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Hey folks, as I progress in my brewing experience (now in year two) I am interested in brewing a simple SMaSH DIPA, or as simple as that can get. I'm going 5.5 gallon extract brew and have selected El Dorado as my single hop. Here's what I'm looking at so far: 12 lb. Pale Malt Extract 1...

Hey Folks, I have a maple porter in the 5 gallon primary that I am going to split between my Party Pig (2.25 gallons) and about a dozen bomber bottles for whatever beer remains. Already used 24oz of pure B maple syrup at flameout and plan to prime with it, as well. The Party Pig calls for...

Hey, I just received a fairly big Midwest ingredient/equipment order via FedEx today.. with a daytime high temperature of 15°F, of course. Immediately opened the box to to locate my two Wyeast Activator packs (American and London) and found them in what I would describe as a state of slush. Not...

Just bottled a sweet stout over the weekend after about a month in my primary. Started at 1.075 that included 14oz of lactose in the mix. Hit my target finish at 1.023. I used Wyeast 1098 British and my temps in the basement were right around 63 until the final week when I moved the bucket...

Brewed an 5 gallon extract based pumpkin ale last night (Saturday), OG 1.060. Pitched a WLP005 directly into wort at about 9:30pm as I have done with all of my White Labs yeast vials of various varieties in the past with great results and quick fermentation starts. This time I pitched a little...

It's never been a surprise in the past to be cracking off a cap by habit on a bottle of faux craft beer with my opener and realizing it's actually a twisty.. duh. However, since the start of the new year I have started seeing a number of somewhat legit craft brews feature twist-off caps. Off the...

Doing an fat tire clone extract kit with specialty grains tomorrow morning for the first time. As per my kit directions, I plan to go the route of transferring my pre-crushed grains into a muslin sack, placing them in my pot, and turning the stove on high until my thermometer reaches 155...

Hey. I've been lurking here for months and figured I would jump in. After years of visting breweries across the US and being immersed in craft brew culture I finally had the nerve to do it. Starting with a True Brew 5 Gallon kit, minus a secondary fermemter. First brew was a Munton's...