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Great Job. Very helpful and thoughtful. Will help me keep organized for sure! Thanks for sharing it!

Great Work! Looks great! I know im bumping an old thread but this is what im looking to do. How has everything been working out for you on this? Any potential pitfalls? The removal of the door worries me the most with the seal and such Does the increased cubic footage affect its ability to keep...

Shorts and putting the shovel in the basement in Feb. was very strange For all my complaining about the weather and my beer, I sure did enjoy wearing shorts on St. Patrick's day for the first time I can remember. I just hope I don't have to dump any of my beer, I haven't had to ditch a batch...

Thanks for the replys. I think they were done fermenting, I took readings today and yesterday and they are both definitively done now. The Schwarzbier is tasting good with a little sweetness i wasn't expecting and i plan on checking in on the stout today. I think i might bottle my...

Hello All, First off thanks for your wisdom, I have been brewing for a year and my success has been in great part to all of your awesome wisdom. Thanks. So with this heat wave the past week my ability to ferment my lager at a reasonable temp has gone out the window. I was away on...

Looks good! I think Yooper has the right idea, I would use that hop sched. The only thing I would do is dry hop a full ounce of citra (or half citra/simcoe). I always dry hop a minimum of an ounce of leaf hops for 7 - 10 days before bottling with IPA. Simcoe's grassyness and citras sweetness...

This is one of the greatest things i have ever seen. Being from Buffalo makes this that much more awesome. Seeing this is going to have me looking at AHS even more. Great Job, I love when businesses go that extra mile!

I think your opening the beer before they are done bottle conditioning. I think if you give your beer 4-5 weeks the flavors will mellow out. I am finding with extract that patience with bottle conditioning, fermentation temp. regulation and quality of yeast are paramount. I would also...

Well i did a winter spiced ale that is currently fermenting. I did cheat a bit, i ordered a extract kit that was a fall amber style, changed up the hop characters and i added spices and such to the boil. I added a few anise stars, orange peel, lemon peel and cinnamon sticks for the last 15 mins...

anytime, let us know what you come up with. I like using a combination of bitter lemon and sweeter orange. I usual boil the lemon and add the orange extract to bottling bucket.

Definetly steep the grains, i tried with out steeping once and the brew was still drinkable but had almost no mouthfeel. Sounds like a good reciepe to me, let us know how it turns out.

How about a nice crisp Rye IPA or a modified winter ale with more citrus and light flavors. Last year about this time I bought an extract kit that was a red ale, switched out the LME with a Amber DME and dry hopped it (10 days) with 1.5 oz of centenial whole hops (used Nottingham dry yeast)...

I brewed an orange chocolate stout recently, and it was great (noticed the use of was because their is none left) started with a standard chocolate stout and added about an orange and a half worth of orange peel (lightly toasted over an burner) to the last 20 minutes of the boil. It was very...

Thanks for the helpful comments, everyone on here makes brewing so much more of an enjoyable and informed process. Once again thanks, and i will use those suggestions!

So as an architect, i have some graphic background. Just wondering what some seasoned and unseasoned brewers thought of my labels. These are first drafts but any input is welcome. Thanks all, I appreciate all your posts even being a intermediate level brewer. Cheers! California Common...

I have had some experience with extract brewing and i have found using a better yeast and controling ferment temps make all the difference. i started using Nottingham yeast and the beer came out cleaner and no twang, I never use the packages that come with kits or that are super cheap at HBS...

Brewing a California Common with bitter orange peel, and corriander plus added cascade hops to the boil at 30 mins, should be light, hoppy and crisp for those cold winter nights,