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I usually have problems with blowing past my gravity target and today did so again while brewing NB's Plinian Legacy. The recipe is for 6 gallons with an OG of 1.070. Due to the massive amount of hop in the brew kettle I could only pull off about 5 gallons, but current gravity is 1.079. I've...

We visited Revolution a few weeks ago and tried their Cat Herder Replicale. This year's Replicales used 100% Czech Pils for the grain bill and Revolution had the good fortune of drawing Citra to round out their SMaSH brew. The beer turned out phenomenal. I reached out to the brewmaster and...

I've got fresh Hopslam, Serendipity, Rya da Tiger (and other 3 Floyds, but not Zombie Dust), Dragon's Milk and Bourbon County Stout for trade. Looking for fresh Pliny, Heady Topper, Palate Wrecker, AleSmith IPA, Stumblin Monk or Speedway Stout. Hill Farmstead Abner or Ephraim. I can get a...

About a month ago I brewed the Rodenbach clone from this forum. All went well, but due to very high efficiency I ended up with a beer at 8.0%. I pitched the Rosalare into secondary 10 days ago at 70F but to date have no activity. Having done some research on this board it appears the bacteria...

Looking for Alesmith Speedway barrel aged stout, Cigar City Humidor Series, Pliny, or HT (always looking for HT.) Serendipity is available here now and I'd be happy to get some for a trade. Interested in other "non-Midwest" beers I can't get. Regards, Brobeman

I brewed Jamil Z's Strict Observance Belgian Tripel from his book Brewing Classic Styles. This is approximately what I started with: Batch Size: 5.25 gal Style: Belgian Tripel (18C) Boil Size: 7.75 gal Boil Time: 90 min OG (without sugar added): 1.081 Estimated FG: 1.012 Mash Profile...

Been brewing for about a year now and have several successful brews behind me. The only issue I'm having is what appears to be low hop utilization when brewing IPA's. I've got Zombie Dust, Union Jack, and Green Flash West Coast clones on tap right now and although they're all "pretty" good...

My kids are using my portable kegerator at a festival today and are selling rootbeer from half barrel. Never pushed soda before. Any suggestions on where I should set the regulator? Brobe

I'm pretty new to brewing but have been all grain for the last 3 months or so. I brewed an extract Pliny the Elder kit from Austin HB early on that started out great, but ended up with a taste that I couldn't stand. Not sure how to describe it, other than it's kind of a toasted caramel flavor...

I'm investigating organizing a group buy in Milwaukee but have no experience in this matter. If anyone is willing/able to point me to viable sources I will engage with them to see what we need to do to proceed. Regards, Brobeman

'm pretty new to brewing and until now have been using a standard immersion chiller. I only recently began Whirlpooling during chilling which is kind of a PITA with the chiller in the BK because of having to lift the spoon on each cycle to get over the chiller hoses. To simplify my process I...

The wife and I made our first run at AG today using Using NB's Jamil's Evil Twin recipe Picked up an HLT and MLT from POISLB off this board earlier this week at what I consider a ridiculously good price. He even crafted me a custom sparge head using CPVC, and threw in 5 packs of hard to find...

Tying out Jamil's Evil Twin. Hopefully I'll hit the numbers. How hard can it be?

Other than a few canned kits back in 1993 I've not made any homebrews. I took a long (and very expensive) detour down the wine road but thanks to a buddy who makes his living peddling beers, I've signed on as a full time hop-head. Started with NB's Surly Furious kit two weeks ago (IG of...

I'm new to home brewing but have gone all in. I picked up an older Kenmore kegerator with 3 Corny kegs and will have them all filled within a month. I'd like to convert the single tap to a 2 or 3 tap tower and am looking for some guidance on simple conversion kits and sources. Do I just...