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well 3/4 of ounce glacier hops added ( 5.6% AA) and i added 1lb of molasses to the mix. wish me luck this doesn't turn out too crappy

well took pre boil gravity ...it was 1.020 adjusted for temp...would you guys say that was really low? it's about 3.5 gals of wort. i am considering adding some unsulphered molassas to bring up the sugar content. when would the best time to addd this be? i have about 1lb of the molasses

not sure if it was for malting or not...unfortunatly there is only one place nearby to get barley garin that can be germinated and i found that place well after i had ordered this stuff. will try to get a few pics up later

got 5lbs of organic barley from amazon( not sure what type) and cleaned, soak for 8 hrs, let air rest for 8 hrs, soak for 8 hrs air rest for 8 hrs soak one last time for 8 hrs. it was chitting( small white spots on end of grain. then put in pans in cool area spread out evenly and spritzed with...

well it's that time. Got a bit later start than i would have liked but i am getting started on my first brew ever, from grain that i malted myself. :) got the mash water heating now. I am doing 2.5 gallons with 5lbs of pale barley malt, no crystal malts or anything with 1 oz glacier pellt hops...

i am gonig to hop the vast majority of the brew. only going to do a small protion with no hops so she can see what it is like. this is my first brew ever so i am not going to get my hopes up that its very good hops or no hops.

well tomorrow is the big day. finally got the grain all dry and cracked. wish me luck guys this is my very first brew

i ahve considered growing my own hops but haven't gotten all the info i need on it yet. yes i live in AZ up in the White Mtns.

well i have the grains drying in oven. the kiln idea that my father in law and i had didn't pan out as well as i'd hoped...didn't really wxpect the grains to germinate that fast. luckily the oven light is keeping it at about 110 degrees F so i should be ok...the temp is a little low i...

thanks guys! well i know i am proabably getting way ahead of things trying to malt the grains myself, but where i live there is no local source for extract or even pre malted grains...hell i had to order the griain i am working with now! and i ahve 2 feed stores here that will not even consider...

sweet thanks.

hello all a newbie AZ brewer here, up in the White Mtns. are there any good places down in the valley to get brew supplies ( carboys, yeast, bottles ect) or am i gonna need to order stuff online?

well i am a brewing noob and i guess i just wanted to be different but i am malting my own grain for 1st brew ever. i know i know i should start with extract to get a feel for things but so far it hasn't been too bad. after 24 hrs of turing and spraying grain i have 1/2 inch long rootlets and i...

will probabably just go ahead and boil it for a short time.

thanks guys i really appreciate it. will warm it up to get it to the right tep. can't use tap water here even hafter hard boil, just too many contaminants to worry about

I have 2pkgs of muntons dry active brewing yeast that i plan on using for my first batch. the back of the package says to use boiled water at 38 to 48 degrees C. I am wondering since i am using bottled spring water will need to boil before putting in the yeast?

Well this is my first post guys so bear with me here. many years ago, when i was a lot younger, i thoought about getting into brewing beer and , ewll, discarded the notion as too hard. Now, for various reasons, i am back and serious about trying it. after a LOT of research on the web, i decided...