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Heh...Canada may have our Guinness...but they can never take...our High Life...

They actually brew 2 wheat beers now...Cherry Wheat (which tastes like cherry-topped Triscuits) and Hefeweizen, which is REALLY great on a hot summer's day....

My local homebrew shop sells a replacement for priming sugar by Munton's called Kreamyx. Haven't tried it yet, but was wondering if anyone else had....it contains dextrose, DME, and propylene glycol heading agent to prime and enhance head formation and retention....kinda like viagra for beer! :D

Right now I'm using the True Brew kit, which has a 5 gallon primary, and 5 gallon bottling bucket. I bought another 5 gallon carboy for my secondary needs. The size of thse buckets really works well. Like, I usually ferment 5 gallons, but after transferring and bottling, you do end up with...

Just wondering.....suppose you were to brew up an oatmeal stout and wanted to add some flaked oats to your brew, at what point does that get done, and for how long? Thanks!!!

Woah!! Heat wave!!! It's 23F up here, 9 after the wind chill....

That sounds awesome! I love Newcastle.......Sam Smith has a great Nut Brown Ale too...this kit might actually be exactly what I was looking for then...I want to brew a Nut Brown, with a hint of vanilla to it. I doubt it'd be the first time anyone attempted it, but I haven't found a recipe for...

That really is a great website that, in my case, gets read many times. Each time I read it, make another batch, read some posts here, go back and visit the site again...it makes more sense every time. Another great site to check out is http://hbd.org/recipator/ ....it not only has a recipe...

Well…my Magic Hat #9 Clone is finished, and is bottle conditioning. Tried it out last night, and it wasn’t too bad. I’ll probably monkey around with the recipe a bit for next time, as for the hops schedule. It’s just on the cusp, in my opinion, of perfect bitterness. It could also have been...

My last batch I used the True Brew Irish Stout kit, and I can vouch for the bitterness. Also, the high carbonation. It does get a really nice head on it, but the last 3 bottles of the batch, I had left in the fridge for a bit. When I cracked them, they foamed over like a volcano. I don't...

Thanks for the info!!! I racked to a bottling bucket from my secondary (5 gal. glass carboy). I had put one bottle straight into the fridge, and that was the one that was real flat. I had one from the batch that I'm keeping in the stairs to my attic (slightly warmer than the fridge) and I was...

Beeer was in primary for one week, and I bottled last Thursday, so it's been about 6 days....

Hey all.....bottled my first 2-Stage batch last Thursday. Now, whenever I used a single stage setup, I had CO2 in my beer in like 3 days tops, but it's been almost a week, and I tried one last night......flat as a pancake....is it because less of the yeast made it into the bottles due to the...

Me too! Thanks!! The thought of there not being any yeast for bottling never even occured to me.....mine will be ready from the secondary to bottling, I think, by this Friday......

I usually just time the bubbles in the airlock. Once it's slowed to one bubble every 1 - 2 minutes, you're good to go.

That Maple recipe sounds really cool!! I can totally relate to consuming before it's time to, though...it is rather difficult! One question, what is the Maris Otter Malt? Just a brand, or a specific type? Thanks!

Hey there! Welcome aboard! I've found a LOT of great help out here, as a new brewer.....heh.....uniting the world through beer....I always knew it'd happen sooner or later!!!

Awesome! Actually, my brew has taken next to no time to carbonate in the bottles...like maybe 3 days. Of course, the flavor's a little "green" at that point, but it does get better over time....

I'm interested in doing a nut brown, but adding some vanilla bean to it at bottling...did you add any nuts, or extracts to your batch, or just rely on the original recipe ingredients for the nut taste? One more question...if you didn't use any sort of nuts or extracts, how pronounced was...

I'd go for Boone's myself...heh! :D