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I have really been struggling to make what I consider a perfect pale ale (something along the lines of Red Chair NWPA, but a tad less bitter). I've messed around with mash temperature and time, yeast, base malts, hop schedules, dry hopping, fermentation conditions, and even bought a Hop Rocket...

I brewed the "Brown Porter" from the latest BYO (I don't have the issue in front of me, but the cover is of the head brewer from Brooklyn Brewing). When I plugged the recipe into BeerSmith, the IBUs came up short--way short. The target was 28, but the as-written recipe came up around 18 (30 g of...

I recently brewed a "vanilla caramel cream ale" from this very forum and it is delicious. However, after one week of fermentation, one month in the secondary, and a week in the bottle, there are some very strong phenolic flavors. I brewed another vanilla beer a while ago, using vanilla...

A few months ago we bought a second fridge, so the old one was promptly populated with a corny keg, but apparently I'm too stupid to clean it properly. I soak everything with Chemipro Caustic in warm water, including inverting the keg in a bath of the stuff; about 10-20 minutes per soak. I...

Google sends me here so often that I figured I should create an account :) I've been brewing for a few years, but have started brewing with purpose since moving to Europe: introducing wannabe beer snobs to real American beer! Nothing brightens my day like hearing "this is the best beer I've...

I've finally registered after months of Google telling me that this was the place to be for home brewing, so this is my first post :) And I'm pretty new to AG brewing, so forgive me for being green. I live in Holland, so my focus is on brewing all the tasty American beer styles that I can't...