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Hey guys, So I think I need some fellow brewers to confirm what I'm already thinking. I was recently approached by a group of people who are in the process of opening a restaurant, and they want to incorporate some house brewed beers into their plans. They loved my homebrew, so they want me...

Hi all, I've been brewing with extract for about two years now and would love to make the jump into AG, however, I don't really want invest in new equipment (MLT, larger brewpot etc., my current stuff already takes up enough room in my small condo). But I was reading something by Randy Mosher...

I brewed a belgian trippel about five weeks ago. If I remember correctly the kit included six pounds of DME and two pounds of candy sugar which got me to an OG just north of 1.07. So now I'm wanting to bottle but every time I check on my fermenter I'm still seeing the occasional bubble out of...

I've been brewing for about a year, and I just had my first ever bottle bomb. I'm a little curious about this because so far only one bottle has exploded. The entire batch is somewhat overcarbonated, when I uncap them I get a little foam coming out the top, but they're not gushing by any means...

I want to buy a kit for my next batch because I have a 20% off coupon for my LHBS and I'm kind of cheap. But what I'm wanting to brew is a really aromatic/floral IPA. Think Sprecher's Hop on Top if you've ever had it. So I'm thinking about just brewing the Brewer's Best IPA kit and then dry...

For anybody in the Chicago area, I found out a few days ago that Garrett Oliver is going to be hosting a dinner/beer tasting at the Lincoln Park Whole Foods this Wednesday and it's only 30 bucks. Garrett is the head brewmaster at the Brooklyn Brewery and the author of the Brewmaster's Table...

I've now brewed two different wheat beers, both of which have turned out tasting great, but I'm not getting that light yellow color that you normally associate with wheats (think Hacker Pshorr or Blue Moon). What gives? One recipe used 6.6 lb LME the other used 6 lb DME, both of which had...

I just tasted my third batch and I'm a bit concerned. I made a dunkelweissen kit from Brewers best, followed my normal brewing procedures, let it sit in primary for a little over three weeks at around 67 degrees and bottled with the prepackaged corn sugar. I cracked one open last night after...

So I'm heading up to Milwaukee tomorrow with a group of friends for a beer related mini-vacation. We're going to try to do the Sprecher and the LakeFront brewery tours (might try to stop by Miller if there's time), but I thought I'd ask the experts here on HBT if there are any other hotspots...

Another question from a newbie...If I'm making recipes that I get from books or on-line do I get to give my beer it's own name or do I need to give props to the recipe's source? I could tell my friends that they're drinking a wheat beer that I found in the Brewmaster's Bible, but it sounds much...

I'm just curious about the benefits of using a yeast starter vs. pitching a liquid yeast directly into your wort. On my first batch I didn't make a starter (I think I will this time around) and visible fermentation was a little slow to start, probably took about 36 hours, but the beer seems to...

Hi all, I'm getting ready to brew my second batch (first one was a wheat beer that's been bottled and appears to be coming along nicely), and I figured that if I brew a pumpkin ale now it can be ready for late October/November. My problem is that its still too early in the year to find fresh...

How long after bottling will the beer continue to get more carbonated? I bottled my first batch about a week ago and although the recipe said to let it age for three weeks in the bottle, I cracked one open at the one week point (curiosity got the better of me). I have to say that it tasted...

Just wanted to introduce myself. I brewed by first batch about two weeks ago (a wheat beer, since it's finally summer time in Chicago) and bottled it this past Sunday...still trying to develop the patience for this new hobby, I'm having a very hard time restraining myself from cracking one open...