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Brewing a IIPA tonight and this is the proposed recipe: 4.25 gallons 13 lbs MO 1 lb. C-40 Mash at 149 F 3/4 oz Columbus (12.7%) - 60 mins 1 oz Centennial (9.0%) - 15 mins 1 oz Centennial - 12 mins 0.5 oz Cascade (7.7%) - 10 mins 1/4 oz Columbus - 0 mins 1/2 oz Cascade - 0 mins...

this video pours beer from the bottom up. it is neat. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2011/02/24/simon.no.more.beer.line.cnn?hpt=C2

I had an DFH Olde School Barleywine aged 1 year at Christmas. This made me want to stock up on some beers and age them for at least a year. My list as of now includes: DFH Olde School Barleywine DFH Burton Baton Brooklyn Black Choco. Stout Old Rasputin Terrapin Wake N Bake Bells Hell...

I have about 10 one gallon amber glass jugs that used to contain just water in them. They are glass amber jugs. If anyone around the Raleigh area would be interested in picking them up let me know. Some have heavy-duty plastic screw caps. They are running at $4 a piece. Happy...

I am making two 1-gallon meads and was wondering whether or not I have things in check. My main concerns are when and if I should add yeast nutrients and about krausen and head space. Basically I am going to add 2.75 lbs of honey and dissolve into 1 gallon of water. I am going to add an...

I am looking for the malt bill for a black ipa. This is what I am thinking: 5.25 gallons 6 lbs. MO 6 lbs 2-Row 0.5 lbs Chocolate Malt 0.5 lbs Cara-pils 0.5 lbs C-80. Wyeast 1272 American Ale II Hops are amarillo, magnum and chinook in some order. Will this malt bill achieve...

Trying to get used to my surroundings and storing the equipment and get back in the groove and having been waiting on cooler weather, I am going to be brewing a MOCK-toberfest Ale. Bought a kit today, and going to show a friend how to make beer. I havent done an extract beer in over a year...

I am going to be moving to Raleigh within the next couple of weeks. I know that Raleigh has some good local breweries and some good beer bars as well as retail shops. I am curious, how is the homebrew scene, in terms of clubs, shops, events, competitions? Also, by the grace of a good...

I am about to move to a bigger city and am going to be purchasing a GPS. I figured that this would make the move easier in terms of not getting lost. So I was just curious if anyone has a GPS system that they swear by? Say the price range is up to $200 max disregarding tax, any suggestions?

If I am making a IIPA and I am using 15 lbs 2 Row at 70% effeciency making a 5 gallon batch, will a vial of WLP001 get the FG down to at least 1.014 without making a starter. I just broke a therm and I invited a random fellow homebrew advocate to brew in 2 days. I felt that I cannot make a...

Are there any good books that have a wide variety of quantitative data pertaining to hops?? Is there a more recent book about hop aroma and flavor and bittering with extensive research to justify the arguments?? I have Designing Great Beers and it has two chapters dedicated to hops. But the...

In light of this winter storm that is suppose to hit western NC and eastern TN, the house will be preparing Imperial IPA #2. Mashing Right now at 149F 18 lbs 2-Row 2 oz Chocolate Malt 2 oz Roasted Barley Hop Schedule will be as follows 1 oz Chinook 60 mins 1 oz Williamette 60 mins...

There is a local beer retailer that just started selling vintage beers. The owner has more beer in the cellar than he can deal with so he put some out for sale. My roommate scored a Terrapin Wake N Bake from 06. Also I am about to go back and purchase a 2006 Avery Czar. :rockin: Also just...

Would dry-hopping while cold crashing allow for additional dry-hoppin' time?? I have heard that a maximum of 10-14 days a beer should sit on hops. If you cold crashed a beer and then threw some hops in there could that time be extended to a month?

Does anyone know the error in temperature with the True Brew Floating Thermometer?? Is the only practical way to calibrate these thermometers with an ice water bath??

Mostly what kind of flavor does the Golden Promise compare to 2-Row? Also can Vienna and Munich be treated as a base malt??? And question 3. how do you make an amber?? This is just in terms of color. I don't have beersmith as this is being typed from a university computer. I want to...

So here is the following recipe for AG batch #7. However, this is my first ever DIPA (extract and AG). Any feedback on the malt bill, hop flavor, and schedule would be AWESOME! 15 lbs. 2-Row 3/4 lbs. Caramel 60 3/4 lbs. Caramel 40 1/2 lbs Vienna 1/2 lbs CaraAmber 1/2 lbs CaraRed...

So I am starting my first all grain batch. I am mashing at 153 now and about to vorlauf in 30 mins. The recipe is going as followed: 12 lbs 2 Row 1 lb Caramel 40 mash at 153 for 1 hour. sparge with 4 gallons of 180 F water 1.5 oz Cascade (leaf) at 60 mins 1.0 oz Cascade at 10 mins...

I bought a IIPA brewed in Scotland. BrewDog brewery. It is 9% abv and 100+ IBUs. It is called Hardcore IPA. I was curious as to any of you good folks out there have had any IIPA that was brewed out of the US???

At my current disposal is the following: (5 gallon batch) 1 lb. Choco. Malt 1 lb. Roasted Malt .5 lb Cara Amber (2-row) .5 lb 40L (6-row) 7.5 lbs Coopers Stout LME 3 lb Dark dry extract 1 lb. Brown Sugar 1 oz Tettnan. 1 oz Fuggle 1 oz Goldings 1 oz Mt. Hood 1 oz Perle 1 oz...