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Try not to be like me obsessing about the temperature, and constantly tinkering with the stove-top burner, ice cubes, and cold water. Try to set it and forget it. If you're shooting for 150F, and your mash starts at 154F and finishes at 148F, RDWHAHB. If you purchased your grains at a LHBS...

I second the English mild. It's easy to brew, sessionable, and it showcases the yeast as much as anything. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Here's the wort in the carboy. It looks darker because it's in a dark corner of the room. It should still finish darker than The Substance. Depending on how many leftover hops I have, I may do a mini BIAG all-grain batch. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I racked to the secondary yesterday. The hop aroma was noticeable as soon as I opened the lid. The beer didn't finish as dry as I had hoped. Maybe pitching starter wort added a few gravity points instead of just topping off with water. The samples had brilliant clarity, the cake at the bottom...

Dubbel http://blogs.gatehousemedia.com/thewouldbebrewmaster/2014/07/30/brew-day-ground-rule-double-belgian-style-dubbel/ Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

It's like a fish tank but better because your watching beer being born! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Definitely use a blowoff tube for that strain. All extract should work. In my experience whenever I use all Wheat LME my beers always finish brown. For a first batch don't get hung up on it. A simple extract recipe with one hop addition is a good way to get your feet wet. Mt. Rainier IIRC is a...

5 gal IPA 3 gal Tripel We're brewing a 2 gallon pumpkin ale this weekend. We picked up sugar pumpkin this past Saturday. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Our apartment is small, but we are lucky the kitchen is decent sized. There is also a landing leading up the stairs where we can keep stuff. I offered to put my desk in storage to make room for a keezer. I got into small batch brewing when our place became overwhelmed with beer. I've been...

If I was trying use the exact % Noah told me to use, I would've used 12oz of the flaked grains and a little less DME. I had 8oz of flaked rye leftover from a previous batch and didn't want to buy more. The extract has some carapils in it which should compensate in terms of body and mouthfeel...

I'll certainly keep you posted on the thread. I still have a couple cans from August to compare. After a week the airlock ground to a halt. I took a hydrometer reading and it was close to the estimated FG from BeerSmith. I threw in some yeast energizer, and the airlock started to pick up a...

I started working on this recipe for my blog www.thewouldbebrewmaster.com. My blog is hosted on a newspaper website, so I am writing for a crowd that aren't necessarily homebrewers or even lovers of craft beer. I broke up the story into three parts: the idea of trying to clone The Substance...

I am in for 2.5 sacks at the moment. I just sent a message to my cousins who I brew with to see if they had any interest. If they do I might be good for another sack.

If you have more than one pack you might be ok. I always use this calculator to figure out how much yeast I need http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

I would pitch some dry yeast ASAP to try and salvage the beer. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Realistically anything above 1.040-1.045 needs a starter. If you plan out your recipes on a website/app that estimates the OG of your recipe it should be pretty clear when you need to do one. It's also a good idea to have a sachet to two of dry yeast on hand if you do need it in a pinch. The...

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I have a homebrewing blog on The Beverly Citizen website. They published a profile on the blog last week. Here's the web link to the article. http://m.beverly.wickedlocal.com/article/20140727/NEWS/140727610 To keep up with the blog like it on Facebook. Facebook.com/WouldbeBrewmaster Sent...

My new blog was featured in the Beverly Citizen! Here's the web link to the article. http://m.beverly.wickedlocal.com/article/20140727/NEWS/140727610 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I had a great time at the AHA Rally at Sam Adams last week. Here is my post: http://beverly.wickedlocal.com/article/20140721/BLOGS/307219962/-1/blogs01