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I just scored on what i believe was an incredicle deal on a beer book. Its a hardback second edition of Michael Jackson's Beer Companion. The book looks as if it has never been opened. I got it at a local half price books. It just so happened that today they were selling any one book for 50%...

Sounds like a plan. I'm gonna let it in the primary til two wks are up and then throw in the dry hops for another 5 to 7 and bottle. I like the split batch idea too but I will wait til my next ipa for that. I just want to get a good one in the bag first before I start to get experimental.

Ok so i took my first hydometer reading today and am at 1.010. That looks to be a few points below expected but then again my original was a few points lower than i expected. In any event, i tasted the hydro sample and it is outstanding.:rockin: Now im wondering if there is any danger in messing...

I'm making my first ipa. It's been in the fermenter for 1 week. I have searched the forums but have not come up with a solid answer. I am thinking that two weeks in the fermenter and then dry hop for three to five days. My plan is to taste it every couple days until the aroma is right, and then...

Fermented in primary for ten days. 17 in bottles and two more in the fridge by tommorow night. It was good when I opened on day 8 in the bottle but I felt like it needed more taste. The banana flavor was there I just expected it to be stronger. I'm hoping I get some more slavor tommorow night...

My first batch of Hefeweizen was put in the fridge for a 48 hour cool down:ban:. The experience of making my first beer has been amazing. It has tasted good throughout the hydrometer samples. I opened one about ten days after bottling and it had a large head and carbing seemed to be going well...

On my first brew me and the wife were cooling the wort to prepare to pitch the yeast and she yelled, hurry, its at 70. So i run into the kitchen and dump my yeast into the bucket. About a half hour later i look at the thermometer stuck to my bucket at it reads 89 deg. I instantly realize that...