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yeah, I haven't tried that one yet!

The first book I bought when I started brewing a few years ago was the complete joy of homebrewing, and I still find myself going back to it every once in a while and then to try a recipe from it. My favorite has been No Sham Shamrock Irish Red Ale. I've brewed this one a few times and will...

I've brewed it 4 times (i think) and I really like it. I've changed it a few times and I had the recipes on my computer. It crashed a while back so I couldn't give you info as far as what I used. I've been thinking about making it again soon but using lager yeast. Definitely a good beer though!

I just made this from the recipe in the complete joy of homebrewing, and I was wondering if anyone else has tried this? If so, what do you think of it?

28. I've been brewing for almost a year now.

I'm making my first batch tonight. my recipe uses some leftovers, 1 gal water 6 oz 40L 1 oz carapils 2 lbs light dme .5 oz northern brewer hops 4 gal apple juice safale s-04 other than the boilover i had in my 2 gal pot (i was also cooking dinner), everything is looking pretty good.

"this is the first dark beer i've ever liked!"

Thanks for the input. In the book he said that he never measures the SG, so I had no idea what to expect.

I made my first cyser today, based on the Fall's Bounty Cyser recipe from The Compleat Meadmaker. My interpretation of the recipe is as follows: 4.5 gal apple juice 8 lbs orange blossom honey 1 lb Demerara Sugar 0.5 lb raisins 0.5 lb chopped dates 2 tsp yeast energizer 1 tsp yeast...

Yeah, 3.5 gal boil isn't a problem, anything greater than that im going to have some issues, My boil pot is 5 gal. I've never claimed to be a very good with math, how do you calculate the pre boil volume? Thanks

Also, how do you calculate the % efficency? Thanks!

Hey everyone, I have about 10 extract brews under my belt, and decieded to build a 2 gallon MLT. I did a 5 gal PM last week with it(its currenty fermenting) and everything seemed to go pretty good. Assuming that my PM will be my best beer ever, i thought I would next move on to...

Thanks for the response. In regards to the use of light extract, that is something that I will probably start playing around with my next few batches. With the OG question, I think you're right, I've been using the marking on the buckets. Hopefully before my next batch I will remember to...

I have read a few times that when extract brewing, always use light malt extract as the base for the beer, then using the steeping grains to, for the lack of a better word, shape the beer. If I wanted to substitute amber, or dark extract with light extract in a recipe, how would i know how to...