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I've decided that for my next brew I'm going to try to replicate the Viking heath-beer they drank in Ireland, as discussed in this article, whose protagonists relied in turn on the article which starts on page 219 of this journal. (is the internet awesome or what?) Through various boilings...

I've been looking at the famous recipe for small beer written down by George Washington and kept at the New York Public Library. It goes like so: "To Make Small Beer Take a large Siffer [Sifter] full of Bran Hops to your Taste. -- Boil these 3 hours then strain out 30 Gall[ons] into a...

My apartment is warm. Too warm. 80F in the winter is not at all uncommon even with the heat off and the windows open. Welcome to NYC apartment living. A result I have a persistent problem of beers overcarbonating. No problem, usually -- when carbonation is right I throw the bottles in the...

I'm currently making a Cascadian Dark Ale from a recipe in Zymurgy (extract). OG came in on the button at 1.064. Fermentation from a 2-liter starter of Wyeast 1318 London III went normally. But after a week airlock activity had stopped and gravity was stuck at 1.02 (goal: 1.011). So I figure...

For her birthday my girlfriend wants to make a beer that is both dark and hoppy. But we're not sure what direction to go in. Have you tried any "black IPA's?" What about hoppy porters or stouts? We probably don't want to go the super-malty direction of an Abita Turbo-dog style but we'd...

We'd like to make a Negra Modelo clone next and of course we'd like to get the malt as Viennese as possible given the constraints of extracts. My normal guys either don't have the stuff or don't have it and say it' been discontinued. Any ideas? If necessary, I'm not afraid to spend Euros...

So like most homebrewers I guess I've got all kinds of leftover hops from recipies which don't call for whole-ounce quantities. Three quarters an ounce of this, half an ounce of that, one and a half ounces because I forgot I had some of the other. Mostly pellets, but some plugs and probably...

Hello, all. I've been homebrewing for about two years now, but I'm only now stepping up the pace -- with a second carboy I want to have a beer fermenting pretty much all the time. As I live in a rental apartment in New York City, my username describes my brewing status -- I've pretty much got...