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If you choose to bag your hops, do not forget to sanitize the bag.

Use your autosiphon tube. Sanitize it with a bit of Starsan and rig the blow off tube however you can. The popular solution, assuming you are using a 3-piece bubble lock, is to remove the "cap" piece and jam the blowoff tube right down onto the post. You may need some coaxing to make it...

It cost me $10 to get 4 pounds to Richmond VA, using their cheapest shipping method.

5 more gallons of Mt. Crumpet to appease SWMBO 9091+5 = 9096 do we have a prize for the 10,000th gallon brewed?

5 gallons of the USS Minnow mild. Happy National Homebrew day! 8648+5 = 8653

Sure it isn't you.....

I try to keep it at two bottles an evening. On some days, I will drink three. I reserve one evening during the weekend to drink four. But I do not exercise the option every time. Alcoholism to me is the inability to control and drinking at inappropriate moments. So far, I seem to be able to...

Sorry about the stuck sparge. I suspect that is something everybody has to do for their first AG. Putting your grain bill into beersmith and assuming you got about 5 gallons at 1.051, beersmith is claiming a 72% efficiency. Those are really good numbers for your first AG. Oddly enough, I...

5g of Grandad's Shotgun, v3 8037 + 5 = 8042

I brewed this up three weeks ago and let it sit 3 weeks in the primary. I bottled yesterday and asked SWMBO to take some pictures of the samples. Alas, SWMBO has a very nice camera and all you can see is the crap floating in the glass. But the color is there. I am thinking it needed a...

5g of Dude's Pub Ale 6685 + 5 = 6690

:off: Slightly off topic, but I am wondering about your clone recipe. I frequently brew a 2-hearted clone, but my estimated OG is 1.060 and you are mentioning you were low at 1.064. Would you mind either posting your recipe or at least PM it to me? thanks

Actually, boil off as a percentage makes sense as long as the volume is constant. It took me a while of thinking about it, but it finally occurred to me that boil off percentage is based on the total volume of the kettle, not on how much liquid you are actually boiling. This makes sense to...

I brewed this recipe about 6 weeks ago: Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil Size: 7.02 gal Estimated OG: 1.051 SG Estimated Color: 14.6 SRM Estimated IBU: 43.9 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 % Boil Time: 60 Minutes Ingredients: ------------...

An unnamed American Amber 4346 + 5 = 4351

Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil Size: 6.92 gal Estimated OG: 1.057 SG Estimated Color: 13.3 SRM Estimated IBU: 39.9 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 % Boil Time: 60 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amount Item...

I forgot to mention I had already decided to move the Magnum out of the FWH. An interesting idea to move the Willamette there. Definitely worth considering. Thanks.

Thanks all for the feed back. I need to work the recipe a little bit more. I am going to reduce the Victory a little. I also need to figure out the hops better. I usually split hops into three different flavors; there is the citrus, the grassy and then the bitter. I am trying to get all...

This started out as an Irish Red Ale. I found some recipes and then read up on the BJCP guide lines. I realized "[m]oderate caramel malt flavor and sweetness, occasionally with a buttered toast or toffee-like quality. Finishes with a light taste of roasted grain, which lends a characteristic...