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I am at a restaurant that the only thing on draft that is worth drinking is the Sam Adams seasonal. I had a cold snap a few weeks ago here and really enjoyed it. I ask for the seasonal, but just to make sure I ask if it is the cold snap. I am informed that they now have the summer ale as...

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Thank you for the input. I know what you mean by color control. Since this was my first recipe I was going for dark. Boy did I get it. My starters are made with light dme and the resulting liquor off the top is pretty dark to begin with. I had not considered flavors from the malt extract...

So Tuesday was my first brew day by myself. I had helped my son a couple times, but was never the boss. I designed my own recipe using extract and specialty grains hoping to do a nice dry stout for my non craft brew friends that would be nice and sessionable for me. I boiled some water in...

My first beer was an 8% Imperial stout. At bottling the few ounces that did not fit in a bottle tasted thin and very hot. 3 weeks later the taste was still a bit thin and not at all hot. At 6 weeks you need a knife and fork to drink it and it is fantastic. All will be well.

Thank you for all of your excellent input. This has been an interesting learning experience I executed the plan and everything seemed to go great. I actually tried a bit of the beer off the last 1 liter starter. It tasted sweet and yeasty think sweet bread. This is about what I would...

I have seen mentioned many times that you should not use a starter for dried yeast. Why not? We had a pack of dry nottingham. We rehydrated then went to a small starter. We saved some of this starter and I have used this small amount to culture up a 3 step starter for my first batch I did by...

I would suggest if someone is local you give it to them to save the shipping. You might contact your local homebrew club. I went to my first meeting and there were 3 of us that were new. If you are really shipping I will throw my hat in the ring. I have 2 all grain 1 gallon batches I did as...

A lot of the store juices have malic acid added to them along with ascorbic acid. Is it ok to have this in at the start? I notice a lot of people add it to secondary. How would it affect the final product? Thanks Wayne

6483 +5 gallons of dry stout. Or maybe a cascadian ale as it is a bit overhopped at this point

My first batch was from brooklyn. The directions called for 1 cup of maple syrup to prime. The problem is that it was a 1 gallon kit. My guess is that they put the same directions in for 1 and 5 gallon kits. However, you put your own priming sugar in. I am not certain how 1 cup of maple...

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Lawson's is always well thought of. If you get to Ludlow there is a beer store that the owner used to go to the brewery every once in a while and pick up some Heady. Since the brewery retail outlet is temporarily closed I would not count on this as an option. Worth a check if you are already...

24 lbs of lme 12 gold 6 munich 6 dark 6 lbs of dme amber 4 lbs of specialty grains starsan assorted small goodies Now I am ready to go.....all I need is some bottles......and someone to help me drink it.

And when you move up to Natty Ice you actually give in to the urge

My first two attempts. Fall line is on the bottle and some will be served on a family ski trip. Eurich Pond is next up and will be unveiled at a wedding. Eurich is pronounced "irish" and is a mountain biking trail we enjoy. Not nearly the beautifully done things I have seen here. Just a...

The purpose was not to save money. I think I save about 50 cents lol. It was more to see if I could do it. I am using nottingham because that is what I have and appropriate for the beers. My basement this time of year runs about 60. I assume fermenting then in the low 60's. I thought of...

I will preface by saying I am new to this hobby and the first part of this plan comes from a totally clueless beginning. I am planning to try and revive a small amount of saved Nottingham from a batch that will have been done 8 weeks ago. We have a small amount saved from this batch. We...

I am with you. I used it to manipulate (very basically) some photos to put on the wall. I would love to know more. So for you gimp experts. Do you have any help for the guy who opens the software opens a graphic file of one of my pictures I want to start with for a label, then starts...