly sparge with a few...

Just added my first hop addition and is boiling away nicely. Got a 70.2% mash eff so I was pretty happy about that. Looking good so far. Now time to sit back and enjoy a homebrew until it's time for the next hop addition

All - Thanks for all of the responses! I have taken all of this into consideration. I went with the magnum hops for my 60 min hop addition, 1 lb of crystal and 1 lb of munich 20L. I am also going to be mashing at 150F. 1 also made a 1.5 liter starter the other day. Well brew day starts here in a...

Here is my first shot at making up my own recipe. Any feedback would be great. I am going to try to brew this next weekend. BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: House IPA Brewer: GREG Asst Brewer: Style: American IPA TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe...

I currently keg all my beer and I recently got a counter pressure bottle filler for when I want to fill up a few bottle or growlers to take over to some friends. Does anyone see any problems with filling bottles up, out of my kegs at 42F, and then storing/aging going them for an extended period...

Brewing up a Belle's Two Hearted Clone right now. Just mashed in. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

You can always split you batch up in secondary and try different things. If you have any 1/2 gallon glass growlers, those work great for this. They mouth is big enough to hold an air lock and if it doesn't turn out, you are only out a half gallon of beer just make sure to scale everything. For...