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I had posted here earlier about taking up brewing again after a 20-year hiatus. I brewed an ale from an early edition of the Charlie Papazian Homebrew book. The batch was started in mid-July and and then sat in the fermenter for about three weeks while I was out of town. I bottled when I got...

I bottled my Palilalia IPA today after three weeks in the fermenter. I kept the fermenter in the basement where temperatures were in the low to mid-70s. I got lots of feedback here to be wary of brewing an IPA at those temperatures but I really wanted to do it. And by the time I got the advice...

I have to say this group has been very responsive to a former homebrewer taking the hobby back up after 20 years. Basically, I tried to brew an IPA referenced in the 1991 version of the Complete Joy of Home Brewing called Palilalia India Pale Ale. 7 pounds of DME, 1.5 lbs specialty...

I finally brewed today and thought I followed everything pretty close except forgetting to take the SG reading. I had already pitched the yeast about ten seconds earlier, so I grabbed some wort quickly and then slapped the lid back on. It's always one last thing that I forget to do. Anyway...

I am brewing the Palilalia India Pale Ale recipe from the New Complete Joy of Home Brewing, p. 180, using the Specialty Grains listed--crystal malt and malted barley. Questions: Is the 30 minutes of steeping time for the grains is in addition to the 45-60 min of boiling with extract added and...

Just joined up and got here via a Google search for rec.crafts.brewing. I live in Takoma Park, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., and used to brew about 20 years ago. I got tired of constant cleaning and sanitizing so I gave it up. But now that I retired, I have the time for such things, so...