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I brewed this up last night. This is my first rye ale, and I've gotta say, the smell of that bag of crushed grain in my car coming home from the LHBS was delicious. Is smelled even better in the mash tun. This will be the first batch of beer that I've kegged to. A bunch of firsts! The...

Terrible use of "That's what she said"... :p

Thanks for sharing this... I was looking for a Red Rye to brew up for St. Patty's day and keg for the first time ever. This seems like the perfect one to brew... Edit: Yes, I realize this isn't Irish, but no one has to know... ;)

I've been on an Oktoberfest kick since the beginning of September. I've gotta say, from the couple I've had, I did enjoy the Sam Adams Oktoberfest the most, and the Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest was probably the one that I enjoyed the least. It could be that I've never had an authentic German...

I know this thread is 4 years old, but also people will be searching these forums for Pumpkin recipes around this time of the season. If I could offer some advice to anyone looking to make this, I would not use smoked malt as my base malt, but instead some Maris Otter or 2/6 row pale malt, and...

Can anyone give their opinion on how this turned out? EDIT: And I do realize this is an OLD thread... ;)

I don't know where you're located, but blood oranges are available at almost every grocery store in Central PA, and we NEVER get these at our super markets, with the exception of Wegman's. Our Giant and Weis markets NEVER carried these, but suddenly they are here... I used to have to go around...

I used the bread yeast, and I had airlock activity within 30 minutes. In fact, two months later, the air lock STILL bubbles about once every 2 minutes...

Sorry for your loss. Your beer will be in my thoughts and prayers. :)

Exactly... Why would you get less efficiency and add more time to your brew day just because you're a creature of habit? :)

What am I missing here? I drain my 5 gallon igloo cooler in less then 5 minutes, then refill with 170 degree water. I let that in the mash tun for 15 minutes then drain that in less then 5 minutes. I always get 80%+ efficiency with this. Why do you guys take upwards of an our to sparge???

It's all part of the experience, Russ...

Wow man, you're an animal! :)

Well, mine was a gift from my brother in law... He and his wife got me a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas in 2008 and I brewed the West Coast Pale Ale that came with the kit. I thought the beer was kind of aweful, but I tried other Mr. Beer recipes. Then I wondered why I was paying $25 for a good...

Yeast is its best between the 3rd and 6th generation of itself. So you'll probably get your best beer on your 3rd to 6th use of that yeast!

Should the krausen on this have large bubbles and not really fall back into the wort? I've never had krausen look like this before. It looks very thick and frothy...

This doesn't help you or your beer, but that looks freaking awesome. Just not on beer... Sorry for your loss.

My wife also detests beer, and when I was an extract brewer hated how the smell would spread throughout the 3400 sq ft house. :) I loved it. SHE bought me the kit for my birthday two years ago. Nice kit too, came with a 6.5 and 5 gallon glass carboy, SS pot, bottling bucket, hoses, racking...

I would have it tested. It really isn't that expensive. In fact if you have a company around your neck of the woods that sells water treatment systems, they sometimes do it for free to try to sell you the solution. :) You may need on of those ultraviolet light things to kill any bacteria and...

It broke the tap part, permanently. Unless that blowoff valve is "resetable". Ears are perked.