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I came home from the gym this morning to find I had a bottle bomb from one of my milk stouts. These milk stouts have been bottled for nearly 7 months. I would have thought that if I overcarbed them I would have seen a bomb much sooner. I know that nobody can say for certain, but should I...

I attempted a Leinenkugel Summer Shandy clone. I took a simple wheat recipe and added 3 packets of Crystal Light (the kind that make 2 quarts) at bottling. They have been in the bottle for just over two weeks so I know they are still a bit young. The taste is absolutely awesome. Still a...

I'm getting ready to brew this again weekend. I've done 6 extract w/specialty grain brews so far. All have turned out great. I was thinking about venturing into all grain this weekend by trying BIAB with a single sparge. I'm still putting my grain bill together and finalizing my recipe, but...

I'm made five brews so far. Two (an English pale ale and a Scottish ale) are completely finished and are pretty tasty. I bottled a chocolate porter this weekend which is pretty good so far, but I'm sure it will be better after a few weeks of bottle conditioning. And I've got a...

So my mother calls me the other day to see how the "brewing thing" is going. After a short talk she tells me about a blueberry-vanilla beer that she had and that she really liked it (she's not a beer drinker by any stretch). Of course she couldn't remember the name of the beer which would help...

I haven't posted anything to this forum yet, but I read it nearly everyday. I brewed my first batch about 7 weeks ago. It was an English pale ale kit from Brewer's Best. All in all, the brew day process went well. I decided to secondary my brews, even though I know it's not completely...