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So being that it's fall and brewing season is returning for me I decided to make a leftover ingredients beer from a few different kits I had laying around. Came up with a dubbel and had some wlp351 so I whipped together a starter. Came home the next day planning on brewing and checked the...

I have a Belgian specialty ale that once primary is finished should be between 8-9%. My question is how long after bottling should I expect to wait before the beer is ready for consumption. 1 month? 6 months? I plan on trying one every month after bottled and if it tastes good then I guess...

There is a grocery store called Horrocks between lansing and Grand Ledge. They have always had an amazing selection of craft and international beer. Well they got a liquor license and now you can drink beers while grocery shopping! The only way this could get better is if they started...

Gettin ready to do a smash beer 10 lbs pale and sorachi ace. Looking for a fun name for it! Thanks for the suggestions.

So I am planning on making a weizenbock this weekend and am torn on whether to do a single decoction mash or just a single infusion. Seeing a lot of talk saying the decoction is not needed since today's malts are so well modified. Just curious to see what my favorite source of brewing...

So I happened to get some yuengling summer wheat (not sold in michigan:() and what a pleasant surprise! Finally an american brewer figured out what makes us crazy about German wheats! Anyone else tried it yet?

Well after taking most of the summer off from brewing, due to a move and the fact my lawn went from 1 to 10 acres.:confused: I finally got to use my mash ton for my first all grain beer. Made a sweet stout it already smells chocolate and caramely. Super excited to see how it turns out.

So experimenting with some more hoppy beers. I am not a hophead in any fashion but i do enjoy beers that have a moderate bitterness with a good hop nose. Started with a combination of northern brewer, saaz and tettnanger in back to back batches. Very happy with the profile. Using the...

Ok so I have been an extract and specialty grains and partial mash (probably only in my mind) brewer. I have 24 batches under my belt for the last year and a half. I have most of the equipment to go all grain need a bigger kettle and a propane burner to be ready. I recently purchased Gordon...

So I brewed a hefeweizen yesterday that I have done many times but decided to use white labs 380 liquid yeast for the first time. No starter. 24 hours later with no outward signs of fermentation I panicked and rehydrated some WB-06 that I had in the fridge and pitched that. Then I jumped on...

So being as I am still new to brewing (just over a year into it). After many recipe kits (and many compliments) I decided to try my own recipe. I am still mostly an extract brewer but definately use specialty grains for steeping. The recipe goes like this here. Thanks for your thoughts! 2.5...

Hello from Michigan to all the great members here. Finally thought I would give it a try being, that I spend more time combing this site for good info than anything else on the ole inter web.