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I'm looking to brew a coffee flavored stout or porter in the next few weeks, anybody know of any recipes? Also I've seen many different suggestions on how to treat the coffee beans, some say to steep in room temperature water overnight, others say to crush the beans and add to the hot wort...

My local hbs is Maltose Express in Monroe CT, www.maltose.com. I think you can order over the phone from them, not really sure. The staff is great there, very helpful, the owners are the authors of "Clone Brews" Mark and Tess Szamatulski. The staff there will answer any questions you have, and...

I'm no expert because I've only made about 6 brews myself but I will offer this one piece of advice, be very patient. Don't rush to drink your beer right away after its been bottled. I always had my friends (none of whom brew) constantly asking me when we could drink the beer. I'd always cave...

Had one myself earlier this summer, it wasn't that much fun because then I had my obsessive compulsive cleaning roommate freaking out at me. So i just popped open a few to toast my brew! :drunk:

If you are trying to mature your beer in a secondary, is there any hard rule on how long you should leave it in there? Does it just depend on the style of ale? I only ask because I have heard many different times given, weeks, sometimes months, I even know a guy thats had a barleywine in a...

I brewed a new 5 gallon batch yesterday and put it in my primary, it has 1 oz of cascade hop pellets in it, however I somehow inexplicably didn't strain the hops out of the wort on its way to the primary. I do have a blow off tube and a lot of activity. Should I just strain my brew when I move...

Thanks for getting back so quick guys, honestly if I have to condition it past Christmas I'm not that worried about it. Thanks for the ideas though, I think I'm going to try the gingerbread ale, now its just off to maltose express to get some ingredients.

Hi all, I'm new to this site and I've only been at this brewing thing for less than a year. I was just wondering if anybody had any recipes or ideas for the holiday season? Something that would be nice around Christmas. Thats all folks.