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Here's a Brown Ale recipe I've brewed a couple of times. Similar fermentables bill, different hop/yeast: FERMENTABLES, all from Briess: 4.0 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Amber 3.0 lb 2 row Pale Malt (substitute 2.0 lb Light LME) 8 oz Crystal 80L 4 oz Chocolate 4 oz CaraPils 8 oz Brown Sugar...

Brewed something similar that I'm just starting to drink: 3.0 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) 4.0 lbs Amber LME 0.5 lbs Caramel - 80L 0.25 lbs Chocolate Malt 0.5 lbs Brown Sugar 1.0 oz Kent Goldings [5.20 %] - Boil 60 min 0.5 oz Kent Goldings [5.20 %] - Boil 10 min Nottingham dry yeast...

+1 on raking cane and bottling gear. You are getting a pretty decent amount of equipment from the class that is useful going forward. Upgrading to a 6.5 gall. fermenter and/or bottling bucket is pretty cheap: approx. $15 each + $5 for a lid. Where are you going to class? FYI, when you...

Some good advice above. If you want to brew tomorrow, an ice bath/evaporative cooler will be satisfactory and cheap. In the longer term a temperature controller (build yourself or pre-wired) + your spare refridgerator is ideal. However, since you are starting out, concentrate more on getting...

WRT pre-filled bottles, I have found that Sam Adams longnecks and Sierra Nevada semi-stubbies recap well. I have had problems recapping St. Pauli Girl and, especially, Pilsner Urquell bottles. Probabaly due to some slight difference in dimensions.

Great recommendations. I think I will go with .5 lbs crystal 20 and .25 lbs carapils.

I'm on my third version of a basic ale/APA recipe. I want a simple, balanced and drinkable ale. Not too concerned about color or style. Looking for specialty grain recommendations for a 5 gall. PM recipe of: 1.0# [specialty grain] - mash 3.0# American Pale Ale - mash 3.5# Extra Light LME...

I do a partial mash BIAB. I mash in an igloo cooler, approx. 1.5 GAL. I dunk sparge in approx. 2 GAL in the BK for 5 min. at 170F then drain and squeeze the bag over the BK on a perforated, cookie sheet-type plate. Then add the cooler runnings and approx. .5 GAL of make up water for a 4 GAL...

BTW the STC unit has indicator lights on the faceplate when either the cooling or heating circuit is energized.

To clarify: an ice bottle bath and swamp cooler are two different processes, although they could be used together (as J187 is doing). The ice bottle bath is a heat sink in which the fermenter sits. The lower temperature of the ice bottle bath will cool the fermenter. A swamp cooler uses a...

I just built one a couple of weeks ago. Sourced a STC1000 and box on Amazon for abt. $30 (incl. kind of expensive shipping) and duplex receptacle, cover plate and extension cord at the hardware store for abt. $10. Running a minifridge I got from CL for $20, so I am all in around $60. Follow...

Brewed an amber ale with the following specs: 5 gallon PM/PB, 3.5 lb LME, 2 lb 2 row Pale, 1 lb Munich, 1 lb Crystal 60, 1 oz Cluster @ 60, .5 oz Williamette @ 15, .5 oz Williamette @ 5, US-05 @ low 70s (wet T shirt), OG 1.038, FG 1.012. This beer has a distinct wheat/grassy/fruity? flavor...