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I made a batch of NB's cream ale back in May, and bottled it in mid-June. I was then out of the country for several weeks, with the bottles sitting in a corner of the dining room in my apartment. While I was gone we had a week or two stretch here in WI of 95+ (over 100 on a few days) degree...

So I brewed my first AG batch Sunday afternoon, and pitched the yeast at about 6:00 in the evening. It's now Wednesday night and there is zero sign of fermentation activity-nothing from the airlock, and when I opened my bucket there is no krausen or anything on top of the wort. It was a Wyeast...

After having done a couple extract batches I'm hoping to do my first stovetop BIAB tomorrow afternoon. I bought a NB 5gallon Cream Ale kit and plan to split it in half and make two separate batches BIAB-style. I'm trying to calculate the best way to manage a 2.5gal batch on my stovetop with only...

I've brewed a couple of successful extract batches from ingredient kits so far and I'm looking to try something a little more involved for my next batches. I live in a fairly small apartment at the moment so I don't have the space or equipment for any all-grain or full boils, so I was thinking...

Got a Northern Brewer kit for Christmas from my brother, and brewed my first batch on 1/14. My equipment kit didn't come with an ingredient kit, so I used one for a Badger Dark Ale from the local shop here in Madison. I feel like my brewing process worked pretty well, although after lurking here...