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"Oh sh*t". That was my exact statement last night when I realized I had accidentally cooled my fermenting beer to 35°. I brewed a rye IPA last Saturday and decided to check my gravity and just see how things were going yesterday afternoon. After a total of four days fermenting, I saw a...

Any word on a specific release date? Mid-February is the closest I've seen to details.

5 days into fermentation and I checked my dry stout (OG 1044) and it has a very strong hydrogen sulfide odor coming from it, that is maybe a bit perceptible in the taste, perhaps due to the odor/taste overlap. I'm not necessarily concerned about the odor, I've had several yeasts with that rhino...

Here's a question for those who have a known, calculated, and reliable brewhouse efficiency who batch sparge. And also do recipes with the no sparge method. I'm interested in doing a no sparge just for the fun of it. I'm pretty dialed in right now with my double batch sparge method at...

I planted two rhizomes this year, a Nugget and a Cascades. I didn't expect much in the way of crop yield, but I did get about a half an ounce total (9 grams Nugget, 5 grams Cascade). Can I expect the alpha and beta levels to be in the ballpark for the varietals, or will they be low due...

http://www.baltimorebeerweek.com/events/show/alonsos_oktoberfest_celebration Last year it was $10 liters, $6 half liters, you keep the glass. I hope its the same this year, I plan on getting hurt.

Last Friday when I brewed a pumpkin ale, I pulled my 2 liter starter from the fridge early in the day to allow it to slowly come up to temp. Once at temp, I decanted the spent wort except for ~1/4 inch above the cake. Then for probably two or three hours, I let the slurry spin on the...

OK, I know haters gonna hate, but . . . I just picked up two 22 oz. bottles of Fat Tire Maryland Commemorative Bottles. Its not my favorite beer in the world, but it is a beer I enjoy, and I haven't had it in quite a while. Anyone else happy about this?

If for some crazy reason, you could only drink beers made from five breweries, which would they be? Mine, in no particular order: Flying Dog Lagunitas Samuel Smith Heavy Seas Victory Yours?

I'm gonna blame this one on the new baby :o Been pretty busy and haven't had the proper time to devote the last couple of months so this beer had a real steep hill to climb. It was a Raging *****-ish type beer and my wife went into labor on day two of fermentation. Four days later when we...

So I screwed up at the LHBS the other day picking up some supplies. I meant to get the Saflager 34/70 but instead got 2 packs of the S-23. I've been looking here and there but can't find definitive advice on styles this will definitely work for - seems like a temperamental yeast that people...

Hola, just thought I'd share my plan for the spring/summer drinking sessions. Just got a fresh 55lb sack of German pils malt and was wondering how I should lay the groundwork for the summer. Then it hit me. Buy a sack of wheat and put together something like this: 5 lb German 2-row...

Two weeks ago I got a 10 cu. ft. chest freezer from a co-worker. It was free because she said it needed freon. I'm no HVAC guy, but I am fairly handy and able to troubleshoot mechanical things. I believed her that it didn't work, but needing more freon was down the list of things I thought it...

So I've got a baby shower in late April/early May and I would like to provide the beer. Given the mix of attendees, I've decided on a Munich Helles - a light lager that's not too hoppy (but at the same time NOT something that you could buy 30 cans of for 13.99). I've really been digging my...

Looks like I'll be able to brew this weekend, so I'm thinking a Helles or similar light lager. I have a freezer full of leftover hops from previous batches and just want to use what I have. From everything I can find, there seems to be a general consensus that hops used strictly for...

This past weekend I managed to get my hands on a pair of Willamette rhizomes and I figured I would plant them now just to get them started for next year. Since the plant spends most of its energy growing its rootstock during the first year, will they grow enough this year to begin putting out...

I have a partial packet, maybe 1/3 of dry Nottingham yeast leftover - I had used it to prime beer that I had sitting in secondary for quite a while. Could I just use this amount here to create a viable starter, maybe adding an extra day to get the cell count up?

So I just bottled an amber ale I had made - three weeks in primary, two in secondary (because I didn't yet have the requisite number of bottles stockpiled). When I took the top off of the carboy to begin bottling I noticed a slight sheen on the top of the beer. I have no idea what it was, it...

Here I am in Ft. Collins on business enjoying many Odells and New Belgiums and the question hits me as I quaff a St. Lupulin: What does one get in a beer if one does not add hops for bittering (early in boil) but adds a lot for flavor and aroma (late in boil, say 15 min to flameout)? Does...

Hi all, I will be traveling to Colorado next Monday for the week for work, and my flight gets in to Denver at 10:30am. I will have several hours before I need to catch my shuttle to Fort Collins early in the evening so I am looking for the best way to spend my afternoon in/around Denver. I...