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This will be my first lager i am brewing today, I'll be using 6lbs extra light DME, 1/2lb of light clover honey (ORGANIC), 1/4 40Lovibond Crystal Malt for a little color, 1 oz of continental hops for bittering, and 1/2 oz of fresh cascade for flavor and aroma. Using Wyeast California Lager...

hey thanks, i think im going to leave it out this time, ill try later when im doing a mash maybe for a nice pilsner or something.

I was planning on adding 1.25oz of Flaked Maize (Pre-gelatenized), to lighten the body and add a tad more sugar, to my 32IBU Pale Ale. When should I add during the 60 minute boil. Also in Joy of Homebrewing, Papazian claims, that "flaked grains have been precooked and not need be boiled" What...

Just to chime in a little here, I just brewed a batch of stout last night with a whole vanilla bean in the boil. I also used a chocolate malt and a small amount of cocoa nibs (very bitter, and work great in beer, IMO) to give an extra chocolate flavor, I think It will go well with the vanilla...

Last night a brewed 3 gallon deliciously-smelling batch of Vanilla Ginger Stout. I used Crystal, Chocolate, and Black Patent malts, intending to add Roasted barley to definitivley make it a Stout, compared to a porter. But I forgot to add. Is there anyway to add this into the brew after yeast...

THanks A lot Brew-Boy, pretty sweet Link!

HEy does anybody have a WORKING link, to this famous recipe database, the original link from hbd.org/brewery no longer is up and running. Maybe someone might have some of the files on their harddrive??

Currently living in the Nor Cal area, i must chime in on that, i definatly agree ANDERSON VALLEY is some of the best beer I've drinkin in a while, try and get your hands on their summer solstice cerveza crema ale, its a seasonal but i know there are still some cases and sixer floatin around...

Hey Johnswald, hate to break you the bad news, but that isnt true at all. I live in Humboldt county in California, where it could be said we grow some of the best chronic herb in the counrty, maybe even the whole world. And its becuase of the high amounts of humidity in the air from coastal...

Thanks for advice, ill think Ill try that. By the way your, down in Santa Cruz, so you might be able to get these, espically at a specialty beverage store, Anderson Valley Boondt Amber Ale, is absolutly phenominal and is brewed organically, in very small batches in Mendicino County, north of...

How would you go about using alcohol to remove the thc, but usuing the beer's alcohol, not vodka. How could you get the pot to the beer, at a time when there was actual alcohol in it?

I like every kind of beer u can think of but i would like to start with an amber ale, pales, IPA, or red ale. Which ever would be good for a beginer

That **** is this ****, SNPA, been drinking it since high school, long time, very good

Hey, tommorow, i will be attemping my first batch ever. Ive got all the equipment and well be going to purchase yeast, hops, and malt extract from a very helpful local microbrewery. I need a recipe for a good beer to start with. One suited for a beginer. I would like to use malt extract, and...

After I bottle, when i age, how long should I, and do I have to keep them in the fridge. Please help me to understand what is really going on "inside the beer" during aging, and what I can do to help that process. Thanks