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Ditto.... Edit: Okay, on second thought I'll actually say something useful. I am still a fairly new brewer (only 2 yrs now) and I know I have put up some simple (or stupid) questions in the past and I thought it was great that others would chime in and help me out. Made me feel a part of the...

I had a 38 that didn't place in wood aged category.

I think that most of what people have posted thus far is fairly accurate. The main question I think is what do you intend to get out of it? I personally (probably similar to yourself), love to make recipes on various sites or even my phone. I think it is a great way to learn styles and see what...

^^^Seconded! Great food and even better beer. It's my wife's favorite place. They also change their beer fairly often which is nice.

Good to know. I'll let you know how mine turns out when I get it together. Cheers!

Alright, it's been a while so I'm sorry for the delay but here's what I ended up doing. I bought the 12x12 x0.125" version of this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JKJCLG/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 0DER and cut it to the size of my propane burner. (first image) Next I put it on the...

Arpolis, thanks for the update, I agree with Jeremy that it seems like it should be an interesting batch. I am thinking of using the recipe you described (minus the vanilla bean since the corn syrup that I got has vanilla added... although I do have some vanilla extract that might be really...

So I have the corn cobs now and just picking up the pieces for this. But I was wondering how yours is coming Jeremy? Tasted it yet? Would have changed anything?

Here's the picture.

I posted this in another thread but I lost 5 gal of barleywine and a glass carboy in one shot. Worst part is that it was on carpet and the clean up took 5 days.

You have to check out SnickasaurusRex's thread on Belgian candi sugar. It's something like "20lbs of sugar......" and something else in the title. Great info and step by step directions. I have made the deep amber a few times ascended just straight clear candi. Both have come out fantastic...

I'm still developing tastes for different strains, but for English ales or stouts I use London ale iii. American ales I use Denny 's favorite 50. I don't do lagers. And any Belgians I use 3711. Though I've been meaning to try a trappist yeast. Those are my main "house" strains.

I currently have a dry english cider in primary along with an "english amber something or another with tea like substance added for the heck of it". I don't know what to classify the last one as fully but I call it chaga beer. (I dropped a cayboy full of a barleywine version of this beer that...

What about your og and fg? What did they turn out to be? Maybe too much residual sweetness from fg to high??? Just throwing that out there.

You know. .. I'd like a good answer to this as well. I think it has something to do with hot break or hops utilization. .. not sure though. Sub.

It looks like there is fermentation because of the bubbles in the beer but hard to tell via pics. One thing to remember is don't rely on airlock activity for whether or not fermentation is taking place. Get your hydrometer and test the gravity if you are worried. Chances are that if you pitched...

Sounds good. I might end up getting a chunk of aluminum and see how it goes. I don't plan on brewing I'm the next few weeks but if I do I will let you know!

Those are some good ideas. The main issue that I was thinking this would be good for is that the marks in the bottom of the kettle were exactly mimicking the steel cross beams under the pot. I also don't add extract with the flame still on and try to stir it in as best and fast as I can.

So I recently got an 11-gallon bayou classic stainless steel pot. I was wavering on getting a boil kettle with an encapsulated bottom for better heat distribution. Ultimately I thought, "eh, I can just stir real good when I do extract to reduce scorching" (I'm trying to switch to AG, but I do...

^ this. Also read the stickies here on this site and any of the multiple threads. They will give you great info as to how to brew.