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Couldn't brew for several years due to living in a tiny Manhattan studio. Finally I can brew again. Actually my 4th batch at new place, but proud of this recipe. Came out around 4.0% ABV, lovely soft head, faint aroma of the hops, and a nicely balanced taste. Easy to drink, very sessionable...

Hey everyone. I brewed an IPA a couple weeks ago, OG 1.064 from 6 lb of light dme, and 3 pounds of two-row, 40L, carapils. Pitched US-05, and now I'm down to about 1.022. Is my fermentation stuck? Can I bottle without risk of bottle bombs? Or do I need to do something to re-start...

I recently refurbished a Danby commercial kegerator to work with homebrew ball-lock corny kegs. I have a copper pipe around my liquid line, which I want to secure inside of the tower to keep the line cold. I did this in the last kegerator I built, but for the life of me I cannot remember how...

Brewed a steam beer last Sunday. Hit all my numbers spot-on, 1.056 OG. Using a dry lager yeast, Safale 23. Starting bubbling by that night, went strong for a few days, but now has stopped, current SG is 1.020. Is the fermentation finished? I thought I'd reach a lower FG. Temperatures for...

Just finished brewing what I'm calling an american lemon wheat. OG was only about 1.040 from 3 lbs DME and 4 lbs partial mash. I heated my mash water to 170 hoping for a post-grains addition temp of around 155, but this damn pot held it's heat wayyy too well. Could my high mash temp have...

Trying to put together a recipe for an American Wheat and I feel like I'm missing something: 5lbs dry wheat extract .6oz Cascade @ 60 min .4oz Cascade @ 5 min 1/8oz lemon peel @ 5 min I'm capable of doing partial mash so I can take any suggestions involving that into consideration.

So I'm home from school for good (graduated Delaware with my BA in chemistry) and I want to brew my 6th beer with my dad. Going to do a partial mash, and will be buying everything off AHS as I can't get my stuff from the amazing LHBS I had at school :( Definitely want something refreshing...

Almost time for my 5th batch...can't believe I've been doing this a year already (I know, i know, only five in one year, sue me) Probably gonna get this going after new years. I'd like to brew something I can drink through the spring season. So any suggestions on a light colored, easy to...

Well my first brew back in January was a kit weizenbeer, but it's almost gone, and I'm a big wheat fan. It had a bit of extract twang to it, and was good, but not great. So I'm designing my own recipe, for a belgin wit style: 5lb Wheat DME 1oz Liberty pellet for 60min 1oz coriander seed...

Where can I go (online or a store) to find relatively cheap, yet sturdy glassware

I'm hoping to make this my third batch (Wheat is in bottles, APA is this weekend): It's a slightly beefed up alcohol content extract brew with steeped grains. 7.00lb Light DME 1.00lb American chocolate malt .5lb Black patent 1oz Perle for 60 minutes .5oz Willamette 5 minutes 8oz...

Just whipped up a quick logo, using our school mascot and a beer mug. Just for kicks.

For my next batch I wanted to brew an american pale ale. I was gonna use a recipe, but my LHBS was out of crystal 10L. So I bought the Brewer's Best American Micro Style Pale Ale. It has 6.6lbs light LME, 1.5 each of Northern brewer and willamette, and .75lbs of crystal 60L. Now I just ran the...

What should the average time between bubbles in my primary be? Pitched Wednesday afternoon, by Thursday morning I was at 2 bubbles per second. Now Saturday morning I'm at like 1 bubble every 3 seconds. What is "average" and what is considered "done"?

I'm hoping to start my first batch tonight, as UPS just dropped off my new 20qt brew pot. I'm concerned though about chilling my wort once it's done though. It'll be 2-3 gallons of wort in the 5 gallon pot. I don't want to splurge on a wort chiller yet. What would be my best/easiest...

What beer should I buy (brown bottles, non-twist off) that would be the cheapest option for me to recycle? Thanks