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Just moved to the area. I have been brewing for a year or so. I have a knack for belgians so I am very happy to live near Ommegang. But I have a question. where do you guys get your supplies? My wife is from the area but I have only spent holidays up here. I am also up for a homebrew club if...

Sorry I wrote that from a new phone. Still getting used to a touch screen. Mash temp was 149.

I have been doing some experimental beers recently. I just did a Marris Otter Tettnager smash will a low mash temp. turned out pretty well, crisp with a low biscuity flavor that doesn't over take the hops kick. I found I am not the biggest fan of tettanager by itself but that I might be able to...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP570 Yeast Starter: i didn't but you can Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.072 Final Gravity: 1.007 IBU: 32 Boiling Time (Minutes):90 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 3 weeks 10lbs Pale 2-row, 3 lbs cane sugar 2 oz Cech Saaz Add...

Hope everyone is doing well. I just finished off my Belgian Golden Strong Ale I made in the fall. It turned out great, thanks to helps of yall on the forum. I had basic recipe with pale two row, belgian golden ale yeast and cech saaz. I got my og low after a weeks ferment then added sugar to up...

When you plan a trip to the beach, not bc of the ocean but bc that is where the closest lhbs is.

Anybody like the idea of having the first meeting at a brew pub that way we can talk the logistics of a club in person? Earlt jan sound good?

What was the last thing ya'll brewed. I got a Belgian Golden Strong, Great Lakes Christmas Ale clone, and what I am calling my accidental hefeweizen.

To my knowledge smash brewing is where you use one grain and one type of hops to make a beer. you keep it simple so you can gain knowledge of how each grain and hop affects the different attributes of the beer. I did one a while back with Saaz and with pale 6 row, pretty drinkable session beer.

Any of you guys done any smash brews. I am hoping to pick up seom grain from grapes and hopes since I wash my yeast and have some extra hops. What have your experience with smash brewing been?

Maybe I caught one of their workers on a bad day but the treatment I got the few times I went in left a bad taste in my mouth. So I stick with Wilmington Home brew. Not to say the selection at American is bad, they have great ingredients I just had bad luck I guess.

This might be more of a new brewer one. When you create three new threads asking questions for your first all grain, not realizing most veteran brewers have answered this question on about a dozen other threads. It took me about 2 months to discover there is a search button here, so I know I am...

I did a 90 min rest for the mash and a 90 min boil. My OG was a bit low but I think it is going to turn out ok. As for my fist offering to my parents they have tried 3 or 4 of my batches and have been bugging me to try a christmas ale clone since i started brewing. Thanks for the advice I will...

Ok, what would be a good way to practice? I can fill up a bath tub and throw in some frozen 2 liters? I have never tried that so i dont know how cold the water would get. would the heat of the fermentation keep the temp in the right range?

I like step three. I also did something similar to what Tre9er said as a partial mash and it turned out fine. I guess I got overconfident in my skills and over stepped a bit. The golden recipe is not complicated it is one malt one hop, 8 lbs pilsner and 1 oz Saaz. I will be using wlp570 as my...