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1. Pre-brew: Check for all ingredients/equipment. Activate yeast package. Take top-off water out of refrigerator (was put in night before). Don't forget Ice. 2. New sponge (with no soap), microwave for 30 seconds. Mix batch of sanitizing solution. Boil tea-kettle full of water. Always follow...

Last week I found a 5 gal igloo cooler in my garage. Lightbulb went off and $35 dollars later I converted it to a mash tun, using a bazooka screen inside from Midwestern Brewer. I also ordered the partial mash Cascade Pale Ale kit from them. So here's what I plan on doing: The kit has 5lbs of...

Anyone recommend a Brown Ale (extract) recipe? I guess I'm leaning towards a Newcastle style...

I have an English Bitter kit (Innkeeper from Northern Brewer), and I want to use one of two dry yeasts: SAFALE SA-04 or DANSTAR NOTTINGHAM ALE YEAST. I plan on keeping the beer in the primary for two weeks then another two weeks bottle conditioning. The Safale S-04 is said to enhance...

I've read about HSA, and also read about letting the water get outside the OG. I brewed five batches of extract brew, and they've all turned out great. I'm starting to really tweak out my brewing process now, which leads me to the following: I brew a partial-boil of about 3-3.5 gals. I can...