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Hey all, My wife and I are expecting our first baby this October. I would like to brew something that will age through to her 21st birthday. I already fully understand the logistics behind aging this long, as I have done some beers that have aged over a few years. So I know it will be...

Hey all, I have an awesome extract american IPA recipe. What made it work so well was a method I tried in which I boiled a 'hop tea' first (about 4 gallons, with 2 oz of hops) then added a light, liquid malt extract and continued as normal from that point with a 60 minute boil, adding more...

I have a gift certificate that I plan on buying my next batch of beer with, but I also would like to get into meads more. I will have about 7 bucks left over and I figure I can buy some dry yeasts, but I don't know what are good ones to have on hand. I know I want to have the montrachet for...

And I'm warm inside with our gas fireplace going! I brewed a mild last week, and bought ingredients for a golden strong which i brewed 2 days ago. Drinking the mild now and listening to Christmas music with the occasional <glug glug> of the airlock on the fermenter. It's a good feeling :mug:

Hey all- I just did my first all grain batch this last Friday. All went smoothly, except that I got some pretty piss poor efficiency (~55%). But after reading some other posts it seems many people get fairly low eff this first time doing all-grain as well, so now I don't feel so bad! :p I...

Hey all, I am planning on doing a stout braggot this Christmas to drink next year. I have no experience with the style whatsoever, nor with using honey in just about any capacity. First question: What type of grains should I use? Can I pretty much take my favorite stout recipe and just...

Hey guys... I did a Barleywine back in February that has been in the secondary now for over 9 months. I did re-yeasted it a couple of times and got some more fermentation both times, last time I racked it onto a WLP001 yeast cake on August 11th. I plan on bottling it either this weekend or...

Got a question: I don't want to go into the specifics of why, but I want to know how possible it would be to get fermentable sugars out of corn and or rice. I can't use koji or enzymes from malted barley to convert the starches either. Is this possible? I don't think it is with rice, but...

Hey all, Another n00b question. Why does it matter which apples you use? I know it makes a more complex cider to use a variety of apples, but how do you decide what you want? Can you basically choose apples at random or is there some way to pick which varietys you want based on what kind of...

Hey all, I am a semi-experienced beer brewer, but have no experience other than my limited readings when it comes to cider. So that is my pre-amble on why this question may be so dumb. If you wanted to raise the OG on your cider, why not boil it down prior to pitching? I see most people...

Extract: 7lbs Breiss Light Malt extract (would use extra light next time) Grain: 8oz American Crystal 10L 8oz English Vienna Steeped in grain bag in seperate pot; added to boil after 30 mins Hops: 2oz Amarillo (7.1%AA) 2oz Columbus (9.4%AA) 2oz Centennial (7.3%AA) Schedule: 2oz...

Hey all, I am planning on doing a belgian golden strong ale this Christmas with my family. I have been reading that temp control is fairly important in acheiving the right level of esters and aromas from those begian yeasts, and I want to start around low to mid 70's and work up to upper 80's...