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The only one I didn't like was the Ginger beer...otherwise I liked them!! Sam Adams Lager is OK...but his other beers like his brown ale, cream stout and the seasonals are pretty good!

ok...I just red an article about why hot trub should be removed...I have heard what you are saying though...maybe I should just leave it...

So it is brew season again for me and this year I am going to be doing things a bit different and I have a few refresher questions... 1) We bought a wort chiller to use. This should go in for the last 5 min of the boil to sanitize right? 2) I want to try to use the whirlpool method to...

So I was called out of town on business just before I was about to bottle. I was already running a bit late at 2.5 weeks and not it's 3.5 weeks and I am just able to do it. The beer is a Anchor Porter clone from Beer Captured. Will it sill be ok after this long in the secondary? Tom

It seems odd that you use the same dry extract for a pale ale and an imperial stout (only more in the stout). I understand that the stout uses more for the higher FG and ABV, buy why not use a dark extract instead of the light? Tom

So I'm reading through my book (Beer Captured) and I've noticed that almost all the recipes use 4-10 lbs of Light Dry Malt Extract and/or Wheat Dry Malt Extract. Most have grains as well. Is this because the grains are only (mostly?) for color and flavor while the malt extract is for the...

Transfering my Imperial Stout into the secondary a small amount of water from the airlock splashed into the bucket...by small amount I mean that I stopped tipping it (by accident) as soon as I heard a noise. Now I have some activity in my Secondary. It was in the Primary for 5 days when I...

Thanks for the info...i found a thread on the 2nd page which also had good info. Can someone please explain 2 tems to me though...cold break and hot break. Thanks tom

Should you strain your wort as you put it into your primary carboy? I have had some people say yes and some people say no so I am a bit confused. Thanks Tom