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I believe Bloomington/Normal still has a club. Abnormal brewers I believe. They have a Facebook page.

For those who are using a false bottom with a bag, do you leave the false bottom while boiling? If not, how do you get it out?

Old Style. I grew up going to baseball games at Wrigley Field. In hs we would buy someone's beer in exchange for getting us beer. Great memories!

I have Jamil's Brewing Classic Styles and he has English Pale Ale listed in several recipes. I am not able to find it and was wondering what a good substitute would be.

Thanks, the plan is to do full volume boil. Initially, bitterness is not the major concern.

I am the lone drinker in my household and I would like to try different recipes. I don't want to make full 5 gal. batches If you scale down a recipe, is it as simple as using percents? For ex., for 2 gal. use 40%. Thanks.

Thanks for the responses.

I have done a few all-grain batches and want to try some extract recipes. When steepin what temperature and how long do they need to steep? Thanks in advance.

1 oz 60 min. Grain bill was 3.5 lbs 2 row. .5 lb honey malt. .35 la biscuit malt

Cluster hops

I brewed a cream ale today with a 5 gal recipe that cut in half. Problem is I forgot to halve the hops. How bad is this mistake?

I am new to all grain brewing and would like to know what effect a lower efficiency has on a batch of beer.

Moving to biab from partial extract. What is the best sized kettle to buy to do full boil 2.5 - 3 gal brews. Thanks in advance.

Just getting starting with home brewing and I have a question about whether or not secondary fermentation is needed and what would the purpose of it be. Thanks in advance.