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I nearly fudged my undies when I found 4 - 4 packs of Sam Adams Imperial Pilsner at my local gas station convenience store of all places. I didn't even realize that they released it this year. I ended up walking out with 2 and may go back for the other 2. What a creation! Nothing but Hallertau...

Magnum Opus IPA Extract Recipe Grain Bill: 3 lbs Muntons dry extra light extract (boil 60 mins) 3 lbs Muntons dry extra light extract (boil 20 mins) 1.25 lbs Muntons light liquid malt extract (boil 20 mins) 1 lb Victory malt (steep 45 minutes) 1 lb Crystal malt 20L (steep 45 minutes)...

Great stuff. Its difficult to find midwestern beer up here in New England but I was able to grab a six of this and was blown away. Highly recommended. I would love a recipe for this.

I'm brewing this over the weekend to get rid of my hop surplus before summer. Suggestions and comments welcome. This will be my last extract batch before AG. Drew's Imperial IPA Extract Recipe 5 Gallons 4 Gallon Boil 9# Extra light DME 1# American Caramel 40 1#Victory Malt .5#...

with my hop inventory.... Almost at the summer break and need some suggestions for the hops I've accumulated. I'd like to use as much of this as possible while I can still brew so they aren't sitting in the fridge. These will be my first all grain batches. 3 oz Fuggles 2 oz Cascade 1...

This is my second shot at an ESB. This recipe I created myself, adjusted from the first batch. Comments and suggestions welcome. 3 gallon boil 5# light DME (2# at start of boil. 3# with 20 mins left) 1# Crystal Malt 60L Steeped 30 mins @ 152 deg. 1# Dark Munich Steeped 30 mins @ 152 deg. 2...

I'm new to using carboys for my primary. Its really cool to be able to see all of the action taking place. I did a 3 gallon boil for an ESB I brewed yesterday. I added it to about 2 gallons of water, pitched the yeast, and capped. What surprised me was the 2 inch thick bed of sediment that...

Anyone have experience with these? I am going to start doing partial mashes and wanted something that would serve me well for when I go all grain in the future. The 10 seems too big for me. I don't like and will never do a real heavy all grain beer.

I brewed a Bell's Oberon clone on Sunday. In another thread I had mentioned my yeast exploding and I had lost some of it. Well, after about 24 hours I started to get krausen so I thought all was well. At 48 hours post brew the krausen had already started to fall and I have almost zip for airlock...

I was about to pitch my vial of WL400 Belgian wit yeast and shook it vigorously just like the previous times. This one gushed like a shaken bottle of soda. It was all over the place. I don't know how much I lost but I pitched the rest and am praying its enough. Is this common? Out of 4...

*Newb Alert* I brewed an IPA using the WL Burton Ale yeast. This was fermented warm (upper 70's by mistake). About 4-5 days into primary, there was a pretty rancid smell (cabbage/eggs) coming from the airlock that filled the room. I tried my best to resist but I popped the bucket lid and it...

Hi, Relatively new brewer here. I am facing the dilemma now of what to do during the summer months to control fermenter temperature. My house is not air conditioned (Wifey says no). Basement is too moldy, musty, and just plain old gross to do anything down there. Money is not an issue so I...

Hi All, I brewed an extract IPA this weekend. I used The White labs Burton Ale yeast. They recommend 68-73 optimum fermenting temp for this yeast. I've never used this yeast before so I just went with it. I have a small space heater in the room I keep my brew in and set it to about 70. Well...