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18th Street Bitches' Bank is listed as 9.5% on Beer Advocate, but the brewery now lists it at 12%. It's one of my all time favorites, but my wife and I each bought our limit (3 x 750ml). I thought I'd diversify. Hit me up if you're interested.

Am I alone on this? I have an idea for a recipe, and I run all the numbers. Then, I get excited and plan a trip to the homebrew store. I walk in and start talking to my buddy. Something catches my attention and I start changing my grain bill. Oh... You have zythos hops 50% off? I can work...

I'll be bottling an IPA this weekend. The primary is filled to just under 5.5 gallons. The OG was 1.066 and the FG is 1.010. I am assuming that there is a healthy yeast cake down at the bottom and some trub. I also dry hopped with 3 oz of pellets. This has me wondering how much beer I'll...

I started an IPA Saturday morning with a gravity of 1.066. I pitched rehydrated Nottingham around noon, slapped on the lid and put on a blow off tube. I've had some crazy fermenations lately and decided to start all of my brews with the blow off from now on. I was getting some activity that...

My wife loves rye beers. I love IPAs. I was playing around on brewers friend, and I think I'm onto something. Thoughts? Partial mash. 5 lbs light dme 4 lb 2-row 1 lb crystal 10 1 lb rye malt 1 lb flaked rye My efficiency for my first partial mash was 84%. In case I got lucky, I'll assume...

I've had a lot of fun learning to brew beer, and I'm slowly upgrading equipment and trying techniques that I've learned here. I thought I'd chronicle a few. About ten batches in, I'm still using my 20 qt kettle on the stove top. Two new pieces of equipment have allowed me to do my first solo...

I have an Oktoberfest party the first weekend of October, and decided to take a break from partial mash and extract brewing and try a small batch of hefeweizen using the BIAB method. I have a 5 gallon kettle. So, the plan was to make a 3 gallon batch. Start with 4 gallons at 164 degrees. 3...

I've been checking craigs list regularly for cheap or free mini fridges that could accommodate a fermenting bucket or carboy, but then I remembered that I have a window AC unit sitting in my garage that hasn't been used in years. My first house was tiny, and this thing kept the entire house...

This weekend my plans fell through. So, I took the opportunity to build up my brew pipeline. I have a brew planned for next weekend, and one in the primary already. So, I figured I'd experiment with a simple brew that I could put together quickly and would be an easy drinker. I bought two...

I'll be brewing my third batch this weekend. So far, just Brewers Best kits, but they've been delicious even with some mistakes in the first batch. I'm looking forward to learning and brewing more.