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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...

Kinda depends on the yeast and how dry you like your beers. What yeast are you going with? 150 should be fine for just about anything appropriate for the style though.

Sounds fine to me. Your grain bill sounds like it will give a nice backbone to just about anything you throw at it, and won't get in the way of the hops. 153 sounds a smidge high for where I like to mash on this kind of beer, but from the looks of things you've done your research. Best of...

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...

Another +1 for the Corona mill... I just put 120 lbs of grain or so through mine this weekend and it worked like a champ. One of the best values on brewing equipment I've had so far. Just rig it to take a cordless drill and you're golden!

Make a stick with volume markings on it. A ball valve is definitely something you want though.

A bunch of us throw a big party for Labor Day weekend. Last year I made a keg... this year I made 4. The barrels belonged to my mom from when she used to store honey in them. I took one look at them and knew that beer needed to be made in them.

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...

Yea I will be getting two burners. And to the naysayers, I likely will eventually put together a more permanent system for brewing at these scales, but this way lets me break up the investment into more manageable chunks and lets me brew on it before its completely finished. I've thought...

Thirsty people aren't that hard to come by.

Wood is my backup plan!

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...

Now you're talking my language! Looks like I need to find a welding shop now. Thanks for the info!

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...

Will I regret using biscuit? I've gotten some feedback elsewhere that I might. I realize that I'm not necessarily "in style" using 2 row and biscuit, but that's not necessarily bad is it? Is this going to be too hoppy? I want spicy noble hop flavor and aroma but don't want to enter pale ale...

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...

Hmmmmm... Doesn't lactic acid make it sour? This isn't sour... its more salty cucumber.

Yeast was Wyeast 1272 American Ale II. I'm pretty sure the weird thing is from the hops, not yeast, grain, or anything in my process.

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...

I picked up 2 oz of Citra today. Thought about using some for dry hopping this and maybe some late in the boil. Suggestions?