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Yep - Ya gotta chuck it ... unless you're feeling lucky Punk ! Did my second batch today - broke the thermometer in the disinfectant bath - broke the SG meter after I took the reading and was washing the meter off At least no beer was harmed in the process Yeah - I'm hard on...

So our first batch of extract based Alaskan Amber Ale hit 2 weeks in the bottle today so we cracked one to see how it was. Color - nice medium amber Clarity - we used a few Corona bottles -- nice and clear sediment on the bottom of the bottle Carbonation seems about right - looks...

I'm going to brew batch #2 --- a English Brown Ale - Southern ---- so this will be a malty brew. Using BeerSmith on the recipe I get a IBU of 12.5 --- which is in the lower range of 10-20 IBUs for a Southern Brown Ale. I'm tempted to do a minor hops boot to hit an IBU 15. I am indeed...

Yep --- when transferring from secondary to the bucket for bottling -- dump in the priming sugar when the bucket is 1/3 full. It will mix as the siphon continues.

So let me preface this by saying I'm not a hop-head .. although I will not turn down a good IPA. I'm getting the hang of beersmith and if its only 80-90% correct on IBUs I'll be happy. By properly inputting ingredients and clicking options - here's the IBU difference in a English Southern...

Download the trial software --- I'm going to do my 2nd brew in a few days. The brew shop gave me the stuff for a Nut Brown Ale - which looks very much like an English Northern Brown Ale. What I was aiming for was something more towards a English Southern Brown Ale ( a bit smoother sweeter)...

I've never cared for any "hop-head" beer / ale / whatever. Not my thing. An occasional Bridgeport IPA is fine -- but the best I've had is just driving across town to the Bridgeport Brewery and having fresh IPA on tap - now thats good. Sierra Pale Ale -- good ---- Full Sail Amber Ale --- good...

Don't take offense - but I think this whole race for uber alcohol levels is kind of silly. I rarely drink to get hammered anymore (I'm showing my age I know) been there done that way too many times:D For me its taste - taste - drinkability that matters. My first batch of Alaskan Amber is...

Thanks for the reply - makes sense ----- but I'm still confused about cutting the malt extract in half. So for a Southern British Ale in the book that would drop the malt extract from 5lbs to 2.5lbs --- that just seems light on extract compared to other Southern British Ales calling for 5 -...

I've just got the book "Brewing Classic Styles" by Jamil Zainasheff All of the recipes are geared to 7 gallons --- now on page 35 he talks about adjusting down to a 5 gallon recipe doing a 3 gallon boil. The text reads (using 3 gal): Boil all of your hops in half of your total malt...

Hopefully we will brew our first batch this weekend - so bottling is a ways off. But I want to be sure there are no issues using clear beer bottles. We have something like 6 or 7 cases of Corona bottles that we can use. Somewhere I read that home brews may have issues in clear bottles as...

Man this must be rush hour here ... 11 or 12 new guys today ! I'm a hi-tek burn-out geek in Portland - my new gig is tek-support at a large high school. Its a very rewarding - positive - and enjoyable job. One of our science teachers brews and gave me a few bottles as a thanks for helping him...