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I have been brewing forever. Literally since the first Bush administration. But I am just now really getting into sour beer and brett beer. I wanted to run my general process by you guys for making these beers in a way that seems easy to me. And make sure I am not missing anything. For...

Hello all, I'm a huge fan of partial mash brewing. I have over 200 lbs of grain and I do all grain brew as well. But partial mash just comes out perfect every time. I have loads of good recipes but I'm always looking for more. I've searched the recipe forums and there are some good...

OK brewers, it is my seasonal post, where I look for input on the best beers to brew now for consumption in spring. Here are a few I have on my mind for spring 1. Weizenbock 2. Raspberry Wheat Ale 3. Saison du Pierpax Clone 4. Cream Ale 5. Citrusy IPA I am open to style benders...

So we all talk about yeast a lot. We all say Mr. Malty says pitch this much, or woodland says viability is paramount... We all say the flavor profile of this yeast is spicy, or phenolic, or sulphury... But I want to know... how does yeast actually do what it does... to that end I have...

OK here's an update from some one who actually uses the fryer. It can and does boil 6.5 gallons for us. It is great for extract, partial mash, and biab up to about 1.065 og. There are videos posted on google+, and on counterbrew.blogspot.com

Someone with real knowledge of this topic please respond. We just got 3 of the cajun injector electric turkey cookers for darn cheap, so were converting at least 2 of them for E BIAB set ups. As a general contractor I can tell you about the importance of insulation. I even use ceramic...

OK every one, 5 beers to brew for summer. Here are mine Strawberry Cream ale Session I.P.A. Apricot wheat A.P.A. honey brown

Has any one tried splitting their boil of an extract in order to boil a full volume? When I boil full volume the extract batches turn out awesome. When I don't... mehh. I intend to do some extract batches to build summer inventory, and I intend to split the ingredients between two 4...

So I brewed an ez brew raspberry what Saturday morning. I pitched I on to the yeast cake and dregs from my hoppy wheat, which I had just racked to secondary. I've never done this before, but after reading a lot about it on this forum I've decided to give it a try I had crazy activity. by...

Has anyone tried this? It looks good. I'd love to get 10-15 gallons of this done while conditions are perfect for fermentation. But I'm a little hesitant about a 20M boil. I'm a very experienced extract brewer, and I do small batch all grain. So no comments about "just do all...

Loyalty has some advantages. I buy my ingredients at a LHBS. The shop is on the way to and from work, so I swing by once or twice a week. I don't always buy some thing, but I brew a lot, so I often buy something. When in the shop I try to be helpful to newbs, and if someone has a question...

Ok, So I have been brewing since the dawn of time. Well maybe not that long, but since the 1st Bush Administration. When I started brewing you pretty much had 2 choices, extract or all grain. When I started brewing we had to do step mash. The grains weren't "well modified". The only way to...

any body try any of these? the Belgian styles look amazing.

So here's the deal. I've been brewing beer off and on for 25 years. Literally since the dark ages of home brewing. In recent years I've been doing Extract and Partial Mash, I must admit that since I put my focus on correct yeast pitch, and correct fermentation temperatures, I've made some...

So, I've been thinking ( i know its a dangerous past time) why do we run cold water through the wort. Why not drain the worth through a ice cold thermo well through a copper tube? Before I start experimenting, I thought I'd put it out there. Water cools based on the weighted average of...

Any one ever try this? I'm doing a biab, I have some extra extract, I have hops... not looking for the spent grains for gravity, just for some color, mouth feel, some complexity. Thought I'd ask, if it works, that's X2 the beer on just a little more cost. Kind of a poor man's 2nd running...

So, where I live it gets too cold in the winter for our door brewing. Generally, I switch to extract for the winter. But recently I have been wondering about using a large roasting pan in order to biab. It is large enough to fit over two of my burners and holds over 10 gallons of water...