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Hello all, I have been craving a ginger beer. So, I decided to give a try at a recipe for a home brewed ginger beer. My requirements were: Lots of ginger bite. Dry crisp beer flavor. Yet enough residual sweetness to balance the ginger bite, and enough hop presence to define it as a beer...

Hey gang. We are about to bottle our "Wee Heavy" Scotch Ale, for long aging. We plan to gift it around xmas time. Some history: We created our own recipe, after a great deal of research. Brewed on January 31. We took 2 gallons of the first runnings and boiled down to a half gallon. The...

Hey folks. I always boil the water I use to rehydrate dry yeast. Does everybody? I ask, because I was looking at the canned starter, on Midwest Supplies. I noticed they recommend using one can of tap water to each can of wort. So, I chatted with a rep, and asked him about it. His response...

Hello all. I was about to enter my first competition, and it is an unusual competition in that the people attending the brew fest vote on the beers. As apposed to actual judges. I just moved to this town in Vermont, and thought it would be fun to brew my Kentucky Common Beer. I figured nobody...

Hey guys. I'm making a Kentucky Common Ale, today. And it's going very well. During the process, a thought occurred to me. I wondered how others sterilize their chiller, and lines. It made me wonder if how I do it is correct. So, I'll start by outlining how I do it, and see what others think...

Now that I am in the middle of my 4th brew day with my HERMS build, I'd like to share some thoughts. First, I'll describe the build. It uses 3 15 gallon kegs. One set up as the usual brew keggle. One as an HLT, with a copper HERMS coil in it. The third, I cut the bottom out of, and I drain it...

Hey all. I am in the infantile stages of my dream brew sculpture. My vision is a welded (or perhaps bolted) steel single tier. I plan on automation for shutting burners off and on, as needed. And am planing a direct fired RIMS, set-up. I am going to buy two Chugger pumps (and likely loads...

Hello All, On December 23 of last year, I made my usual American IPA. I call it Big Yellow Dog, in honor of my wonderful 110 pound Golden Retriever, Murphy. It is one I created on Beer Alchemy, and have made several times. It calls for one smack-pack of Wyeast 1272-American Ale II. I...

I brewed the 3rd batch of my American Pale Ale (Sarah Nadda) 8 days ago. It is very much loved by all who have tasted it, and they are grumbling for a new batch. Like a moron, I then left for a 7 day camping trip. However, I live in Maine, and the room I ferment in is in my basement (it is...

A couple days ago, I brewed an all grain American Brown Ale. I was quite excited about it, because I developed it, myself. However, as the process continued, I drank more and more homebrew. Lesson 1: Stay reasonably sober while brewing. When I put the chiller in the brew, I didn't notice that...

Hey gang, I brewed a Porter from an extract kit with specialty grains. The corrected OG was 1.045. After 16 days, I racked over to secondary onto 4oz of my own home roasted ground coffee. My hydrometer was broken (found it to be broken just as I was about to use it) and so I have no reading...

I am about to bottle an extract kit Porter (that I added my own home roasted coffee to) tomorrow. I want it to have a nice head, so bought some Munton's Kreamy X. The thing is this... The instructions say to add the entire package (7oz) to a 5 gallon batch. However, I want to carb to style...

After a lot of prepping, I did my first all grain brew, today. I feel good about it. It is an American Pale Ale, from a recipe that I made, myself, on BeerAlchemy. It is a pretty simple recipe. I came within 1 degree of my mash temps on strike, and within 1 point of my OG. So, I am happy...

Hello all! I have done extensive searches looking for this answer, to no avail. A bit of background, prior to asking the question: I have recently begun brewing again (after a 10 year+ hiatus) and I now have 2 extract brews (one with steeping grains) under my belt. I am working my way up...

Even tho my Brown Ale is very "green" (only 1 week in the bottles) I just HAD to try it today. I have not brewed for at least 10 years, and have been very excited about this batch. I chilled it to about 45 F first. It had a nice "pffft" when opened, and when poured produced a lovely head, with...

Hi all! I am Mike, and I live in Maine (tho I am really a Kentucky boy.) A little over 10 years ago, I brewed several batches, but soon life got in the way. I moved to Maine 3 1/2 years ago, specifically to simplify my life. It has worked! I now have a lot more free time, so decided to...