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Okay, I've concluded that I need to do a cold crash on my honey amber ale. It's been in primary for about 3 weeks, 5 days ago I used Super Kleer finings I got from Amazon (the reviews were all good) and it still looks like ****. I'm not talking yeast haze, I'm talking giant chunks of floating...

Howdy y'all. I'm currently having fun planning some distant-future batches while my fermenters are tied up. Real Ale Co. out of Blanco, TX recently finished their Brewer's Cut (special edition beers) run of an oyster stout, and it quickly became one of my favorite beers. The roast, briny stout...

Okay, folks. I'm trying to design a logo for my home brewing efforts. This is my first attempt, using my (incredibly) rudimentary Photoshop skills, and I'd like some feedback. My roommates, friends, and I call my house "The Factory," hence the name and the bottles as smokestacks. Any and all...

Howdy y'all, I just finished bottling my second batch: an oaked Scottish Fraoch Ale that I'm calling "Stirling, 1297." My dad is not knowledgeable about beer in the slightest, but he is otherwise very intelligent and clever, and he suggested I brew up a "Bannockburn Bock" to make another beer...

Howdy y'all, My Texas Red Amber Ale w/ Honey (to be augmented with chipotles before bottling) has been in primary for two weeks now. When I took a tasting sample last week, it was filled with suspended yeast sediment, as well as what looked to be hop particles from the Cascade hop pellets I...

Howdy y'all, I'm currently fermenting my third batch (first two have gone well) and something's a bit different with this one. With the first two, the fermentation finished and the yeast flocculated within 6 days. On this one (an amber ale with honey, OG = 1.070 and expected FG = 1.017) it's...

Howdy y'all, I'm currently in the process of planning some future brews, and one I'd like to try a crack at is a melding of an Oyster Stout and an Oatmeal Stout, for both the earth, nutty bitterness as well as the subtly briny qualities of an oyster stout. I'd basically like it to be similar...

Howdy y'all, I'm making an amber ale for my roommate's wedding reception in June. I'm using AHS's Texas Red kit with WLP007 Dry English Ale yeast, and I added 1.5 lbs. of local raw honey with 5 minutes left in the boil. I'd like to add a smoky heat to complement the earthy sweetness of the...

Howdy y'all, newbie here with a question on my second batch. I currently have a Scottish Ale in primary (AHS's 70 Shilling/Heavy Ale kit) that I modified by adding a tea brewed from 16 oz. of heather tips and will oak with heavy toast chips soaked in a cheap Scotch. My question is about...