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I have to pause my brewing for a while. I'm being deployed. I’d like to try a bigger beer Barleywine / Braggot using my BIAB setup now that I have it dialed in. I brewed a 1 gal braggot last fall with LME and it’s OK, I’d to make one AG now. I know this will need bottled and...

Last Oct (2011) I made my first mead. It was half of a cyser from page 168 of K Schramm's The Compleat Meadmaker: 4lb honey (heated only enough to dissolve in the cider) .5lb brown sugar .5lb raisins 2.5 gal fresh cider (unpasteurized) Lalvin EC-118 yeast OG: 1.102 FG: 1.004 mar...

I have brewed 2 AG BIAB batches this fall. My first recipe can be found here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/going-ag-via-biab-1st-recipe-review-277246/ The 2nd was a porter I brewed trying to make an Edmund Fitz clone. The trend I’m seeing (I know, 2 data points can hardly “trend”) is my FG...

Ok, I’m making the next step to AG via BIAB. So far, I’ve been extract brewing except for one AG brew. My first brew I’m throwing out for review because I’m sure I’m over thinking it, and given the differences between How to Brew and the iPhone app BrewPal, I want...

Hi all, I’ve been lurking here a while, but I finally pulled the trigger, signed up, and bought a membership. I’ve done mostly extract brews (about 8) with only one all-grain batch—on borrowed equipment—since January. My last brew was the American Stout out of BCS (pg 173). What (I...

Hi all, My wife and son bought me a Brewer's Best kit earlier in the year for my birthday. I'd always wanted to try homebrewing, but "life" always seemed to interject. Well--not any longer! :D I've got 9 batches under my belt (only one all-grain), so I know just enough to be dangerous. I...