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So I am wondering about how long you all typically observe for mash temperature to stabilize after you mix strike water and grain? I'm on my fourth AG batch, and I've been following Papazian's suggestion that the water temperature drops 16 to 18 degrees when mixed with grain, but that gives me...

So I brewed up an altbier last Sunday, and aside from dropping my strainer into the fermenting bucket, and having to strain the wort twice (it was good and aerated), all went fine. When it got down to a temperature in the low 70sF, I pitched a package of Wyeast 1007 German ale yeast, and took...

So I decided to brew a Belgian witbier as a partial mash, with 2 lbs. each of pilsner and wheat malt, and a pound of torrified wheat. The guy at the LHBS, as well as my Joy of Homebrewing book, recommended a protein rest at around 130*F. So, as the book suggested, I heated my 5 quarts of water...

About a week ago I posted this recipe and got good feedback. I brewed this weekend and so far so good. I ended up substituting centennial hops for the cascade during the boil, because LHBS was out of cascade whole leaf. I still got cascade pellets for dry hopping. It's now bubbling away, and...

So I've been reading through Ray Daniels' Designing Great Beers (a great resource, by the way), and decided to try my hand at concocting my own potion. I thought I'd post it here to see if anyone has any thoughts or suggestions for me before I actually brew it. I am looking to do an American...

I've brewed three batches so far. The first, a brown ale from a kit, produced maybe an inch of froth in my Ale Pail. The second was Papazian's Palace Bitter from The Joy of Home Brewing, 3e. The kraeusen was all the way to the lid after about 18 hours. The most recent is holiday Cheer, also from...

I just cracked open a bottle of my inaugural homebrew, a brown ale. It has only been in the bottle for 12 days, so I know it is still underconditioned. It was carbonated about right. It's nice and clear, with a deep brown color. The problem right now is that it has a sort of bitter medicinal...

If I get a new utility bucket from the hardware store for priming and bottling, will that lead to problems? Or should I buy another Ale Pail? Thanks...

So I brewed a brown ale - my first brew ever - a couple of weeks ago. It was a kit with Muntons ingredients. I put it in the primary and never saw any activity in the airlock. I didn't worry about that, after reading on this site that the airlock wasn't a reliable indicator. Anyway, after 6 days...

Greetings from Cottleville. I am just entering the home brewing world. I started a British brown ale last weekend. After fretting the last couple of days over the lack of activity in my fermenation lock, some of the posts in the new brewer's forum have helped me relax and not worry. In a few...