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stay away from actual soaps and stock up on Star-San. its cheap and goes a looooong way (fyi-foam is good)

shop yeast that works in the temperature your fermentation area will be in. no worries that way. theres a lot of yeasts out there that basically dont care or just work a wide range . plastic for sure, with a spigot valve. especially if you have a hard time lifting 5 gallons from floor to counter...

Having started brewing almost 6 years ago and having brewed a good variety of beers in that time (Ales, porters stouts,Hefeweizens, Oktoberfests,sour, Dubbel,etc) i can tell you its going to depend on how much you have to spend, and how serious you are about continuing to brew after a few...

absolutely. its actually very efficient. you get 2 beers , same (basic) grain bill. you can then supplement each batch with a specialty malt (chocolate or maybe a little Crystal, maybe more fermentables and boost it up to a big Monk beer status !!) or just use different hops and yeast , you'll...

so when i found out early in March i was going to be a first time grandparent , i brewed up a Maerzen/Oktoberfest so it would be ready to drink upon her birth, btw,it happened sept 15th, her name is Evelyn and shes just beautiful.. and for the first time doing so , once it was bottled and aged a...

i wouldnt enter it, im past competing , itd just make me overthink brewing and i wouldnt enjoy it as much , ruined my taxidermy years ago with competition. im happy with my favorite judge anyway, my wife and friends. My wife tasted this and surprisingly she said to me , "oh my god this tastes...

i ferment in my basement with no help of a heater or cooler. its in a back corner so it stays cooler and fairly stabile. so i choose my brews and yeast by season. i think it was at 74-76 degrees but it may have been a little warmer towards the end of the ferment. this yeast likes it a little...

first taste after 12 days post bottling. nailed it !! first of all the color is a beautiful light brown caramel such as a newcastle brown ale. and at first pour into a snifter type glass, a hefty light tan head that settles down fairly quickly to a light layer of edge foam. the nose is of light...

got a lot going on but im going to try to bottle this today. I tasted a sample out of the fermenter last week. i think i nailed it .

i was you about 6 years ago. only i didnt drink miller , or bud, i was into the green bottles ...my beer palate was pretty narrow. every now and then id try a pick-a-6 and try different beers outside my comfort zone and you know what. i found i liked more than i thought i would. now sweetwater...

i have but the (3 gallon) recipe i was using as a guide called for dark brown sugar . plus we have all electric appliances and after 50 years of using gas. i wasnt about to experiment making candi sugar.

i have but the (3 gallon) recipe i was using as a guide called for dark brown sugar . plus we have all electric appliances and after 50 years of using gas. i wasnt about to experiment making candi sugar.

Been into "monk" beer lately so i went out of my usual 5 and 6% beers and brewed up a 1.070 OG on Thursday. Lallemande Abbey yeast . grains were pilsner, 2 row, white wheat, touch of gambrinus honey malt for sweetness. a pinch of 2 row chocolate for color and a touch of roastiness, a little...

if one would take an air sample or water sample of what we all come in contact with every day all day...and have it analysed ,the worry about brass and teflon would be the least of your worries. just be quiet and drink your beer.

Ive brewed 5 hefs now, i started out with a hef kit and used what yeast it came with wb-06...twice, i was learning. next hef brew i used lallemande classic munich , much better... 4th hef , repitch of saved classic munich, interesting because i also paid more attention to my step mash temps and...

my step son works the pro desk at the local Lowes. just one 2x12x 16 ft is $72 . when you consider the wildfires over the past few years, the hurricanes, tornados and recent gas prices( shipping) everything is up.

$40/bag of Maris Otter, what volume? I just bought a 10# bag of MO for $20 . i couldnt resist.

ive used wb-06 too, a few times . it was the yeast included in the hef AG (NB,if you want to know) kit so i used it .grain milled twice, single mash infusion@152, it was good. i think my first couple hefs were a single mash infusion at 152*F then tried 154*F, then i started step mashing. This...

looks like around 54-56 from here. if your reading is at temperature of calibration.

anyone else purchase this book ? whats your best trappist / abbey style beer youve made . i found a whole new facet of beer with these types. and then hearing since less and less people go into the "order" these styles are sure to become extinct if we the heathens dont keep it up.