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The WSM has been awesome. A total breeze. Minion method, and start closing vents as soon as you get anywhere near 175.... Better too low than too high heat. Then minor tweaks and you're in happyland.

We did 2 two lb pork chops, a tritip, a pork belly, and 2 chickens. The Weber smoker may be even more fun than home brewing, nothing like having friends freak out at the food and beer you provide!

Looks great. Probably my next brew!

I just brewed... Did a few tweaks based on suggestions here and from LHBS and man, brewing an IPA indoors makes the house smell like heaven. Man... So yes, I was using the term IPA a little loosely... This would be an attempt at a DIPA or IIPA. I do think I will try dry hopping like mad in...

Accidentally posted this in the grain brewing section! Sorry bout that! I intend to brew my first IPA this weekend. I am looking for mega bitter, good hoppy aroma, etc. I want to try to make the beer reasonably clear, and I am hoping for around 8%. Perfect would be ~8% and ~100 IBU. So I...

Hahah! I absolutely will, but there's a $$$ question involved, even if I want to BIAB all grain it. Not going to happen until this summer. Any ACTUAL suggestions etc? :)

I intend to brew my first IPA this weekend. I am looking for mega bitter, good hoppy aroma, etc. I want to try to make the beer reasonably clear, and I am hoping for around 8%. Perfect would be ~8% and ~100 IBU. So I am punching in ingredients into iBrewmaster, at LHBS owner's suggestions...

I collect glass from breweries, if they have cool stuff. Like... if you ever go to Stone, you absolutely have to get tasters and stout glasses. When I eventually get to Founders, I have to get a globe. I stole a glass from a pub that ripped my band off (gave us $100 to split 4 ways, when we...

So I'd never consumed what I'm making before it gets into the bottle... and last night I bottled a coffee stout... my recommendation here would be to get a pour before you add the priming sugar, because either this batch is a little over-sweet, or I just got a bunch of sweetened beer, from not...

LHBS owner recommends kits to most people, because of the ease and the piece of mind knowing that you have "everything" you need. But he said that the first upgrade he usually recommends to people is not equipment, but rather upgrading the yeast. The stuff that comes with kits will work fine...

In the primary for a long time is fine. In the secondary for a long time is fine (though if you've noticed, a lot of folks here are skipping secondary altogether, on this forum) but A). in the secondary, since most fermentation is done, you don't want a lot of air... so if you're putting half...

SWEET. :) I like beer.

I have a 6 gallon and a 3 gallon carboy. I want to brew an IPA, and want to secondary it, because I want to go by the book for the first batch. I just did an Irish Stout, which I will bottle tonight, and did it all on just the primary, based on the trends I've read from threads here and...

One of my buddies in the south seriously considered digging a hole 5 feet deep in his back yard, and storing his beer in the ground. Ha! OR get a $50 used wine fridge... I'd pay $50 to not break out a shovel. :)

I'm a total coffee snob, so I'll be cool either way. I am reading TONS of info on brewing (beer) and all, but I'm still very green... I've got my first brew just about ready to bottle. What I've read has inclined me away from steeping coffee in the beer itself, because it can extract more...

I want to resurrect this thread for a sec. The consensus I read on all of the coffee threads on this site seems to be cold press. That much seems clear. 1). Now, after you cold press, do you just dump it into the bottling bucket with the priming sugar or do you add it to the bottling bucket...

DOH! Accidental thread resurrect!

I was thinking it might be kinda cool to be able to do smaller batches too. Like, if I have a 5 gallon boil pot, and want to do 2.5 gallons of beer, into a 3 gallon carboy, it would theoretically all be possible indoors on my stovetop and sink, instead of brewing outdoors. Apart from not...

Will you recommend the best extract recipe (kit or otherwise... Brew and Grow is 5 minutes away) for a big coat your glass RIS? I'm looking for things you've made and found worthwhile. I won't be able to go grain until spring at the earliest, but I'd like to try making something big...

Great idea!