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* Oil Change instructions for Women:* 1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change. 2) Drink a cup of coffee. 3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle. Money spent: Oil Change $20.00 Coffee $1.00 Total $21.00...

I don't plan well :D I currently have a brew dry-hopping in my secondary at the moment. I need to do a tertiary on it to clarify, but the only vessel I have to rack it to is a 6.5 gallon carboy. I figure with the brew that the hops soaked up, I'm going to have about 4.5 gallons. That's a...

Well, I just cracked my first from a batch I brewed on 12/10/06. I need to go to the store and buy some of the authentic stuff to get a side-by-side on them, but I think it's not far off. The color is definitely close, but I think there's a little more additional bitterness in the BridgePort...

Anyone with experience with hopping your mash, or FWH'ing? What characteristics do these two techniques bring to the party, and what's the correct procedure for doing either? Thanks!

I have a friend at work who is interested in learning how to homebrew. He's always been curious since I started brewing myself and talking about it. The interest has piqued after tasting the Pale Rye Ale I made and he wants to come over to my place and help/watch me brew it for him again. He has...

Here's the thread where I discussed a mistake in ordering my grains: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=18884 And the label that was inspired by this mistake:

I was inspired by a thread last week to come up with a "House" ale. So I did! It was an American-style Pale Ale, looked a little something like this: Somewhere in the neighborhood of OG:1.053, 44 IBU's, and 5.5 SRM. 7.0# 2-row Pale 2.0# Vienna 1.0# Carapils 0.5# Biscuit 0.5# Torrefied...

I know there are some folks out there who want to venture into all-grain brewing, but don't think they have the space. The fact is, that's false, and I've put some pictures together to show my homebrewing setup. The pictures below are from my Bridgeport ESB Clone v1.0 brew on 12/10/06. The...

Okay, so I have to go to bed for the night and then wake up... but Sunday is BREW DAY!!! I'm doing an AG; my first attempt at creating a suitable Bridgeport ESB clone... since I can't find a single recipe for it anywhere on the 'net. Worst-case scenario... I make an ESB that doesn't taste...

Can someone translate this into something that is conducive to making good beer? Thanks in advance!! Alkalinity (Bicarbonate) 459ppm Alkalinity (Total) 376ppm Aluminum 0.008ppm Calcium 2.96ppm Chloride 54ppm Copper 0.002ppm Fluoride 1.1ppm Manganese 0.01ppm Magnesium 0.65ppm pH 7.8...

I plan on posting all my notes on this for critique, but I don't have those with me right now (at work). BUT I did want to ask a question about the appearance of my beer. I brewed AHS's Pale Rye Ale, and for my first AG effort I think it went okay. I hit 55% efficiency on my system, but I can...

Ok, so I'm putting together my first effort in an attempt to come up with a reasonable clone for Bridgeport ESB. I think I've gone thru a case or so of the real stuff, taking notes along the way, and have a question about a malt profile. Based on Bridgeport's label of 6.1% ABV, and a...

I had an idea for building a mash tun out of a rectangular cooler and did some research on building a manifold, etc... but thought of a different idea. Couldn't you build some sort of mesh basket, kind of like a deep fryer, to hold the grains, and then lift the basket out of the water to...

I've seen many Bridgeport IPA clones out there, but I am a tremendous fan of the ESB. Didn't find any using the search feature here, or on other forums or websites. Any help is appreciated!

Here's a link to the Northern League's (baseball) transactions for the season. http://www.northernleague.com/transactions/ Scroll down to the transactions on May 1st, and you'll find this beauty. Schaumburg - Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden...

I need a hand. I purchased from the HBS what I thought was roasted barley (~300*L), when in fact I have Black roasted Barley (~500*L). Would someone be so kind as to explain the differences, and whether using the black to impart a toasty flavor into an Irish-style Red would still work? What...

Since I'm a newer (but ambitious!) home brewer, I don't think I have the refined palate to envision the taste of a recipe yet. I wanted to run this Irish Red recipe by everyone to see if it sounds like a winner. Partial Mash (Per BeerSmith estimates: OG 1.051, FG 1.013, ABV 5.0%, SRM 14.5)...

I think I'm at the point where I'm ready to tackle recipe formulation. Due to space limitations, I'm only doing a partial mash. Here's the idea: George's Clusterfuggled ESB According to BeerSmith: OG 1.052 (estimate), FG 1.015 (estimate), ABV 4.9% (estimate) 5.00# Light LME 2.00# Pale...

Okay, so I'm reading posts about people pitching onto an existing yeast cake. So how does one do this? Just siphon your wort into the carboy? What about cleaning and sanitizing.... I'm so confused :confused: :confused:

I'm a new brewer who has done one all extract and one mini mash brew. After reading the "How difficult is AG" thread, I think this is something that wouldn't be too difficult to wrap my brain around. Basically, you heat up some water (strike water?), add it to grains and stir for a while (mash)...