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I found a recipe for a pumpkin beer that uses these grains: 10 lbs pale 2 row malt 1 lbs Special Roast 1 lbs Crystal 60 Am I right in assuming that I can brew this just like I have done with my partial extracts (steep the grains then add DME or LME and boil) and just steep the grains...

Try this beer.. Smooth, slightly sweet, and delicious

So here is my very low-tech approach to chilling wort - cold water. And it worked great. My son and I brewed our 3rd batch last night (IPA - he hates IPAs, but maybe he'll change his mind). The very first thing we did was put 3 gallons of spring water into the freezer, then started our brew...

Passed a produce stand this morning in Roswell, GA (north of ATL) and saw a lot of white pumpkins. Not sure where they came from or if they're suitable for beer....

First bottling ever!

Father/son bottling team!

The finished product

My son, Thomas, and I are brewing together. Our first ever batch was this After a few weeks in the bottles we chilled one and cracked it open together. It really wasn't bad at all. In fact, it was pretty good. We beamed with pride! We brewed beer! :mug: We have had a few friends try...

First brew was a brown ale kit: We probably made some errors in tossing the yeast, but we won't know until after bottling. The second batch is an Irish Red ale with actual grains. We started that on Monday afternoon and it is still happily fermenting today (Thursday). And it smells...

We are Ed & Thomas Selby - a father/son brew team in Ball Ground, GA Thomas has wanted to try his hand at home brewing for some time, and life/economic events resulted in his moving back home with me. I decided that home brewing might help him keep his chin up and feel like he was doing...