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My family and I went house shopping this weekend. I've been designing small fermentation chambers in my head for a year now. I am all about consistent results, so I wanted to stabilize my temps (especially after my recent batch of Tripel dropped from 76 to 64 in a little over avday's time)...

I've only got a two short months until I am a Ohio resident. What are some are MUST TRY breweries in the state, and your favorite brews there? Why do you like them? What are the coolest places to tour?

I had some left-over grain sitting around that I wanted to use before it got stale, so I made a throw-together IPA yesterday on my day off. I thought I would "play", go for a full-bodied mash with sucrose to lighten it up and boost abv to go along with a Belgian Strong Ale yeast. I've also...

My interest in brewing is growing exponentially. I'm ordering books, buying equipment, developing techniques, and spending an excessive amount of time on homebrewtalk.com. I have no other hobby at this stage of my life (minus physical training, but that is part of my job, so it doesn't...

Hello Everyone - I've read several posts on here about the dangers of big temp changes for yeast, but I thought maybe it would be less of a problem with a Belgian style. I recently brewed my biggest beer, a ~8.5% Tripel. I pitched Wyeast's Belgian Strong Ale with a 1.5 qt starter into 3...

I remember the first time I had an Imperial stout. It was a Sam Adam's Imperial series, and I hated it. I split the four pack with a couple of friends, and then proceeded to drink myself into oblivion on Guinness and Sam Adam's Cherry Wheat. In those days, I thought I was a real beer snob...

To catch you up quickly: I was having a very tough time getting my efficiency up. I started in the mid 50's and dropped into the low 50's in my first BIAB batches. In the past I have used single-milled grain from Midwest and MoreBeer with no mash pH testing and simply wrapped my kettle in a...

Hello everyone! Here is a quick rundown of some other information I've talked about on here, and the thoughts I have right now: 1.) First BIAB resulted in low efficiency. I missed SG Mark by .009 or so. 2.) That brew fermented out well, far more than expected. Nearly made up for the...

Hi guys! Tomorrow is my first BIAB brew day. I'm very excited - I've been waiting to do my first AG brew for quite some time. For Christmas, I got a 5 gallon Milk Stout extract kit from a friend that I did a partial boil on and it is happily bubbling away in my coat closet. However, I've...

Hey there guys! The following is very simple recipe that I "created" using BeerSmith and, after my Beersmith trial ran out, Brewtarget. I brewed this beer a bit over a week ago and it is still sitting in my primary (bucket). I decided to leave it in the primary for two weeks, bottle it, and...

Hello everyone! My name is Kiel and I am originally from Nebraska. I'm in the military and stationed in North Carolina, but I'm about to make my way back to Nebraska. I'm an extract brewer planning a transition to AG, specifically BIAB. I'm in a unique situation that will help me to...