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In addition to my IPA brew this weekend, we decided to do a Brown Ale/American Brown Ale. This recipe is based off of a kit I got a while back. Any thoughts on how to spice it up? OG 1.058 IBU 32 SRM 23 IBU/OG .56 2-Row 9.0 lb Caramel Malt 60L 12.0 oz Caramel Malt 80L 8.0 oz...

I'm working on a new IPA recipe. Am I going overboard with the hop combo? OG 1.066 IBU 55 SRM 6 IBU/OG .84 Mash at 154F for 60 minutes 2-Row 10.0 lb Vienna Malt 2.0 lb Caramel Malt 40L 12.0 oz Carapils Malt 8.0 oz Centennial 0.5 oz 60 min Amarillo 0.5 oz 60 min Amarillo 0.5...

I've been meaning to try this for awhile now. My friends have been begging me to do this and I have the equipment to control my fermentation temps. I just don't know how to start. I'd like to do a oktoberfest style lager this weekend. I'm looking for any good all grain recipes to try or a...

I'm trying to put together a brewday for tonight. Looking for some suggestions on this oatmeal stout. 1.056 OG 1.019 FG 34 IBU 4.9% ABV 44 SRM 0.6 IBU/OG 5.5 gallon batch 9lb Maris Otter 1lb Flaked Oats 12oz Chocolate Malt 8oz Midnight wheat 8oz Roasted Barley 8oz Caramel Malt 80L 1oz...

My friends and I are planning a party at our house. The theme being the the time period of prohibition (with the 40's tacked on for good measure of variety). We plan to serve food, mixed drinks, and beer from the period as well as decorate my basement bar as a speakeasy and of course make some...

Ok, this is a strange idea. I was watching the latest episode of Drinking made easy last night. The host was in a bar that makes their own infused vodkas. The placed marbles in the containers to cover up the spout so that any sediment from the stuff they used to infuse the vodka with would...

My wife asked me to make a pumpkin ale. After a bit of searching the internet looking at examples (mind you I don't think I've had more than 1 or 2 different pumpkin ales) This is my plan for Sunday. Any thoughts? Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications...

I just kegged 5 gallons of irish red. Everything went as planned, but we had a issue with sanitation. I had placed 1oz of starsan in the keg and filled it with water. I then ran the starsan though the beer lines to flush them (after cleaning them with oxyclean and then flushing with water). I...

I really want to start improving my brewing setup, unfortunately I'm not very handy when it comes to building things. I've been shopping around and looking at options and I leaning to HERMS. I was thinking that maybe I could just place something like...

I'm excited. I had a small bonus from work and used it to pick up a monster mill 2.0 w/ base and hopper. Now I just need to find a cheap 1/2 drill to drive it. Is the default gap good for batch sparging? Any other tips for milling your own grain for the first time?

I want to brew a DIPA/Imperial IPA on my birthday. I've never done a DIPA before, so I wanted a little insight and help. I've read the combo of Chinook, Cascade, Centennial is pretty good and creates a nice grapefruit/citrus profile. I added some honey malt to add a bit of sweetness to the...

I've decided I'm going to do a Irish red after some begging from my friends. The only problem is, I've never made a red before and I'm also fairly new to recipe creation. So I'm looking for some feedback on this recipe. I'm hoping for a medium to deep red color and just slightly dry. Recipe...

So I bought a 4 tap keezer over the weekend from craigslist. It came with everything I need to start kegging (4 corney kegs, taps, co2 tank, etc) and I just need to make a few minor mods to it to get the setup I want. However, before I go though with my mods, I want to get some beer in it...

My wife is back in college taking classes. One of her entry level science classes requires her to do a experiment. She told me that she wanted to do something dealing with beer so she could learn more about my hobby. So I came up with the idea of the attenuation of yeast at different...

I recenlty had a local welding company weld a 1/2" port into a keg as a test to see if I should get my other two kegs done. I am not a welder and I am not sure what to look for. So I have two questions. 1) Was this done right? 2) Any suggestions on how to clean up the keg so it looks nicer?

Hi there, I made the move to all grain a few months back with success using a kit from morebeer.com. Now I want to learn more about formulating recipes. I figure the best way to do that is to start making SMaSH beers. So here is my first attempt at a smash. I'd like to get some feedback...

So I finally got all my equipment bought and shipped and this weekend will be my first all grain attempt. I figured I'd layout my process and see if anyone has any suggestions or tweaks I bought a Scottish Export 80/- all grain kit (pre-crushed) from morebeer (where I bought my kettle) and...

I'm finally moving to all grain brewing. I picked up a 10 gallon rubbermaid cooler from Lowes yesterday and now I just need to get the parts to put it all together. I just wanted to do a check that I'm not forgetting anything. I'm going to do 5-10 gallon batches and batch sparge...

Just stopping by to say hello. I got my first brew in the bottle (a steep and extract IPA) and I have to say it's been a great time. It's only been in the bottle for about 2 weeks now but we tested one last night and it was amazing. Only issue was that it's a lot darker color that I...