Recent content by tommygunn

Mine had very minimal head with poor retention too. (I don't mind, as it's a delicious beer that has only gotten better with age)

For me it was mostly an attitude issue. It always felt like they couldn't care less that I was there, and whenever I asked a question the response wasn't rendered in a helpful way but rather in more of a dogmatic "we know the only right way to brew" kind of way, which wasn't actually helpful to...

Bull City Homebrew in Durham has started filling tanks now. They're always very helpful when I visit, unlike the negative experiences I've had at American Brewmaster in Raleigh, which is much farther for me to drive anyway. $22.99 for a 5 lb fill. www.bullcityhomebrew.com

Thanks for the great recipe Revvy! I brewed this back in April, with minor modifications. My LHBS only had caramunich I, which is 39L rather than the 56L caramunich listed in your recipe. I also decided to substitute a bit of munich dark (9L) for some of the vienna malt, to add another...

I just used this method for the second time. I'm only doing 2.5-3 gallon batches. This way I get to brew more often, and thus try making more styles of beer (and if I end up with something that I don't like then it doesn't take as long to drink it). Now that I'm more comfortable with the basic...