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I realize many frown(and many rejoice in also) the practice of long term aging of beer. That is not the nature of my question. My birthday is January 28th, like 2 months away and I want to have some awesome beer on it. I bought a bottle of double bastard, Squall IPA, Dogfish head 120(I plan on...

The Primer: Made the jump to all grain recently and I seriously couldnt be more happy(well other then the nature of this post). I use a 32qt ex-turkey frying pot for my BK and HLT. I have Flyguys simple 10g Rubbermaid cooler conversion that I use to batch sparge in. I have 2 2000w heating...

Tomorrow I plan to brew my first ever amber ale! I want something hoppy and something not too light bodied so here is my attempt at an AG recipe for about 70-75% efficiency. It was based off a clone of Hopback amber ale clone. Grains: 10lb 5 ounces Pilsner 2 row 2lb 8 ounces Munich malt...

After my brew yesterday my packet of US-05 did nothing with a rehydration, so I left my brew overnight in the fermenter. I get home today from school and the brew store, and much to my dismay my airlock is bubbling, and I am holding the packet of unpitched yeast! I must have caught something...

Ok So I kegged a beer 2 days ago, force carbing at 30 psi, about ready to turn it down to 12 and serve. This beer I think would be good with a little extra fresh hop aroma. Can I put an oz or two or hops in a muslin bag with a glass weight and throw it in the keg?I saw people do this when they...

I have heard wonderful things about Bell's Two-hearted Ale and it has made me really want to try it. Unfortunately, I cant seem to find the damn thing and it is old only in a few Mid-Western States. I decided I was going to make a clone of it, because hell it seems like a simple enough session...

Here is the recipe I used, It is seriously the best ale I have ever tasted. Dont yell at me Revvy its only been in bottles for 10 days, I just like to have 1 @10, 1 @20, 1 @ 30 days and hopefully it is ready @30. It IS extract, but I will try rebrewing it with allgrain in 2-3 days. SOMEONE ELSE...

Second all grain brew last night. I made the Guy Fawkes Pale ale. Basically it was edworts pale ale, with an extra lb of 2 row pale to make up for my lack of efficiency, which I think I calculated out to be 65% brewhaus last time and about 71%post boil. I am still very confused about calculating...

Its Guy Fawkes Day/Night. I suggest everyone do a brew in honor of it. And also do another one Saturday for the other big holiday. Perhaps a little V for Vendetta watchage should occur too.

Anyone know how to make air fresheners? Why doesn't someone make a hop flavored one. It could even be in the shape of a hope cone. Just a drunken thought.

Ok so first of all thank you guys for not warning me how big 4lbs of hops are! I ordered from HopsDirect and my order came today. Tonight I am cooking 5 pounds of meat to make room in my freezer! These bags are huge! I should be putting these giant silver bags in my freezer right?

I am not the most technical person so I come to you for help. Would it be possible to mount a sight glass like tube onto a fermenter? I was thinking about how cool this would be to have a Hydrometer in there and be constantly able to monitor fermentation. Obviously to keep light out it would...

Christopher Walken performs poker face. Discuss.

Ok so I have assembled my two heatsticks and rubbermaid 10gallon HLT and borrowed my parents turkey fryer pot to use. I am ready! The recipe I plan to make is an IPA based off of BYO's DFH 60 minute IPA recipe. 13lbs 2 row pale malt 8 oz amber malt .7 oz of warrior from 60-35 .28 oz of...

So for this holliday season I wanted to make a Pecan Pie IPA. When I think of pecan pie, I think of obviously pecans, vanilla, and molasses. Does any one have experience adding nuts mid boil? Or do you guys think ferment them with a muslin bag of pecans and secondary it on top of them? For the...

As I am REALLY starting to get into beers now, I am trying to get all the proper glass ware for each style. I am suprised HBT does not have a glassware forum, post pictures of rare glasses you have and contain glass guides/pouring guides? Is there a good list of what sort of glasses people...

I was getting rid of a batch of beer that fermented out with my AC off this summer(probably barely sub 100 temps) and was popping the tops off and pouring out, rinsing the bottles and placing them back in the case, when the 5th to last one just decides to shatter in my hand. It scared the...

Ok so I'm a college student studying Supply Chain Management with a focus towards logistics and distribution. Ever since I started homebrewing I have known that I want to work in the distribution side of the beer industry for a craft brewery. In one of my logistics classes we are doing like a 50...

So I am home for the holidays at my parents house, and I went to my LHBS to get some new brewing supplies so I could bring the joy of brewing to my father, and guess how much a fermenting bucket cost!?!?! I guess not a super hard question since I titled the thread 12.99, but the bucket was...

Ok so I brewed a hefeweisen 2 weeks ago, and took a gravity sample today, and It has a REALLY strong odd banana taste. I know this is resulting often from high ferm temps, but its been kept sub 75 for the entirety of the 2 weeks. The recipe is just 6 lbs dry wheat extract, 1 oz hallertau, and...