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So, Last night we were out walking around a local fair and I came across a vendor selling maple syrup, but his were aged in rum and bourbon barrels. I couldn't help but think about making a beer with one so I bought the rum aged one (which we sampled and was awesome) and now I'm stuck on...

Dumb question but I just wanted some reassurance that I'm ok. I brewed an IPA yesterday and had some extra liquid in the mash tun so I pulled it and froze it to make a starter with. I saved 2 liters and split them into batches. My question is that from looking at the yeast starter guide the...

I made this case to display my pint glasses and was so happy with how it came out I thought I'd share it.

My starting gravity by about 11 points. Its supposed to be 1.084 and I'm at 1.073. Its not a big deal because I have some LME here. The problem lies in that I cant for the life of me find out how much I'm supposed to add to get it to the gravity its supposed to be. Any pointers would be...

This is my first attempt at making my own recipe and any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Wyeast Irish Ale 1084 Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.057 Final Gravity: 1.015 IBU: 17.6 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60...

Just finished my first all grain, a Scottish wee heavy. May have been a bit ambitious for my first but it was for a friend. Mashed 15.8 lbs of grain and hit a mash temp of 153 on the button. Fly sparaged with 170 deg water and according to my calc I got a 67.9 efficiency post boil. Had a...

Hey all, this is my second brew, both extracts and the beer in the primary right now looks like mud or coffee with light cream. Its an IPA and some of the hops got into the fermenter as well. I don't remember my first brew, an ESB, looking this way. Am I paranoid for no reason or did I do...