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finally got to watching the first episode and now i can not wait for the next. this is my senior year at SDSU and up until now i really struggled to find something i'm passionate enough about to make my living off. i mean, i love organic chemistry and biochem, but pure lab work is not my...

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brewing on tuesday! :mug: i want to get a distinctive "almond joy" taste, but still retain the original porter base. do you guys think that i should add cocoa powder at the end of my boil? if so, when and how much? or will the basic porter taste (using powerfreak's recipe as a...

i've used a kit before, and it came out very poorly. but then again, it was the very first beer that i tried to brew. and with that, i was so excited that i kinda rushed it. one tip: although the kit might tell you that you should add corn sugar, DONT. there is more than enough sugar in the...

Sweet man, thanks so much. Got a biochem exam on Tuesday, and I'm strongly considering brewing myself this beauty afterwards as a reward (even if i do poorly). My roommates/brewing partners aren't too keen to brew a Christmas beer, and since it's not my turn to be brew master, we are most...

@petetheo, racking basically means transferring. we all had to start somewhere. i still have a lot to learn, including some terminology. @powerfreak, thanks for the ideas. i can't wait to try it out. here's one for you: i read somewhere that putting the coconut in a hop bag and then racking the...

dang that sounds great. did you put the toasted coconut in one of those hop bags? as for the extract, do you add that in the bottling bucket with your priming sugars? thanks for the ideas.

Hallo everybody! I'm pretty new to brewing, and have only brewed a few extract ales. I've done them all from recipe, changing just a few things here and there. Now I plan to continue extract brewing until I find the time and the money to embark on the wonders of all grain. I was wondering...

Hallo everybody! I'm pretty new to brewing, and have only brewed a few extract ales. I've done them all from recipe, changing just a few things here and there. Now I plan to continue extract brewing until I find the time and the money to embark on the wonders of all grain. I was wondering if...