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Thanks for the reply. I know its a weird question and it depends on intangible factors like how quickly you learn, or if have previous knowledge of the material.

I was hoping to get some opinions from people who have been through the UC Davis Master Brewers Program, whats the homework load like? is it possible to keep up a part time job while taking the course? Also any other advice for what to expect would be nice. They give great info about the...

a friend moved out of town and left me with two half full sacks of pilsner malt and wheat. i've never done a lager, or any german beer before, what do you guys recommend? I was thinking a really hoppy pilsner, but i really have no idea what sort of beer pilsner malt goes into.

we racked to 2ndary, oxygenated, then added the ale yeast and let it ferment for another couple of weeks. we only took FG measurements to make sure it was done fermenting. No OG measurements that i can remember.

yes. a friend and i did 4 batches of a Berliner Weiss. we made 3 home made starters by throwing some uncrushed grain in sugar water and letting that go for a week. we did 1 with a Wyeast lacto only smack pack. all were fermented for 2 weeks with just lacto and then we added german ale yeast and...

Thanks For all the responses guys! I'll try putting together a small setup for now but I do plan to go to 5 or 10 gallon setup when I get more comfortable with the process and find recipes I like.

Hey guys, i've been doing some extract kit brewing but i'd like to get into all grain. i'd like to experiment alot on a small scale, so my thought was i'd build an all grain setup using 2 gallon water jugs instead of the traditional 5 or 10 gallon jugs. This way i can pump out small batches of...

I come from the coffee business too and it is amazing how picky and ungrateful some of those people can be. However, I had a regular customer who was a bartender by night and she taught me to always tip, and tip well. Naturally she did this by tipping me well. I remember how I used to live off...

getting the experience is what i was thinking of, and experimentation. There's no recipe so i was going to throw some of it together and see what comes out. I'm sure it won't turn out as good as it would if i used fresh ingredients though. the hops were sealed in a zip lock, shaped like a puck.

Hi all. I just started into home brewing and my first batch, a kit, is sitting nicely in secondary and I'm already looking forward to my second batch. My dad has some malts, dry extract and hops that sat in the fridge for several years and I am wondering if these are still good to use or should...