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Here's my 2-cents on beginners all-grain. Start simple, fewer ingrediants, the better. Learn your equipment, get into the rythm of AG brewing: heating the strike water, getting the single-fusion temp right, sparging, boiling the entire wort, wort chilling...etc. Here's the story and...

Wit Pumpkin Ale. Here's something I'm trying this weekend: A Belgian Wit White Pumpkin Ale. The base recipe is based on a Blue Moon copy I saw somewhere else on this board. I had done a pumpkin ale from "The Homebrewers Recipe Guide" by Higgings, Kilgore and Hertlein (ISBN:0-684-82921-5)...

I'm probably repeating here, but I asked the brewer at a local microbrew (Artic Craftbrew in Colorado Springs) and he had no problem ordering an extra 50# bag and sold it to me at cost. (you just have to make sure to buy a couple of pints for his efforts!) I also bought a full bag from my...

Hello all!!! I'm Kirk from Colorado Springs. New to the HomeBrewTalk.com forums. I found this place looking for recipes/tips for pumpkin ale (currently fermenting!) and a soon-to-be-brewed Belgian Wit. I've been extract brewing for around 15 years, since my college roommate and I bought...

Yesterday, I was making a pumpkin ale. The question involves the boil. Right when the wort started to boil but before I added the hops, something came up and I had to turn off the burner and leave it for a couple of hours. I put the lid on and wrapped a blanket around the brew kettle (the...