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I just finished a simple hefe brew and went to pour in the half gallon yeast starter I made 2 days ago. I shook it it up to get everything into a suspension and unscrewed the cap and was immediately taken back by just how strong and pungent of a sweet oder it gave off as I poured it into the...

Starters are very easy. Pour some dry malt extract into some water (google for some good ratios for malt to water volume for different OG's, you want your starter to be about the same OG as your wart), boil it for 10 or so minuets (just to make sure it is super-saturated with malt extract and...

Olde Peninsula has some great brews. Bravo's has started brewing as well and I've heard nothing but great reviews. What kind of bars do you like? There are plenty to choose from.

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I already dumped it. White, kinda fuzzy, spots of something on top of my beer is not a good sign in my book. They did nothing but grow in size, not shrink. When I tilted the beer inside the carboy, there was a smearing of something along the edge of the beer which looked like nothing yeast has...

Wow, I just brewed a 1.080 coffee stout (which got contaminated in the secondary :( ) using a white plastic ale bucket and pitched a half gallon yeast starter in with it and I did not have any trouble with blow off. I'm still glad I read this as I am about to attempt another big beer, which, I...

I have a 6gallon plastic pale primary fermenter, a 5 gallon glass carboy secondary, and auto-siphon with a length of clear hose hose. It is all from a brewers best kit that I picked up. I fill my carboy up to the very bring with water and I then add Star San, let it sit for a minuet, then I...

Ingredient: 3 Kg Munton's Dark Malt Extract ~2 lbs Munton's Plain Extra Dark Spraymalt Extract 3 2/3 Cups LD Carlson Briess 120L Crystal Malt 6 Row (1lbs) 2 ½ Cups LD Carlson Briess Black Patent Malt 6 Row – Lovibond 480 2 Cups LD Carlson Briess...