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It was terrifying. I woke up in the middle of the night to a loud boom. I wasn't sure what happened at first, it sounded like someone shot a cannon or something. I figured SWMBO would not have been impressed if at 4:00am I told her that that noise was my beer exploding, so we went back to...

I'm planning on doing something basic like: 7lbs Golden Light DME (Should I use a lighter DME?) 1lbs clear candi sugar .5 lbs belgian caramel malt 1-2oz of Kent Goldings at 60 1oz Saaz at around 5 Wyeast 1214 What are your thoughts on adding cherries in the secondary? If it's...

My first brew seemed to attenuate decently enough (a bit low actually but with crappy yeast) but my second one has been fermenting for two weeks now and is down to about 1.006. The OG estimate was 1.052 (I added honey in the secondary so I'm using this number rather than what I actually...

So my first brew was a Simcoe IPA kit from Midwest Supplies: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/simcoe-select-ipa.html It boasts 67.5 IBU. I crunched the numbers in hopville (I even changed the AA) and ended up at only 43.9. What's the deal here...

I'm going to be brewing a Honey Cream Ale tomorrow and I wanted a critique of my recipe. Basically I just took the ingredients of a cream ale kit and added honey and honey malt. Note: I will be brewing a 2.5 Gallon batch 3.3 lbs. Briess Golden LME 1/4 lbs. Honey Malt 1/4 lbs. Cara-pils 1/4...

I've been wondering about this and couldn't quite find an answer. How does one know whether or not grains require a partial mash or not when looking at them at homebrew stores? Browsing Midwest Supplies website is what caused me to wonder this.

I have a few noobish questions for you: So I have 5G kettle and an extract kit with specialty grains intended for 5 gallons. Obviously I won't be able to 5 full gallons into the pot, I'm thinking I'll probably start with 4ish gallons in hopes that it won't boil over. Is this about the correct...

Hi everyone, for my birthday/Christmas I got a really nice Homebrew kit from my family. I think I'm going to brew my first batch from a kit next weekend, a Simcoe IPA. I'll let you all know how it goes. I hope to eventually move on to all-grain and make my own recipes and all that. :mug: