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Thanks for the votes of confidence, everyone! I might add a little to the late additions. Planning on using us-05, but still not 100% on that. May alternatively use s-04 or Wyeast 1272 (american ale II)

Hello, I've been working on a Pale Ale recipe and would like some feedback. It's extract: OG: 1.051 IBU: 35.3 6 lbs Maris Otter LME 1 lb light DME (to boost gravity) .75 oz amarillo - 60 min .5 oz each amarillo and citra - 15 min .5 oz each amarillo and citra - 5 min .25 oz...

Picked up some of Backpocket's Hawktoberfest (Marzen) at John's Grocery in Iowa City. 'Tis the season!

Hello all, I've been brewing for about 6 months, buying NB kits to make almost all of my beers. I thought I would take a chance on making an Oktoberfest Ale since I don't have the capability to lager, and I wanted to create my own recipe. I came up with the following recipe, and was...

I'm starting to learn more about beer terms, and I have a question about attenuation. I understand that its the amount of sugars converted by the yeast, but it seems like some yeasts go far beyond the attenuation %. For instance, I made a bitters using a low attenuation yeast (wyeast 1469...

Most of mine start within 6-12 hours. The exception so far has been an OG 1.100 Imperial Stout that took about 30 hours to show any signs.

Fermenting wort tends to heat up by a few degrees over the ambient temperature. Any time I've kept a fermenter in a water bath, during fermentation the wort is 2-4 degrees warmer than the water. They match once fermentation completes.

My co-worker dropped off a boatload of bottles a couple of weeks ago. About 3/4 of them were Miller Fortune and the rest were Sam Adams. She said "My husband likes darker beers. He doesn't drink domestics." Not wanting to be an ass, I just said "cool." Has anyone actually tried Miller...

It's not a brewery, but the Door County Distillery has some pretty good wine and spirits.

I don't think there's a risk of breaking the bottle - I assume you would see some wear to the glass before anything bad happened. The red gasket will wear out long before anything breaking.

I'm on my fifth brew (Scottish 90 from NB) currently bubbling away. The previous four have all been really good. My first was a Blood Orange Hefe, which was really something special. Everything since has been really good. I think I've gotten lucky so far.

Swing tops hold carbonation, but the rubber gaskets need to be replaced about every 6 - 8 uses. Were they heavily used swing top bottles?

It's dropped to 64*F in the meantime. I'm lucky enough to have a room that somehow stays between 61 and 64 year round.

Well, I'll chalk this one up to beginners panic. Woke up this morning to a 2 inch krausen and a crazy bubbling airlock. I really gotta listen to everyone saying RDWHAHB.

I just finished brewing my first higher gravity beer (OG 1.066), and pitched the entire starter I made into the wort. After about 3 hours, it appears the yeast has completely sunk to the bottom, which I don't recall seeing in any previous beers I've made. I used Wyeast 1278 (Scottish Ale), and...

Have you looked at what Ommegang has been doing? They started with the Iron Throne Blonde (limited quantity; didn't get to try it), then had Take the Black Stout (excellent), Fire and Blood Red Ale (good but nothing special), and in the fall they're putting out Valar Morghulis Dubbel. I would...

Oh yeah, didn't even think of that. I just got lucky and happened to brew my first ever beer the week that blood oranges came out. I've seen a couple of threads where people had good luck with other citrus besides blood oranges - tangerines and clementines if I remember correctly.

I made this Blood Orange Hefeweizen as my first ever beer. Very refreshing, very easy to make. It's from "Extreme Brewing." I used Wyeast 3068. http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/beer-recipes-how-to-home-brew-hefeweizen#slide-2

9934 + 5 gal Rye Brown Ale = 9939

350 gallons per year is about 47 cubic feet of water per year. My city charges 2.99/ 100 cubic feet of water, and 3.99/100 cubic feet for sewer, so about $7.00/100 cubic feet total. your adjustment would about $3.50 for the whole year if you lived in my city. Probably not worth it.