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Just read more. Not just beer reviews but anything. You'll expand your vocabulary 10x over if you just exersise your brain daily. You'll start to find adjectives that fit perfectly with beer like "earthy" and "bright", rather than just "bitter" or "hoppy". Just read and you will find your...

Hunter Mountain, Hunter, NY April 24th and 25. Saturday is INSANE so I recommend going Sunday. Most of the brewers enjoy Sunday more because its not so crowded.

Anyone headed to TAP NY this year!? It's not only a beer fest, it's a fine food fest too! This year's theme is BBQ. It'll be my third year and its one of the best festivals I've EVER been to and I've been to quite a few here in NY and surrounding (Itacha Beer Fest, Syracuse Beer Fest...

I really do believe they have the best nut brown on the East Coast of America. Its like nothing I've ever drank and I can't compare it to anything else! Its a slice of craft beer heaven. I told a employee at Beers of the World that and he completely agreed with me.

Everytime I go to Watkins Glen and hike the Gorge with SWMBO, we stop by the Crooked Rooster and get pints of, what I think, is the best nut brown on the East Coast and talk to Doug. Its darker than your average nut brown, almost black and has a minute red tint at the bottom of the glass if...

Thanks for asking this! I was going to ask the exact same thing! I'm going to rack my Midwest Autum Amber, wait a few days and then throw the hops in. I'm going to wait, as mithion said, just to be sure that nothing starts up again. That, and I want the beer to feel "at home" before I add...

The beer is finish. I added less that a 1/4 ounce of extract. Pouring it into the bottling bucket made the batch smell like liquor. I was a little worried but it tastes ok. Nothing special. Didn't have time to add coffee.

(voice of fish from Finding Nemo): "Bubbles! BubblesBubblesBubbles!" Finally. Carbonation. Take it from a worried noob who bought carb tabs for nothing: Let the **** sit! Patience is a virtue. Heed the words of the wise: 3 WEEKS @ 70!!!! Thank you for all who gave me your time...

I went home last night put a flashlight to the bottom. There is a very fine layer of sediment on the bottom of each. I took each bottle and rolled them on the ground a few times to mix them up. I could see the "dust" on the bottom float around and spin so there's SOMETHING is in there. I...

They are at 68-70 temp. I will give it more time. I just read a thread that someone had an Amber that didn't carb for 5 weeks. He let it sit for another three and he finally heard "the hiss". I just wanted to verify that the Mutton carbs would be an ok option if I revert back to my...

I bottled my Austin Homebrew Nut Brown two weeks ago. When bottling, I added NOT EVEN a 1/4 ounce of hazelnut extract w/ my priming sugar. (side note: I posted a question if I should have added it before I did and no one provided any hints or tips...which, now that I think about it, pretty...

I ordered the Austin Homebrew Nut Brown kit and am going to add some hazelnut extract at bottling. I've been toying with adding just a little cold-steeped coffee as well. Not much, just enough for a hint. Anyone have suggestions, thoughts, positive input telling me this isn't such a bad...

I'm planning on brewing soon but I have to move into an new apartment. I want the beer ready for a special occasion but this move puts a damper in my (possible) racking schedule. I know racking is for settling and clearing but can you move a secondary carboy (unlike a primary, where you...

And what do you know... 3 days after I posted this, I took a hydrometer reading, (still 1.020) and tasted it. Bitterness COMPLETELY mellowed down. I'd like the taste to be more pronounced but it smells tangy and fruity, a nice standard IPA. The bite at the end is just a little kick in the...

Would racking it diminish some of the bitterness?

I probably already know the answer to this but I'm just calming ny nerves. I doubled the amount of hops the recipe called for for the Tru Brew IPA. I chose Centenial for the boil and Cascade for the finishing. I sampled the hydrometer reading (1.020) and, of course, its very bitter. I love...

Hey. I started reading this site the day after I stashed my carboy in my closet for primary. The info and different opinions on this site rival and even surpass both of Papazian's books I read (both Joy and Companion). I attend Extreme Beer Fest every year in Boston, TAP NY at Hunter...

Just made my first (as of yet no-name) IPA. After steeping the grains in the water and removing them, my brewing partner (my girlfriend) asked if we just throw out the grains, grain sock and all. She said it seemed like a waste of material. She has a point. Recommendations for future seep...