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Brewed up my first all grain batch back in January. It was a Moose Drool (brown ale) clone. Primary for 3 weeks, secondary for 2 weeks, and in bottles for 3 weeks now. The taste is incredible!!! Incredibly fresh and just plain good. However, it looks like chocolate milk...it's extremely...

Okay, I know some of you men out there get stuck watching The Bachelor like I do every Monday night, right? Don't deny it. SWMBO loves this show and I put up with it because she puts up with my brewing. Anyway, The Bachelor went to the home of one of the girls and I think her dad was a...

Okay, so about 4 weeks ago, I brewed my first all grain. It was a simple brown ale recipe that came in with an O.G. of 1.068. I put it into primary for exactly 3 weeks and it dropped down to 1.018. I racked to secondary about 8 days ago and I was going to bottle this Tuesday, but I just found...

I want to drink 100 different craft beers in 2011. I assume I'm not the only person on this site who keeps track of beers I have tried. For a while, I was logging my reviews at www.ratebeer.com, but I just found it boring after a while. I just keep a spreadsheet with the beers now. So far...

For many years now, it seems the "cool crowd" has leaned towards IPA's, double IPA's, and other highly hopped beers. I've tried everything under the sun, and I just don't like hoppy beer. In fact, when brewing at home, I don't necessarily care for the smell of fresh hops. (I don't dislike the...

I completed my first all grain brew last night. First and foremost, this was damn FUN! It took a lot longer than I expected, I made a mess, a few things went wrong, but I had a blast and that's what a hobby is for, right? Okay, a few questions; 1) The target O.G. was 1.054. My O.G. was...

Okay, so I'm preparing to do my first all grain brew tonight. I'll be (hopefully) brewing a brown ale; a recipe that I found here on this site. Here are the steps I'll be taking... Feel free to comment, suggest, yell, whatever. I have a 13 lb. grain bill. -Pre-heat my mash tun...

I've been extract brewing for about a year now, and I'm in the process of making the jump to all grain. Over the last week or two, I've slowly pieced together the parts for a cooler mash tun (which I am quite proud of...thank you HBT). Today, I picked up a 10 gallon (40 quart) aluminum kettle...

Been extract brewing for about a year now, and I am getting ready to make the switch to all grain. I'm piecing together all of the equipment this week and hope to brew next week. I'm looking for a relatively simple all grain recipe; something that is somewhat forgiving and easy to brew. I...

I'm in the middle of drinking my first batch now. It was an extract kit from Midwest Supplies (Irish Red Ale), which I allowed to ferment in the primary for 3 weeks and in the secondary for 1 week. I bottled after 4 weeks. I received two cases of brand new bottles with my brew kit, but I...

I brewed a brown ale extract kit, which has been sitting in the primary for the last 20 days. The OG range was 1.048 to 1.052, and I came in at 1.052, so I was pretty happy with that, afterall, it was only my second brew. I started taking gravity readings a few days ago and they all came in...

Okay, so now I've got a few extract brews under my belt and I'm getting comfortable with everything. I want to start exploring partial mashes, and I've read DeathBrewer's awesome tutorial on it. I'm just confused on the amount of fermentables I need. I'm making standard 5 gallon...

Okay, I have a couple of questions about creating a mini-mash recipe. For a standard 5 gallon batch, what amounts of LME and grains should be used? I've done some research, and my best guess would be 5 lbs. of LME and approx 3 to 3 1/2 lbs. of grains. Does this sound right? Second, how...

Exactly four weeks ago today, I brewed my first beer. It was an Irish Red Ale extract kit with specialty grains from Midwest. I left it in the primary fermentor for exactly three weeks, and in the secondary for one week. I know a great debate exists whether or not to use a secondary, but my...

I brewed my first batch 3 weeks ago today (04/10/10), which was an Irish Red Ale extract kit from Midwest Supplies. I wanted to transfer it to a secondary last weekend (at 2 weeks), but after reading several posts on here, I decided to hold off another week. (I know, I know...secondary is not...

Okay, so I'm trying to tackle the 38dd Mother of a Fermentation Chiller, in light of the summer heat that is quickly approaching. I used the following directions; http://www.wortomatic.com/articles/38DD-Mother-of-a-Fermentation-Chiller I cut the foam board exactly as described. For the life...

Just curious....what's the best Extract Kit you've ever brewed? I'm looking for some suggestions for my next brew. thanks.

I'm new to homebrewing (only brewed 1 batch, which has been sitting in the primary fermentor for 10 days now), but I've been poking around this site for about a year, and from what I've read, it seems one of the simplest steps a homebrewer can take to improve his/her beer is controlling the...

Well, it finally happened. My first brew day is in officially in the books. :rockin: I think everything went fairly smooth, but it took me a bit longer than I expected. 4 1/2 hours to be exact. But that includes opening the brew equipment kit I purchased a few weeks ago, cleansing and...

I purchased a brew kit from Midwest Supplies about two weeks ago and I am preparing for my first brew day, which will be this Saturday. My first brew will be a kit; Brewer's Best Irish Red Ale. The Irish Red came with a packet of dry Munton's yeast, which I assume is a relatively popular...