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relax. the differences you're worrying about aren't nearly as important as cleaning and following basic instructions. different styles have different approximate times for fermentation and bottle conditioning and temperature plays a big role in that. pale ales have one of the shortest possible...

the first time i ever tried a bottle of PSM shortly after it's first release, it completely blew me away. I talked it up to all my beer buddies and several tried it when they found some. some loved it and some were very underwhelmed. tried another bottle a while back and still liked it but it...

Been meaning to update this for a while. I was really happy with the results both in the bottle and in the keg. I used black peppercorns instead of pink and I did modify the citrus peel a bit and used equal amounts of lemon and orange peels and I also tossed in a small amount of fresh...

I'm working on a recipe for a t-giving inspired beer. Planning to incorporate some of the typical dinner table components (no turkey) but pumpkin, sweet potato, hints of traditional spices and possibly cranberries are all bouncing around in my head. We'll see what makes it on the page.

I doubled this recipe and brewed up a 10 gal batch with the plan to add some H2O and drop it down into the session ABV range. (Needed to do something for the women and the faint-hearted) Had some last minute problems and couldn't use my 25 gal brewkettle, so the boil was a bit of a challenge...

thieves are invaluable for sampling and enable you to return to vessel or dispense for tasting. proper technique is to take cross-sectional sample without disturbing sediment/cake. accurate hydro reading can be taken directly in thief with practice. brix uses even smaller sample size but...

been lurking for a bit and love this forum. brewed a couple of horrible batches years ago before quality/availability of ingredients was what it is now, plus my housemates were pretty lazy and ignorant. lots of sediment. tasted like dirt. started up again about 2.5 months ago with a...