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I'm not boycotting anybody. If the beer tastes good to me, I'll drink it and I'll drink just about any beer :) I never had a Blue Moon until just recently. It was good, a change of pace, but I don't think I'd like to drink a lot of it. I've been trying some cheaper beers and one that...

Brix or Balling scale. Seems to be used for winemaking. There's an upscale wineshop/restaurant near me named "20 Brix°" I never knew what that meant until I looked up the specific gravity conversion for my balling scale hydrometer.

I've sanitzed bottles a day or 2 ahead of time and covered with a small piece of plastic food wrap or foil.

Back about in 1981, I had a friend who worked at a deli/carryout and was able to get me 2 cases of 32oz Hudepol returnable bottles. After all these years I've only lost 3 bottles. They are 1 inch taller than a standard 12oz long neck with a 3.5 inch diameter at the base. The long neck has 2.25...

Maybe BP should try it on oil? :)

Did a quick web search on the malt extract making process. It appears that some are boiled and some are not. Briess specifically states their extract is made from boiled wort. Other manufactures' web sites say nothing about boiling, but say extract concentration is done by evaporation under...

For the last batch I made, I was using United Canadian Pale LME (I get it bulk from my LHBS, it's the cheapest available). I was making a yeast starter using the extract, probably about 3-4 tbsp (didn't measure closely) and a pint of water. I boiled it in a glass container for about 3 minutes...

To be more specific, I guess I was worried that for a high AA hop I would have to use a fraction of an ounce to hit the desired IBU (35-40). So, for example, I would have to use 0.35 ounces (hard to measure) of hops for a 60 min boil or use a half ounce (easy to measure) and a shorter boil...

I'm doing some 2.5 gallon extract pale ale batches for the sole purpose of comparing different hops. I need some feedback about how to do a good comparison. I'll be using the same extract and yeast for all the batches and I'll be buying the hops in 1 oz pellet packages. For a good...

Check the website for your local waterworks. Some states require that they do an annual quality report and post the results. I know that mine lists the source (well, lake or river), hardness, contaminant levels, and "regulated substances" (chlorine, fluorine, nitrates, etc). The report for my...

I thought you weren't supposed to boil the specialty grains, but steep at 150° (taking care not to exceed 160°) so as not to extract any tannins.