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Well, after following a lot of recipes and making some seriously delicious beer I've decided that I'm most fond of the American IPA. I've got a 5 gallon batch of my own test recipe mashing right now and wanted some input from the pros. 11lbs of marris otter 1 lb of crystal 60 1/2 lb of...

I did my first multiple temp step mash this weekend, only problem was that it wasn't planned at all. After mashing in I started to check temp and realized I was really high and stirring wasn't bringing it down. I then decided to add cold water to bring it to a nice even 64°C (147.2°F) I then...

So I keep reading this on HBT that it seems to be common knowledge that an 11.5g pack of dry yeast has approximately double the viable cells of a vial or pack of liquid yeast. Where does this come from? A pack of US-05 (arguably one of the most popular dry yeast strains) ships from the lab with...

Well I'm on the middle of my second all grain brew day and had to make a recipe change. I went to grind my grains and found that they shorted me a lb of crystal 80 on my last order... So instead of 2 lbs of crystal 80 I had to improvise with 1lb of English brown malt that I had reserved for my...

I would like to thank all of you for your support and valuable information that led to a successful first brew day. Highlights of the day include: a mash temp of exactly 154.4 which only dropped about a degree over the hour. Fly sparging that went smoothly, thoroughly aerated wort thanks to the...

Alright, I've got all my gear together, all I need is a wort chiller which I'll DIY this weekend. I've set my sights on an American IPA recipe from OBK to be my first AG batch. I wont be buying their kit since I already have a 55lb sack of 2 row and a grain mill. The recipe calls for...

Hey all, just finished building my MLT out of my Coleman extreme cooler ( I think it's the 52 quart one). I went with a copper manifold and decided to drill holes in the bottom side instead of cutting slots. I drilled 1/16" holes every 1/2" (my smallest drill bit). The copper is 1/2" spaced 1"...

Hey everybody, I got my STC-1000's in the mail today and couldn't wait to hook one up. I have the costco Danby fridge that will eventually be turned into my dual tap kegerator, but for now I figured I could set it up to finish off fermenting my blonde lager so that my better half will stop...

Hey everybody, I've been lurking on the site for quite a long time now, learning all I can about my newest hobby. Felt it was time to sign up myself and maybe give a little back to the site that's helped me so much as of now. So far I have 5 completed brews, one back in my younger days that...