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I was plugging the Dark Ale recipe (https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/the-empire-strikes-back-dark-ale/) for Big Brew Day into Brewfather, and the IBUs are way off according to Brewfather -- recipe estimates about 75, Brewfather says about 120. The hop stand step in...

In order to start doing simple closed transfers with a 3-gallon Fermonster with a spigot I just added a ball lock gas post to one of the sealed Fermonster lids. I'll use a quick disconnect and a blowoff tube during fermentation and I'm clear on how to do the transfer to the keg. What I'm...

I finally got my act together and came up with a fermentation chamber! I learned so much from reading all the posts about what others came up with for fermentation chambers, so I figured I'd share my end results to contribute to the collective knowledge (for better or worse). Thanks to all for...

I'm gearing up to use my new Anvil 5.5 gallon brew kettle for the first time and after doing some searching I'm unclear if I need to passivate it or not. What's the collective wisdom here? And if passivation is a good idea, is this a good process to follow? Let the opinions fly! Thanks! :)

Any other members of The Original Craft Beer Club on here? If so, how's your experience been the last few months? I've been a member since 2019 and I'm not sure if they got bought or something, but I've had missed shipments, I've received the same beers 2-3 times in a row (at weird intervals)...

For context to what follows, I have a dedicated brewing space that's about 150 sq ft. It's insulated, has a mini-split for heating/cooling, I keep the temp at 68F, and I run a small dehumidifier that keeps the relative humidity in the mid-50% range on average. Thus far in this new-ish space...

I picked this book up when I lived in Austria in the late 90s. I was moving my beer books out to my new brewing space today and decided to pick a random page to see if Google could translate it, and boy could it. :)

I'm not huge on holiday beers but like having a few around, so I did a quick 1-gallon Northern Brewer Festivus Miracle yesterday. Seems happy after 12 hours! What do others brew for the holidays?

Hi all -- thus far I've been using bottled spring water to do my all-grain brewing as my tap water is noticeably chlorinated. I could use campden tablets to clean this up but since I do small batches I just find using bottled water quicker/easier. I do, however, have an RO system in my brewing...

... of a darn fine nearly SMaSH Pale Ale with Cascade hops. Happy Thursday all!

Firing up a Novemberfest since I'm behind. First go with the Gigawort. What's everyone else up to?

I was going to take my Gigawort for its maiden voyage soon but after doing a leak test it's leaking where the main body/nipple screws into the ball valve (hope I'm using the correct terminology; see pic -- arrow pointing to where it's leaking). The problem is I can't screw the ball valve in...

Figured I better get this Kölsch and Pale Ale done before Summer's over. We'll see how well I juggle. :) Anyone else squeezing last-minute Summer beers in to make room for Fall and Winter?

Brooklyn Brew Shop's Green Tea Pale Ale. Came out very nice! Not a ton of green tea flavor but it's a darn nice pale ale, and the color is fabulous (looks better in person). Loving small batch BIAB! Cheers all!

I tapped my first BIAB batch ever (an amber ale) and my first all-grain batch in about 20 years last night, and I'm darn pleased with the outcome. Really excited to be back in the game! I learned a ton from so many posts on Homebrew Talk so thank you to everyone for creating such a fantastic...

I posted this pic of my latest brew session to a Facebook group, and a couple of people chimed in to say the sous vide being in direct contact with the mash water would leach heavy metal into the beer. I know this technique is pretty popular but I'm new to it, and I couldn't find anything about...

I'm Matt from Irondale, WA. First started brewing in the mid-1990s and after a very long hiatus am really excited to get back into the obsession. My plan at this point is to do mostly small batch all-grain but we'll see where things take me. I look forward to learning from and sharing with you all!