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I love stouts & porters, but have been very disappointed with my attempts for a couple of years. I make great IPAs, saisons etc, but all of my dark beers have a very weird astringent flavor to them. So, the my last attempt I tried something new and added the darker grains (black patent...

Hey everyone! Here lately, I've noticed that I've been making fantastic IPA's and pale ales, but my stouts are far from great! In several stout's I've brewed, I have gotten no roasted flavor, but a very unpleasant taste that can only be described as "twang"n or harsh. What is going on here? I...

Hey everyone! Here lately, I've noticed that I've been making fantastic IPA's and pale ales, but my stouts are far from great! In several stout's I've brewed, I have gotten no roasted flavor, but a very unpleasant taste that can only be described as "twang"n or harsh. What is going on here? I...

I know this has been done to death, but my baby's are hurt so bear with me! I brewed a few kegs of beer for a friends wedding and also loaned them my keezer for dispensing. Anyway, I did not realize that they turned the temp. controller as low as it goes! Anyway, I had 3 more kegs ready for...

I brewed a Kolsch last Tuesday and had it fermenting away in my fermentation chamber @ 60F. I was planning on a long cool fermentation. Mother nature had other plans :( . My power went out last Saturday night and just came back on last night (Wednesday). I never opened the chamber, so it...

So a few weeks back I made a half batch of a saison that I have brewed a few times with much success. I just bought the ingrediants for the full batch and had it split in half. Now I want to do something different with what I have left. I've been wanting to jump into sours for a while now and...

I searched for this and didn't find anything, but forgive me if its already been covered. I used gelatin for the first time today on my apricot IPA. I figured in addition to pectin enzyme, it may help clear the haze from the oregon fruit. Anyway, I bloomed in a cup of cold water for 10 min...

Had to organize my beer collection, so I decided to take some pics! Enjoy!!!

Sorry if I'm pulling the wrong strings or ruffling the wrong feathers, but can someone explain to me the the PBR obsession? I'll be honest, besides the fact that its not BMC, I find no other reason to buy it! I personally don't purchase BMC because of taste and PBR tastes just like all of the...

About a month ago I got one of my friends into home brewing. He had been curious for a while and we jumped in and he brewed his first extract batch! I told him I would help him save some bottles for his first batch and I already have about a case put away (I now keg). Today, I was at the...

So I brewed my 9th batch of AG today and had my first problem. I onverted a cooler into a mash tun by simply feeding tubing through the drain spout and attaching a steel mesh tube to the rubber tubing (inside the cooler). While adding my grain to my strike water and stirring, I ripped off the...