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Thanks for the all the tips. I guess I have some reading and experimenting to do. Just last week I had purchased a few pounds of Sauermalz specifically for the purpose of balancing my water. I have been playing with Bru-N-Water.

My second batch (bottled) turned out great. No problems to report.

What would you do if you had this kind of water? pH 8.3 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 94 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.16 Cations / Anions, me/L 1.5 / 1.7 (ppm) Sodium, Na 2 Potassium, K <1 Calcium, Ca 19 Magnesium, Mg 6 Total Hardness, CaCO3 73 Nitrate, NO3-N <0.1...

Bavarians brew a non-wheat beer from basically left over grains and add the Hefeweizen yeast to it. They call the beer "Dampfbier." It supposedly is a poor man's beer, but is popular within a certain circle.

I just went to BrewToad and out of curiosity limited the search to All Grain and IPA. There seem to be over 700 pages with 30 recipes per page. Just of IPA. All Grain IPA. Just an edit/update. I see you want just the Dr. Homebrew recipes. Oops. Never mind. If you search for Brewing...

The Danstar Munich yeast will give you banana/clove flavours. Closer to 62ºF, you will get cloves, higher up at 68ºF, you will get banana. These are the flavours you want for a German Hefeweizen beer. If you want to make a Helles and have no other option, can you cool...

I did another batch of Witbier at the beginning of June. Used the same strain of yeast, WLP400. Again, the kräusen simply does not want to go away. I was able to top-crop and store some of the yeast for another project. Another kräusen simply grew to take its place. Beer has reached a...

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Here's a good chart to use to understand some of the German malt names: http://hobbybrauer.de/forum/wiki/doku.php/malzuebersicht Basically, Röstmalz or Farbmalz is Carafa I.

Just listened to Drew Beechum on a BeerSmith podcast and he claims Cluster tastes like blackberries and cat pee. He apparently is not a fan of Cluster and stated that if you want to ruin a beer, use Cluster. I actually taste berry jam (specifically strawberry) and durian. Durian is certainly...

Ooo... the Maltose Falcons! Good job!

I have had the 4-Korn sitting in the fridge for a month. The spiciness has really rounded out and there is a true blend of all the grains. Definitely can taste the wheat/spelt. The rye is no longer pronounced, but compliments the other grains. So, I would say 8 weeks from brewing to...

I have heard people say to save the old cheesy hops for a lambic, if you are interested in brewing that style of beer. I remember the first time I smelled cheesy hops. There was no doubt from the descriptions in books and online that the hops in my possession were over the hill.

I recently brewed an Albany ale (old school cream ale) using only Cluster. I found it fit the style very nicely. I took the left over Cluster hops and actually dry-hopped one gallon of the Albany ale so I could really get into the flavor and aroma of the hops. I don't think I would use...

Malty nose with a slight noble hops presence. Slightly spicy from perhaps the rye. Nice clean finish. I need to lager this for a couple weeks before I have any more.

I used Wyeast 1007 but it ended up very clumpy. Kölsch yeast would probably be way better.

I would steer clear of chiropractic treatment. I find "high velocity manipulation" concerning and dangerous. Instead, I have found massage, acupuncture and physical therapy under the observation of a good orthopedic specialist to be the best.

It's a little cloudy and young but it looks promising.

I sometimes make 1 gallon test batches using empty 1 gallon cider jugs for fermentation vessels from the grocery store. I also sometimes take a 5 gallon recipe and divide it in half. I have a few 3 gallon glass carboys that are perfect for these 2.5 gallon recipes. It will give you about a...

My brew pot a has a ball valve so I transfer from cooling into carboy using a sanitised vinyl or silicone tubing. I generally don't secondary. When it's time to bottle, I use a (sanitised) racking cane to move the beer to a (sanitised) bottling bucket that already has priming sugar (boiled and...