Search results

Hello everyone I have been brewing for 3.5 years. I have entered by beers into 5 different competitions within the last 11 months. I have won 4 Gold medals 4 best of shows one Pro am which will compete at this years great american beer festival. 2 bronze and a silver these are all different...

Hello everybody I've got two pin lock kegs including fittings for sale. They're very clean and hold pressure. Newer O rings and well maintained. I'm asking 45.00 for each keg includes the fittings. Selling them because I recently switched to ball locks. Thanks

I've used pumpkin before in brewing I've always added it to the mash. It always sucks and creates a lot of additional work with less than desirable mash efficiency and longer than it should take sparging times. I've actually been leaving the pumpkin out of the beers I've made lately and only...

I have been brewing for about 2 years and I am currently getting into brewing with other people hopefully starting a club. I love love love IPA's don't get me wrong but I am so tired of everyone only brewing and wanting to brew IPA's. I am venting I just think its good to try something different...

I have been messing with creating my own recipes lately and I attempted a chocolate coffee stout tonight. I brewed a made up stout recipe and added 4 oz of espresso beans at flame out for 5 mins of steeping in a mesh bag. I had a bad feeling thats why I stopped at 5 mins I figure if I don't like...

I am a newer brewer and attempted my second partial mash brew. First one hit perfect. Anyways this was my first attempted at a Pale ale. I performed a 60 min mash at 155 degrees 5 Lbs of American pale ale 4 oz of crystal 40 4 oz of biscuit 2 oz of carapils Mashed for 60 mins with a total...

I just started brewing around 2 months ago and I am curious if you guys have this problem to. I have a lot of family members and everyday people I meet who think I am an Alcoholic because I love beer. It really upsets me because I think there is a difference between appreciating beer and being...

I just kegged my first homebrew last Tuesday it is a Belgian blonde. I let it sit at 30 psig for 3 days because I ended up having to work late a few days. Anyways I am almost positive I way over carbonated the beer. I first pour was pure foam. My question is how to resolve this issue. Last night...

I am planning on doing a partial mash this week and I am using brewtoad and brewers friend to calculate my recipe. There both way different on the ABV. This my attempt at an Irish red Ale it will be a 5.5 gallon batch My fermentables are 5 Lbs of LME-Maris otter light 4 Lbs of American 2...

I am going to brew an Irish red beer and decided to do a yeast starter with my white labs liquid yeast. I got a set of instructions from my home brew shop that I shop at and it says to use 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of dme and boil for ten mins cool down to room temperature and pitch the yeast...

I have been brewing for a month and have already brewed 5 batches. Needless to say I am going nuts with this hobby. I have only had 8 of my own beers had have already bottled 3 batches and going to keg one this week. I love this damn hobby I hope everyone is having fun and enjoying there beer...

I am very new to home brewing. I read how important water quality for beer is and I wonder to myself is tap water really good. I love in Denver and our tap water is great it taste as good as quality bottled water but I know there is still stuff in the water. I am thinking of getting an inline...

I'm on my 3rd extract kit. It's been fermenting for 2.5 weeks. I checked it at 2 weeks it was 1.018 checked it again today it's still 1.018. Expected FG was supposed to be 1.016-1.012. Is this normal? I'm wornder if the weather we have been getting in Denver last week is affecting it. -15...

I am new to brewing I have 4 batches under my belt. I am wanting to make an Irish red but I am going out on a limb here and want to experiment with my own creation. Like I said I am guess here after reading and looking up multiple recipes tell me if you think this would be a good beer. 7 Lbs...

I am new to brewing I have 4 batches under my belt. I am wanting to make an Irish red but I am going out on a limb here and want to experiment with my own creation. Like I said I am guess here after reading and looking up multiple recipes tell me if you think this would be a good beer. 7 Lbs...

I brewed a Black rye IPA and a brown ale a little over 3 weeks ago. I decided to open one of each after a week conditioning with low expectations. I was blown away with how great it was. They where both very well carbonated and tasted amazing. I love craft beer maybe I am bias but I think there...

I was at Home Depot and I seen a 30 Qt fryer with a propane burner for only 40.00 on sale. I purchased it to find out it contains an aluminum Pot. I have read aluminum is bad for brewing because of oxidation but I have also heard it is fine as long as you clean it correctly. Does anyone else use...

I just started brewing a few weeks ago and I chose a black rye IPA to start out with. Everything has been going good I did take a sp gravity reading after 12 days in the primary no secondary for me yet. Anyways I just started think with all the hops I think I used around 5 oz. Will I be able to...

I am brewing a Black Rye IPA and last night I went to check my Sp Gravity. My original at 73 degrees was 1.052 after 12 days in the primary I am reading 1.015 at 67 degrees and there is a thick krausen on top of the beer probably 1/2". I was going to check it again this weekend and see if my Sp...

Hello just curious on how long to allow my first 2 five gallon batches to ferment. Currently I am brewing a extract kit from northern brewer called caribou slobber. It's been fermenting for 10 days now still active. I'm also fermenting a black rye IPA purchased locally also an extract kit...