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Thanks for this article! Sage ale was my first gruit too, and it went over pretty well. I'd like to try again some time. We actually have a commercially available gruit here in MI (Mountain Town Brewing) and they even bottled their peach version as a summer beer this year. I've brewed several...

Fresh juniper berries (and the berries from eastern red cedar) aren't available from stores, though they are really easy to find once you learn what they are. They are very commonly used in landscaping and you or someone you know may have them growing in your yard. I like to crush them before...

In researching this beer, I stumbled across this old BYO article by Chris Colby. Below is the part you may find relevant for your jolly rancher beer. He uses 4 Pounds of them! http://byo.com/malt/item/940-jolly-rancher-apple-lambic "Cool wort, transfer to fermenter, aerate and pitch...

Thanks for the feedback so far. I think I'll scale back the blackprinz. at 4oz beersmith calculates 16 srm, 3oz= 14srm and 2oz = 12 srm. BJCP puts amber ae color range between 10-17, and Irish red 9-18. Originally I was thinking on the darker end, but if I extract more and end up brown, that...

My local Nano is having a halloween event and are inviting some homebrewers to come out and brew Halloween candy themed beers. I got an invite. Initially I was thinking chocolate coconut/peanut butter porter, but alas that was already a popular idea. And so I remember a flavor decription of El...

Well, I do have a 6 gallon bucket fermentor and a 5 gallon carboy. Does a 6 gallon bucket have enough head for a 5.25 g in primary? I suppose I could use a gallon jug for an extra secondary ...or skip the secondary altogether. Thoughts?

New brewer question...If I only have capacity for a 5 gallon batch, could I make this recipe even though its formulated for 5.25 gallons? I assume it would raise the og, and concentrate the flavors a bit making it different from the original, but would it still make an acceptable beer?