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I'm looking to get back into brewing and would like to know what everyone here thinks the best Oktoberfest beer kit is out there or if anyone has a great Oktoberfest original/clone recipe they would like to share. Thanks ahead of time. Oh I did search but didn't find anything on this. :mug:

And in looking for a good brew pub with some good food on the west side. Any suggestions? Only in town til 3-21-12 Edit: damn iPhone... Im in town on business.

Had someone offer to sell me two 5 gallon soda kegs that have had all the seals replaced! Anyone had any experience with these kegs?

Have seen that most kits have you bring the solution from the steeped grains to a boil removing from the heat and then adding LME or DME and then bringing back to the heat and back to a boil. Would it make a difference if you added the LME or DME to the solution before bringing it to a boil...

I'm interested in how someone would do this. It is my understanding that the difference between the 2 is hoppiness and OG/FG. Other than that there isn't much difference or is there? So I could in tease say the brewers best IPA and increase gravity and amount of hops during the hop schedule and...

How do you leave bottles on the tree after sanitizing begot bottling? Second question is how long would you leave them on before re-sanitizing.

Background: It's an English IPA. All my gravity readings have been on an I racked to secondary and dry hopped 14 days. Im preparing to bottle this evening and upon checking on the beer I noticed that the airlock as activity in it and the air coming out has a very sweet fruity smell. It doesn't...

So I've brewed 3 batches and spent every waking moment reading and researching and listening to podcasts cause lets face it I'm addicted. My first batch was bottled 12 days ago and I thought I would throw a test bottle in the fridge on Friday and see where it's at. It's an autumn amber ale: OG...

Im starting to experiment with recipes, making my own and altering kits, and so Ive been using an IBU online calculator but they all seem to say something different, and not just a little different. Some say 90 IBU's and another says 56 and one will say 74. Some dont take into consideration...

I'm looking for a Homebrewer from Evansville Indiana. I was there recently and ate at Turoni's and drank their Blue Eyed Moose IPA and absolutely fell in love with it. I'm trying to see if anyone out there has come up with a promising clone. I'm somewhat new to homebrew and wouldn't know where...

I'm looking for some good glasses. I've been looking at Libbey craft brew glasses. Does anyone have any of these and if so what do you think of them?

What technique do you use to dry hop in a carboy. I'm concerned about retreaving the bag with the hops in it. Just wondering if anyone had some tips to suspending/or sinking the bag of hops. Was thinking about putting a couple marbles in the bag, sanitized of course, and the tying one end in a...

I've been making beer and I'm interested in eventually dabbling in wine making. If you were to put together a reading list what would be your top 3 books, ranked in order you would read them of course.

I traveled to Minneapolis for business for two weeks now and have come across an 18 pack of empty bottles :mug: :) If anyone is interested they are more then welcome to pick them up if they would like. The won't fit in my luggage :( Send me a message if your interested. Im on the west side...

I traveled to Minneapolis for business for two weeks now and have come across an 18 pack of empty bottles :mug: :) If anyone is interested they are more then welcome to pick them up if they would like. The won't fit in my luggage :( Send me a message if your interested. Im on the west side...

I traveled to Minneapolis for business for two weeks now and have come across an 18 pack of empty bottles :mug: :) If anyone is interested they are more then welcome to pick them up if they would like. The won't fit in my luggage :( Send me a message if your interested. Im on the west side...

Background: Autumn amber ale. OG 1.040 SG 1.012 Moved to secondary (glass carboy) on day 10 to free up primary. The beer smelled great and tasted pretty good too but was really dirty looking, to be expected. When I made the move and I took my time, cleaned the crap out of everything, and...

Autumn amber ale from Midwest Supply OG: 1.040 At day 10 SG: 1.012 Moved to secondary last night to free up my primary and after moving to the carboy I noticed that after about an hour there was active fermentation signs in the airlock. I'm getting bubbles about every 45-60 secs. I'm sure this...

I am wondering what could cause your original gravity be off, high or low? I haven't had this problem yet but it's always good information to know. Just in general what are some of the things to look out for that could cause problems in this area? Thanks for any responses.

I Know the debate to move to secondary or not may never be settled but my biggest reason is in order to free up my primary for the next round and my question is not related to if I should, but more how. So now that we've established that I'm moving to secondary my question is... What's the...