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this stuff does get better with age, but 5 months in a primary might be pushing it! I can't wait to hear what it tastes like! please share your tasting notes. I always keep a keg of this on tap.

hey man, I've got that exact same concoction in my primary right now, I'll be racking this into a secondary tonight, where it will sit for another two weeks. the cream ale was pretty strong and on the dry side, but good (7.5abv). I do this with every lighter-colored ale I do. my family and...

hey retarded sloth, I have three same thing going on with my first hops, a couple just turned papery with brown tips and they already smell much stronger ...the picture is from a while ago...they are now the size of big strawberries

I wanted to filter a brew a couple months back, so I went to the LHBS, and asked the guy if he had filtering stuff...he got all snotty with me, saying that I don't need to filter ales and why would I want to do that, etc, etc... he was a total dick about it. needless to say, I try and spend my...

if you have a blowoff rig (initially) vs. an air lock, you can do a 5 gal batch in a 5 gal carboy. when fermentation calms down, switch to the airlock and you'll be fine, if you want. this recipe its very fool proof if you are clean and sanitary. I've done 4 batches, three of them just from...

Very true about the belgian beers....they are delicious, but when you are talking about cost of ingredients vs. retail price, it's all out of wack. price has actually prohibited me from buying and trying at the beer store. I was planning on brewing a belgian this spring and am looking for a...

Say Brandx40, what does the potassium sorbate do to the yeast? when you say knock out, do you mean clarify? My batch#1 is super cloudy, but not yeasty flavored...i figured it was because I added hot semi mash to room temp/cold juice...

Btw, some awesome dude (i forget who) way back in the posts said this stuff is "chugg-able" if you add a bit of apple juice to it, man is he right! Wicked dangerous fun for the hardcore power drinkers out there! Can't wait to serve it up for the block party this summer.

My first batch is kegged and it gets better every day....this is going to be a staple in my house. cheers to Brandon O. I used the original recipe with Nottingham yeast. No off flavors or smells, and super potent in terms of abv, I didn't take gravity trains, but two pints is VERY "feel-able"...

columbus doesn't seem to have as big of a reputation of being oniony... I think I will try them, though

JMO88 is right... no skunking aroma like the german lagers. I always wondered where that skunky thing came from...

A little while after I started brewing all grain, I started messing around with SMASH brews and figured I'd need to amass a bunch of ingredients to keep on hand for the odd brew day. I started buying 50# bags of grain and some popular hops to keep in the freezer. I've only brewed ales...

Welcome, Albany. It's a great hobby.

Shot taken with phone camera during the leak test. The steam from the water fogged the lens and gave me an interesting shot

Scuffs removed, Valve and Blichmann Brewmometer Installed

Scuffs removed, Valve and Blichmann Brewmometer Installed

Great thread, Mike. I just finished putting together my gravity-fed Top-Tier this past weekend using the instructions provided out of the box. The directions were sufficient, but could've been much better.. I had a few "WTF??" moments while assembling. The assembly directions are my only...

BrewAlchemy, What size cooler did you end up going with? I have a gravity fed brew sculpture and I'm going to start experimenting with 10 gallon batches, so I'm kind of curious as to what you ended up with and how you like it... I'm currently using the 10gal round beverage cooler and...

Did yuo ever brew that Zeus IPA? I'm thinking about trying it....

biggest thanks!