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About 1 year ago today I brewed up an Amber Ale, it was a BIAB kit from Midwest i believe. I didn't have my fermentation chamber back then, so fermentation temps were a little high and caused some estery off-flavors. I am not a fan of the ester flavor, so its been sitting in bottles in my brew...

Hi there i brewed up AHS Anniversary Maibock saturday. Hit all my numbers and temps, pitched yeast and put it into my new fermentation chamber set at 65 per the instructions. The instructions say to leave at 65 until you see signs of fermentation, then drop the temp 1 degree per hour until down...

I've been getting more esters in my beers than i like, and I know its due to fermentation temps. So in an effort to have consistent temps for fermenting my beers i builit this. For a temp controller i'm DIYing a hvac thermostat like a few others have done on here, and i'll be adding a small...

Anyone else love this beer? Its by far my fav. But i swear the last 5 cases i've bought, every single bottle is a gusher. Its really disappointing!! I've stopped buying it, but nothing comes close to the taste. Has anyone else experienced this? I emailed them but have yet to hear back.

Just wanted to put this out there for others who may be looking to slightly upgrade your kettle but are on a budget. I picked up this steamer pot from amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00194DVJI/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Did a small 2.5gal batch in it on my stove top to try...

I am interested in tasting the differences between different hops, as well as grains and yeast. So i plan to brew up a bunch of smaller SMaSH batches, changing just one thing between them. First i'm doing hops. Since i have some Cascade, Centennial, and Mt Hood hops i decided that i might as...

So last brew session my friend dropped the thermometer into the MLT right after dough in. We fished it out and continued to use it thru the brew day. Last week i decided to buy another since water got inside the other one and it might be off now. I compared the 2 during the boil last weekend...

My very first batch was a partial mash. It was a Rogue Dead Guy ale kit i purchased at the Rogue brewery. I didn't have any mesh bags to steep the grains as called for in the directions that came with it, so i made one out of cheesecloth. Well i think the bag i made was too small, which held the...

My first batch was a partial mash, and it didn't come out drinkable. Its just too sweet and flowery for me. I think my problem was that i made a steeping bag out of cheesecloth and just made it too small, which held the grains too tightly. Second batch I made Ed Wort's Apfelwein and its very...

I'm not too good with graphics and such so this site is perfect for me. The labels look pretty darn good too! You can save them as jpeg and then do more editing if you like, or just print it off. Just thought i'd share for any others out there that want to make easy labels for your brews...

Hi there, i'm going to be doing my 1st AG this weekend. Its a 5gal batch of Red Hood ESB from midwestsupplies.com. My first actual brew was a partial mash and its currently in bottles at week 2 :fro: So i build my MLT this week out of a nice cooler i found on sale. Its a 70qt cooler. I've got...

I'm going to brew my 2nd batch this weekend. My first was a partial mash and it went well. So this week i built my MLT and ordered Red Hood ESB (Red Hook clone) from midwestsupplies.com http://www.midwestsupplies.com/red-hood-esb-red-hook-all-grain-kit.html I got the package today. Both...

Well i finished up my first batch of brew saturday. Everything went to plan on this batch and I had a blast doing it! I'm definitely looking forward to my next brew day. I soaked my bottles in water/bleach for a few days to get the labels off and kill off anything inside. Then used a bottle...

I am planning to try my 2nd batch this weekend. I'll be bottling my first, Rogue Dead Guy ale, this weekend freeing up my fermenter :rockin: So i'm going to use the PM recipe seeing as i don't have all the equipment to do AG yet. Link to recipe...

Title sums it up i guess. I started when a family member bought me a Mr. Beer kit. I gave it a try, it was awhile ago and the beer tasted horrible. So that put Mr. Beer to bed right away. I've still got about 8 packets of ingredients for that. But i love imperial IPAs so i wanted to brew...