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This was an attempt at a nice and light - but warm and toasty - Northern English Brown. It was the first brew at our new house so the setup and the water were uncertain, but everything turned out quite well! Ended up with 72% overall efficiency, so it's sitting at 4.9% ABV instead of the...

Here's a 5-gallon session IPA recipe I'm putting together: 3.5# US 2-row 3.5# Maris Otter 1.5# Munich 0.5# Carafoam 0.25 oz Mosaic FWH 0.25 oz Galaxy FWH 0.75 oz Mosaic Whirlpool 20 min 0.75 oz Galaxy Whirlpool 20 min 2 oz Mosaic Dry-hop 7 days 2 oz Galaxy Dry-hop 7 days Denny's Favorite...

Here is the recipe I brewed up on Saturday. 3 gallon full-volume BIAB, 100 min boil (I was drinking...) 5 lb Munich II 8 oz Melanoidin 8 oz CaraRed 0.5 oz Cascade @ 70 min 0.5 oz Citra @ 10 min 0.5 oz Cascade @ 5 min 0.5 oz Citra @ 0 min 1 pack S-04 I hit 90% efficiency, but...

I've been kicking around the idea of brewing a German IPA. Here is the recipe I came up with: 4 lb German Pils 4 lb German Pale Ale malt 1 lb Munich 1 lb Melanoidin 1 oz Perle 60 min 0.5 oz Perle 30 min 0.5 oz Perle 20 min 0.5 oz Tettnanger 15 min 0.5 oz Tettnanger 10 min 0.5 oz...

Here is the recipe I brewed this past Saturday. This was a 4.5 gallon BIAB. 4.75 lb German Pils 2.75 lb Munich II 4 oz Carafa II 4 oz Black Patent 4 oz Chocolate Malt 4 oz C40 0.5 oz Perle FWH 0.5 oz Tettnanger 10 min 0.5 oz Tettnanger 5 min 0.5 oz Perle 0 min Dry-pitched US-05...

Here's the recipe I just put into the fermenter: 3 lbs German Pilsener malt 3 lbs German Pale Wheat malt 1 lb German Dark wheat malt 1 lb Melanoidin 0.25 oz Citra 60 min 0.25 oz Citra 10 min 0.5 oz Citra 5 min 1.0 oz Citra 0 min US-05 yeast I do 4-gallon BIAB batches, and I...

Why is this style so often overlooked? Good examples of it are SO TASTY. One of the micros in my hometown (Grimm Brothers in Loveland, CO) brewed one called 7 Ravens, and it is excellent. Last night I picked up a bottle of Kulmbacher Mönchshof Schwarzbier to see how 7 Ravens stood up to a...

I'm planning the recipe for my second batch. I'd already like to move away from the recipe kits and start creating my own, even just with extracts for now. This is a recipe a came up with today. The best I can describe it is a hybrid between an American Pale and an ESB, as in malts that you...

I opened my first bottle on Saturday and gave it a taste. It's a porter and has only been in bottles for a week, but I wanted to see how it was coming along and carbing up. It's already carbing nicely, and it looks and smells good, but it has a distinct sour taste to it. Is this a sign of...

I just started my first batch of homebrew! It's the porter extract kit from Midwest. My specialty grains have been steeping for about 10 minutes, and I think I'm hooked for good...this smell is incredible. :mug:

I just ordered my starter kit from Midwest and my brew kettle last night. They're expected to arrive next week sometime, so hopefully my first ever brew day will be next Saturday :D Or maybe, FedEx will be super awesome and get everything here this week ;) I also am getting hooked up with a huge...

Hello everyone, I just joined the forum this morning, and I've already had a positive experience here :) I haven't started brewing yet, but I plan on getting hardware are starting my first batch as soon as I can afford it. My goal is to have the first batch ready to drink by my birthday in...

I'm new to this forum and to brewing (I don't even have any hardware yet), but I have a few questions about fermenters. I've been looking at beginner homebrew kits online and at a local brew store, and I'm unsure of where to start. -Is it worth it to spend a little extra up front and start...