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I brewed a 10 gallon batch of Irish Red Ale yesterday. OG was 1.055 The recipe was for 5 gals. so I doubled everything when I got the ingredients from the LHBS. Except I screwed up and only bought one smackpac of Wyest 1084. I did not realize this error until halfway through the brew day. I...

Here is really nice article about a new hop farm in New Mexico and hopefully the start of a new hop growing industry in NM. Valencia farmer sows seeds of success with hops De Smet Farms is about 15 miles south of Albuquerque and right on the banks of the Rio Grande River at an elevation...

I posted this story in another thread but thought it deserves it own thread. Well, last weekend was the Balloonmeister (Rally Chairman) at the 26th Annual St. Patrick's Day Balloon Rallye in Belen, New Mexico, USA where 40 hot air balloons drifted over the Rio Grande valley south of...

We brewed the extract version of https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/centennial-blonde-simple-4-all-grain-5-10-gall-42841/ on 8/9. It is a 10 gal. batch with 5 gal. in primary for 1 week and in secondary for 2 weeks. The other 5 gal. had 3 weeks in primary only. I wanted to see if secondary made...

OK, It seems there are only two options when it came to sanitizing bottles. One was to fill a bucket or tub or sink with sanitizer solution and force each bottle under until all the bubbles stopped then drain the bottle. Or purchase a Vinator and pump sanitizer into each bottle individually...

I want to brew a batch of Jasper Murdock's Whistling Pig Red Ale this weekend. I have brewed before and it is great. The recipe is in this book on page 127: North American Clone Brews by Russell Amazon.com: North American Clone Brews: Homebrew Recipes for Your Favorite American and Canadian...

I scored 7 full medical O2 tanks and 2 regulators for free :ban:and decided to use them to aerate the cooled wort. Been shaking the fermenter up to now. I bought an aquarium stone and it seems to work fine. But, within a minute of use in the Ale Pail, the foam was overflowing. We scooped off...

My daughter found huge aluminum pot at a garage sale and bought it for me for $50.00. It is 20 inches in diameter and 18.5 inches deep (high). It has a nice smooth operating valve and spout. It also has a removable screen inside over the the spout. So, somebody make sure my math is...

I'm planning for my 4th batch and can't decide on a recipe that will please my bride of 35 years. Her favorite beer is Michelob. Yep, Just plain old AHB Michelob. I am more into the heartier IPAs, Stouts, Porters, etc. that she cannot stand and will not drink. I think it is the hoppiness...

Here is what I've come up with.

I am now enjoying my 2nd brew, a Munton's Light American Ale extract kit that my wife requested. It seems to have very high carbination and very clear. The beer is chilled to 45F or so. However, when I pour it into a clean dry room temperature glass it foams up immediately and I end up with...

I posted this in the sticky thread above about primary to secondary but I think it got lost in the crowd. I keep reading that the only sure way to know for sure when to rack to secondary, or to bottle, is to take daily SG measurments for several days and rack when they stabilize plus a few...

I live at 5000 foot elevation and noticed when I boiled my first (and so far only) batch, it boiled at only 203 deg F. Even at full flame on my kitchen stove, the pot only got up to 206 F with 2.5 gallons of wort. So the questions are: 1. Would cooler boiling cause a problem? 2. Do I...

My brother will be visiting at bottling time and wants to take a case back home to California from New Mexico in his RV. Will it do anything bad to the beer to be moved like that during the first few days of conditioning as long as he keeps it in the dark and at reasonable temperature?

I just started my first batch (brown ale) yesterday and have it in an Ale Pail for primary fermentation. The problem is that I live in an adobe (earthen bricks) house in New Mexico that is heated by passive solar and a wood stove. The house works great but has daily temperature fluctuations...

Just bought the equipment and will be cooking up my first batch this weekend. Not looking forward to the long wait to taste the finished product though. Hope it is worth the wait.