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I'm brewing an Oktoberfest this weekend. While it's a bit late to make changes because I already bought the grains, I would like to hear anyone's thoughts or comments about the recipe anyway. What do you think of the hops schedule? Recommendations for mash temps also appreciated...

After about a year and a half of procrastinating since I bought my chest freezer, I finally built up the nerve to build a collar and mount my taps. Here's a photo! It's a GE 7 cu ft freezer, with 1x6 poplar boards stained red mahogany and perlick faucets. I'm not that good with...

Since I've gone all-grain, I've brewed five batches and all have been cloudy coming out of the mash & boil except for the last one, which I brewed yesterday. I've been reading a lot about water chemistry lately, so the only difference in my process for the last batch was I added about 55ppm of...

I've been away from home brewing for the past two years while I've lived internationally, but I'm moving back to NYC this month so I'm starting to plan out my future system. I've wanted to build an electric system for a while since I'm an apartment dweller and it just seems better to me than...

As I sit here enjoying the fruits of my brewing labors (a pumpkin ale, just a bit late for Thanksgiving, but whatever it's fantastic), I thought I would make my first post a thank you to this community for helping me figure out this whole brewing thing. Since April, I've brewed 5 beers, and...