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So I'm heading off to Normandy and Brittany next week. The last time I went to France I was drinking primarily Leffe because it was widely available, but these days I'm sometimes finding it too sweet for my tastes. I'm also a huge fan of Chimay, which I find to be awesome no matter what my...

OK, great. Thanks again folks. Done and Done. And I mean done.

So we made two beers last Wednesday. One was a Belgian Style Ale, the other: an Oktoberfest. It's our first time using carboys and we didn't have a blow off tube -- a mistake we won't let happen again. As the title suggested, things got a bit explosives for the first three to four days...

This is why this forum rocks. Not more than just a few hours now and already there are gobs of replies. Thanks for all the input folks. I gleaned some great pointers for our next batch on Wednesday, and a better general understanding, too. Awesome.

Hello all, first REAL post here, though I've been poking around for weeks. :) My friend and I were brewing our first beer last week - an IPA from a kit. The instructions had us pour our 2 gallons of hot Wort into about 3 gallons of cold water, and let cool to 80 degrees before pitching our...

Just wanted to say a hello as well. I'm breweymccatnip's partner and crime, and all things willing, we should have 2 more beers starting to ferment come Wednesday evening. Can't wait... I'm already addicted to brewing beer and I haven't even drank any of the rewards yet.