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Hey guys. So yeah. Life presented me an opportunity to be a stay at home dad and open a nano as my only job. If you would like to keep track, you can check it out here, I will be updating often documenting all the steps and ridiculousness that it's gonna take to get this ball rolling...

yooo. So a little over 2 weeks ago I made a saison on the strong side (about 1.068 og) I pitched the WL565 saison which is notorious for not attenuating past low 70%. I got the beer down to about 1.022 and made a small starter of 001 to finish it off a few days ago. After about 12...

Hey guys. Just curious of your thoughts on a sort of improv. recipe. I was planning to make a fairly big saison (about 1.070 og) 5 gallons, roughly this (sorry, haven't beersmithed it in yet) 10 lbs Pilsner malt 1 lb Munich 4 oz honey malt 2 lbs of wildflower honey Pitching with a...

Hey guys. I know I can buy Hi-temp chiller tubing on some of the online supply brewstores, but I was wondering if it were possible to buy something I can use at a local hardware store or big box store? I was prepped to do a brew tomorrow and run my new plate chiller for the first time and...

Just curious. I've been trying to have a beer a day except on the weekends. I usually keep to it, but every once in while I might throw down 2 or 3. I'd say I pretty much drink at least 6.9 days a week =P Do you guys limit your intake in any way at all? Always curious to know.

yo. So I've been assisting at a few commercial breweries in my area trying to get some more experience and learning lots o stuff. At two separate breweries I watched the brewmaster pitch a large pack of dry yeast (basically a brick of dry yeast, biggest package I've ever seen *insert...

Hey guys. See subject. Could I make small teas with different specialty malts to get a better idea of some of the tastes of these without actually brewing a batch? I've predominately used biscuit and some crystal for my IPA's and lighter ales, while I've used some choco malt, roasted barley...

Hey dudes. I (like may of you) aspire to maybe upgrade my batch potential into a bbl or larger system sometime in the next year or so. Maybe going and doing the nano thing sometime after that. Before I do that however, I was wondering if anyone knew of any brewing short courses/seminars...

See subject. I had been putting it down the garbage disposal in slow increments. I made a DIPA that I bottled a few days ago which I dry hopped 2 oz of leaf in. Well, when I put it in the disposal, I started getting hops in the bathtub. Even though this sounds like a glorious way to take a...

Yo. So yeah. If one were to open a nano, what types of hops could one not even think about using in their recipes? I'm assuming that things like Citra and Mosaic are off the table due to uber high demand and limited supply. What do you guys think? Just curious.

Hey guys. So I generally make medium to bigger beers, usually anywhere from an OG of 1.060 to 1.090 or so. It's what I like and it's how I roll =P I've been trying to do a few new things for spring/summer to put in the stocks and wanted to challenge myself to make a small beer that has...

Hey guys. So I ended up having a day to brew this past weekend and ended up screwing around making a light bodied, short boil ipa with whatever ingredients were left in my stores. I wanted to A. mess around with doing a shorter boil and B. mess around with adding some more citrus to an ipa...

Hey guys. I just made a pale ale an a last minute brew day. Wort is chilling atm. When I mashed in, I put the strike water in the cooler to preheat and it was around 168 or so, it was too hot (obvi) was shooting for about 150ish on the mash temp so I went on and did some stuff while I was...

Hey guys. Ended up having a day to do some brewing and was feeling the spring vibe coming. Was a warmer day in the Northeast and pretty nice out, flowers starting to peak through the front yard soil, yada yada. Anyway, that put me in the mood to have a bit lighter summer beer. I kinda...

Hey guys. So, a couple of months ago, I had done a small batch (3 gallon) of a chocolate milk stout. (all grain) In the process of mashing, I had my kettle on the stove and was regulating the temp in the low-mid 150's. I got it to the point where I didn't have to touch the stove and...

Hey guys. So, I'm on my second attempt at trying to harvest some conan from a Heady Topper can. My first attempt, the can I had was a few months old, I gave it about 10 days and didn't ever see any activity, so I dumped it. This time, I'm on day 3, and there is some sediment and stuff...

Hey guys, So I was planning on doing a SMaSH recipe with Munich and Belma today. Reading up on Munich (bought some on a whim) the wiki says that it is generally used in conjunction with another malt to increase its conversion (or something like that) My Question: Would doing a SMaSH with...

hey guys. So I got a bunch of new brewing equipment this xmas (2nd kettle/outdoor gas burner) and I'm dying to do a brew. Planning on doing tomorrow and I have 3 things in my house atm that I haven't used (pretty much the only thing I have randomly) and was thinking about doing a Smash...

So. I was attempting to draw up my own recipe for an imperial stout on the spot. Entered into beersmith, looked like it should run at about 1.105 initial gravity (yep, I know pretty juicy) Anyway, I just cooled the wort and had a cooled sample that I measured the gravity and it came out...

Hey guys. So. I had never done a brew in a bag and wanted to try to do a small (3 gallon batch) of a really high gravity stout to experiment. So I had all my grain in the bag sitting between 156 and 163ish back and forth for about 35 mins and got it to really stabilize temp wise (or so I...