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I have a Cream Ale waiting to be brewed, and I like the idea of adding either a blueberry or raspberry flavor. Gotta be honest, fresh fruit prices are kinda high for the amount of fruit I think it would take for a 5 gallon batch (I have heard/read 5-8 lbs of berries to get any flavor). Even...

I am doing the keg thing for the first time and force kegging a batch of Irish stout. Question is about force carbing. I set the regulator to 15 lbs and the keg is at 48 degree storage temp. How long should it take to fully force carb the beer? I have been gently rolling the keg every once in a...

Ordered a 2 keg kit today from kegconnection.com Should allow me to get more brews going and ready for drinking at any given time. just need to clear out the bottom of the cooler to make room for the kegs!

So I have now had several different taste testers of my first batch. Overall consensus is it came out pretty good. The range you find for people's reviews is astonishing. You get the ones who of course say they like it, but deep down you know they are really afraid to even try a home brewed...

Sitting at smb in gatlinburg. Tasted the lager and the wheat so far...both excellent!

Brewing my second batch tomorrow or Sunday. For my first one I just added the hop pellets straight to the boil and didn't keep them filtered or anything. Everything was fine, but just hate having all the gunk floating in the wort and fermenter. I have not bought the nylon or mesh bags that...

So has anyone seen the new Williams Warn Personal Brewery? Looks like a company out of New Zealand with a solid product. Claims to make "world class" brew in 7 days with everything built into one unit. Straight from ingredients to tap in 7 days...interesting concept. They say you can use any kit...

Popped open my first bottle of my first batch...Irish Red Ale extract kit. I must say, I was very impressed with the flavor and test of the beer. Had decent carbonation...nice hiss as well when popping the top. When pouring the beer though I noticed there was little to no head. Maybe it is...

I had meant to bottle at 3 weeks, but had a super busy weekend last weekend so bottled today at 4 weeks. Irish red ale from Midwest. No issues bottling, just did my due diligence cleaning and sanitizing. I did use a fine screen at the end of the siphon tube to help keep everything clear...

Brew day was on Sunday. New to this, so used standard Muntons dry yeast. Today noticed not much activity in the airlock, so decided to take a hydrometer reading (everything I read and heard said dry yeast can ferment out in 24-48 hrs). Down to 1.016. Recipe calls for FG of 1.012 to 1.010, so I...

I am new to the homebrewing world, and would really like to find a good "history of beer" book. Not talking about homebrewing books with just a 2 page forward about the history of beer...more of the meat and potatoes. How it came into existence, how they made it thousands of years ago...the cool...

Hi - brewed my first batch yesterday. Went with the Irish Red Ale from Midwest as well as the full brewing kit. Glad to be here and learn as much as possible! -stinkydadhomebrew (the junior brewer of the house kept saying over and over "Dad, your brew stinks!")