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Anyone know of any good online Memorial Day sales coming up? I'm looking to upgrade a lot of my equipment and want to use the holiday as an excuse to burn some money on a new kettle/mash/everything :cool:

Update: I'm a few days away from bottling, and so far everything looks fantastic. I'll do a taste test when I bottle, but my pumpkin ale smells and looks fantastic. Can't wait to try this!

Very interesting. I might do another batch and do the 5min additions of spices, then compare them. Science!

Hey all, I finished brewing my annual pumpkin ale last week - definitely one of my favorites. I was just reviewing some of the other Pumpkin Ale recipes on here however, and noticed most people put their pumpkin spices in at 3-5 mins before the end of boil. I put mine in at the very...

Hey folks, I've never really strayed from the basic WLP001 strain, unless I was playing around with a Kolsch or Wit. That said, I'm very curious about WLP028 Edinburgh Scottish yeast. In particular, I'm wondering if it should be *the* yeast I use in my upcoming annual pumpkin ale. Can...

Hey all, I just brewed a Brown Ale with Dr. Pepper over the weekend (calling it Doc Brown Ale... eh? EH???), and had a few questions pop up. I put a 20oz bottle in the boil 15min before flameout, and added another 20oz bottle a day into the primary. I tried to make the DP that went into...

Gotcha. Done and done. Thanks for the feedback!

I used 1/2 cup of corn sugar although 3 ounces is about 0.375 cups. That's interesting about the scale... I'll have to remember that for when I get more equipment down the road. Even if I had a scale though, these priming calcs are still going to say a lower amount. Is there a more accurate way...

Hey all, I recently bottled a 3 gallon batch of IPA and used a half cup of corn sugar to prime. I know the ratio is 3/4 cup of corn sugar per 5 gallons, so I just guesstimated (I really should know better than to do that by now). I tried using priming sugar calculators, but they're each telling...

Very helpful. Probably gonna switch to the Jolly Rancher idea. Thanks!

I'm thinking about doing a cream ale in 2-3 weeks but want to put a little Easter spin on it. So I came up with the idea of using Jellybeans when I bottle. Similar to Cooper's Carb Drops, I'd put half a jellybean into each bottle to kick off the carbonation process. Each jellybean has 7.7 grams...

Good stuff. Everythings looking fantastic so far. Currently in secondary and looking incredible. Can't wait to drink this stuff.

Hey guys, I've been tinkering around with my March homebrew recipe for the past few hours and think I've finally got something going. I'm trying to do a St. Patrick's/Easter thing: St. Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland, so I'm focusing on more grassy/earthy hops to pay homage to those...

Phew! Thanks y'all!

I've never had an infection before but this batch has made me a little worried. Whaddya think?