Recent content by HoppyPilsner

So far 40gals and looking for a good 6 gal peach beer recipe

Thanks everyone. I tried one a month ago and it tasted terrible. I'm going to taste another one tonight, maybe.

The consensus is that I bottled it early, which is part of being new and impatient I guess. Like I said, it smelled great so in a couple of months I'll uncap (or de-fuse) one and see how it's coming along. What are the problems caused by bottling early?

I just brewed a batch of True Brew Belgian Ale, my second brew ever. It smelled great when I bottled it but I am worried that I only left it in the fermentation bucket for about 8 days before bottling it - no secondary. The OG was only 1.032 but was supposed to have been more like 1.062, I...

I am a CPA. I specialize in small business and can tell you that if you are making money, the IRS wants tax. If there is a [B]profit motive and a reasonable expectation of profit then by all means deduct your brewing expenses from your brewing income and report the result on Schedule C of your...