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I'm getting ready to do my first AG and have been researching recipes. I'd like to do a Pilsner but have been told it's too difficult....and not very forgiving. My second choice would be my all time favorite, a Hefe Weizen. I'm thinking about the recipe below, but I've seen that every AG...

Tried a Weizen kit from the LHBS. 6.6 lbs of Munton wheat extract. Boiled for 60 minutes. Cooled and pitched the yeast. Spent a week in the primary. Had a gang buster fermentation going, as evidenced here. After a week, racked off to secondary. Had almost no action for three weeks while...

Is there a "proper" way to write a small microbrew and ask for their recipe with out offending them? Or is it considered "poor taste"? Lange Creek Brewery in Marion, MT is one of my favorites, but living here in Maryland it's tough (read: impossible) to get it. I'd love to be able to brew...

Using my limited math skills, I figure that using 1/2" copper for a wort chiller gives you about a 40% surface area increase. This has got to translate to quicker chilling. Question: is it worth the extra cost to get the larger diameter copper? Anybody have any experience using both that...

First homebrew in 10 years, I'm less than 24 hours from the boil and and it's been one to remember. First problem was during the boil. Using my brand new, 32 quart stainless steel brew kettle, I got my water boiling, poured in the extract - promptly scorched the extract on the area of the...

It's been a long time (10 years) since my last batch. Finally bought some ingredients the other day and will spend Saturday finding all my brew gear. Looking forward to it. And to all the other Washington based homebrewers, here's a shout out. Although I live in Maryland now, I consider...