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Just wondering if people keep track of how many batches they've ever brewed. One of my friends asked me a few weeks ago so I went back and looked into it and found out that I was at 47 since I started a few years ago. I'm doing my 50th right now, pretty excited about it. Anyone else out there...

http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/stories/craft-beer-muses/show?title=ipa-day-returns-on-august-2nd Is anyone brewing a special IPA for this? My schedule wouldn't allow for it during the week so I did 10 gallons of IPA on Sunday, and I'll certainly drink a few to celebrate! Who else is going...

Hey all, looking for good recommendations for breweries and brew pubs in the Sacramento area. A visit up by Sonoma will also be made so anything in the area is open. I searched on here and saw 1 thread that recommended Rubicon but most other places seemed to be hit or miss. What are the...

Next week is American Craft Beer Week (May 14-20). Anyone going to do anything to celebrate it? I'll be drinking crafts all week (as usual, and homebrews count as craft beer to me) and also have some meetings in Colorado so I'll take a visit to New Belgium Brewing. :mug:

Hey all, for those of you who have had Fixed Gear American Red Ale by Lakefront Brewery (Milwaukee, WI) you know how awesome it is. Northern Brewer has a PM kit for the beer, and I'm looking to convert it to AG. Here's what the kit includes: 9.15# Gold Malt Syrup 3/4# Caramel 60L 1/2#...

...what would it be? I'm thinking I need to expand my operation... I currently have 2 brewing setups. A 5-gallon cooler MLT, turkey fryer type boil kettle burner, copper coil wort chiller. I've also got a single tier 3-keggle system (3 burners, pump, plate chiller). I've got a handful of...

So I brewed an extract beer following the blood orange hefe except I used blueberries instead of oranges. Typically I would have removed the beer from the fruit after 2 1/2-3 weeks, but I was out of town for work and couldn't do it until 4 weeks after brewing. When I went to bottle it I took a...

Hey everyone, I just got my hands on some Simcoe hops for the first time and want to try an all Simcoe IPA. I just had a few bottles of Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA and loved it so I wanted to do something that maybe would be similar-ish. I'm going pretty simple on the grains just to get a...

...but there aren't any, just stupid people. So I found a recipe for an AG Irish Red that I'd like to get going, and it called for 1056. I have some washed/harvested 1084 Irish Ale at home (as well as 1056) so I'm wondering if it wouldn't make sense to go with the Irish 1084 for the beer...

A few weeks ago my old corona style grain mill decided it was over worked and under paid. I was just starting to grind away for a 10-gallon batch of a delicious APA when all of a sudden the shaft for the grind plate torqued off rendering the grinder useless. So I did the logical thing - drank...

Hey everyone, I'm getting geared up for fall here, and thinking about getting an Amber bubbling away. Just threw this quick and simple recipe together, looking for constructive (or destructive...your choice) criticism. If you have a tried and true wonderfully delicious recipe you'd recommend...

Hey All, I've been brewing for a little over 4 years now, and a few of my friends have asked about making a gluten free beer given their intolerance. I'm trying to soak up as much info as possible from some of the existing threads on the forum, but had some questions I'm hoping people can give...

Well this weekend was a very good learning experience. I finally made the jump to 10-gallon batches using my new keggle system which I was really excited for. Wednesday evening I made (2) starters from reharvested/washed yeast from previous batches. That had taken off really well so I had...

I plan on doing my first 10-gallon batch this weekend, and have a counter flow plate chiller that will be used for the first time. I'm curious if anyone puts the entire chiller in a bucket of ice water or anything to help keep the overall temperature down? It seems that would help the overall...

Hey all, I bought a single tier keggle setup from Craigslist a few months ago and am finally getting the chance to use it. The guy I bought it from was moving and couldn't take it with him, so when I went to pick it up he threw a bunch of extra stuff at me (carboys, bottles, grains, hops)...it...

Just wondering how some of you all grain brewers approach crushing your grains for brew day. I've got a Corona mill that's powered by a variable speed drill (pictured), but have been toggling between carefully watching the crush and manually operating the drill at a lower RPM and going the fast...

So I went to the LHBS yesterday to pick up stuff for a Belgian Wit, and learned they were out of some of the ingredients. Since I still want to brew this weekend I thought I'd take a stab at remembering a grain bill for some APA I've done in the past. Unfortunately I forgot all about Vienna...

It's April 7th, which means Wisconsin summer is only 2 months away so I better get a blonde going for the lighter beer crowd. Here's what I'm thinking, please let me know your thoughts, especially regarding yeast choices... 5 Gallons, 7# Marris Otter 1# Carapils 2# Wheat Hallertau...

I'm looking at brewing a lighter Blonde Ale (BJCP 6B) and had a question about yeasts for the style. According to the Wyeast website they recommend 1098 British Ale first for the style, then 1099 Whitbread Ale, then 1272. I've never used the 1098 or 1099, so I'm not sure what to expect...

Hey everyone, I've been looking at recipes for a nice big IPA but I want to take everything I've learned so far and finally put my own recipe together. I've got a big birthday coming up this weekend so plan to brew a big beer to celebrate. Here's my starting point, so any advice/criticism is...