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A coworker is interested in brewing, but never has. His wife likes "strong and hoppy beers". I ordered a 50 kg sack of Marris Otter and am throwing in what else I have sitting around. We will make a 10 gallon batch and split it into two 5g batches, one for me and one for him. Here's what I've...

Found these hops for relatively cheap. My first car was a 1988 Merkur Scorpio, so the name stood out. Decided to build a beer around them. I paired them with Bravo because they were cheap too. Added a little Munich to my usual IPA grain bill to further the "German" theme. Below is the recipe...

I set up a no frills 1 bbl brewery at my parent's house for a day. My mom took pictures! http://imgur.com/a/yMhhJ Made 2 batches first was an IPA Boil Size: 37.72 gal Post Boil Volume: 33.12 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 31.60 gal Bottling Volume: 31.00 gal Estimated OG: 1.061 SG...

I attend a party each Labor Day Weekend. Increasingly, more and more of the beer for this event is homemade. I recently acquired 2 40 gallon stainless steel pots. Evil villain plots ensued. Here's what I have in mind.... Because I'll only need to brew at this scale a few times each...

http://imgur.com/Ev1JwkX She used them when she kept bees for storing honey and transferring it to smaller containers. She says they are 40 gallon. The welds running along the seam from top to bottom look like they could use a little help. That shouldn't be a big deal though for somebody...

Been tossing around some recipes for my next saison. Here's what I'm leaning toward: 10 Gallons Fermentables: 16 lb 2-Row 2 lb Biscuit Malt 1 lb Cane Sugar Mash at 148 Boil: 60 mins 0.5 oz Apollo 18.3% AA 17.4 IBU 15 mins 1.0 oz German Tradition 6.9% AA 6.5 IBU 15 mins 1.0 oz...

Made a Northern Brewer kit that I kegged around the 1st of September. There are some things I like about this beer... but other things really turn me off. The beer is a Simcoe SMASH with 2 row. I dig the soft hop aroma and mild bitterness but the finish gives me a pickle taste and when I...

My misc. hops sack was getting large in the freezer so I'm making an IPA trying to utilize what I have to work with. The following will use up all of the hops that I have in the freezer. Here's what I've come up with: 9 Lbs 2 Row 1 Lb Victory Malt 1 Lb Vienna Malt 1 Lb Caramel 40l This...

Here's what I came up with. Plan on making 3 of these and putting them into a 15 gallon keg for a big party on Labor Day. I worked from a SNPA recipe but tried to dial everything back to make it just a tad more "easy drinking" 9.33 lb 2 Row 0.33 lb Caramel 60L .33 oz Columbus 16.3 AA 60...

I made a Surly Furious IPA kit From Northern Brewer last night. I had planned on mashing a second beer once my boil was underway but my turkey fryer wasn't working. My sparge calculations were off so I had about 1.5 gal of second runnings in my tun. Here's what I did. The 3 gals of strike water...

While drinking a Samuel Smith Organic Lager, I was strongly reminded of a fresh garden salad. It made me think of bitter/spicy greens, turnips, carrots, sweet peas, bell peppers, and had a fresh crispness and strong earthy tones. This got me thinking about expanding on the flavors I sensed and...

I've returned to my country cottage for the weekend to brew up another lager as here I have access to a cold cellar that stays around 45 degrees all winter. This will be my first recipe I've designed from the bottom up, my first decoction mash, my first use of first wort hops, and one of only...

I have 10 lbs of Weyermann Floor Malted Bohemian Pilsner Malt that I plan to do a decoction mash on. Here's the hops I have on hand: 1 oz german hallertau a:4.3 b:6.2 1 oz german tradition a:6 b:5 1 oz US Tettnang a:6.1 b:3.7 1 oz US Saaz a:8.1 b:4.3 yeast: dry saflager w-34/70 (pink...

My friend throws a party every year for Labor Day weekend. He gets 10 commercial kegs which are stored in a 6x10 concrete block "cooler" which is about 3 ft high and insulated with some 4 inch rigid foam insulation. We pull them out one at a time and put them into barrels filled with ice for...

I threw a party over the weekend to christen my new kegerator. I had an IPA, an APA, a Kolsch, and an Altbier. All the beers were a hit except for the Altbier (although three of my friends said it was their favorite of the four). To me it tastes just so weird I and I can't quite put my...

I recently made the switch to all-grain brewing and had some several month old extract laying around so I decided to make a quick and easy blonde ale that I've made several times in the past. I figured the dry-yeast I'd initially planned on using may be a bit old, so I opted to rack the beer...