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Here's the ad I posted on CL. https://hartford.craigslist.org/for/d/beginner-beer-making-kit-obo/6560750941.html Edit: fixed link

So I'm trying to use up some ingredients I have around. The grain bill I made up is simple, albeit ambitious (or stupid, however you decide to look at it): 2.5lbs. pale 2-row 1lb. malted white wheat 4lbs. cracked corn (I gelatinized it in a separate cereal mash) Anyway, I mashed in at...

I searched around and couldn't find threads dealing with my question, so here goes: My last batch (an APA) was done with a starter of Nottingham washed from a previous batch. After I bottled, I washed out the yeast but did it much more methodically than in the past. The result - a whole lot...

I posted in another thread, but didn't want to hijack... I recently brewed an APA that has been fermenting for about 3 weeks now. I checked the SG and saw that it leveled out at 1.030. A second check a few days later and it hadn't budged. Interesting... I did some reading and decided to...

In the spirit of a restless brewer, I've been stepping up my processes; and the next step was better pitch rates. This stir plate is made of 99.99% salvaged parts. The only purchased component was the 555 chip used for the PWM circuit. Everything else came from a dead computer, a curbside...

yesterday, I did my second decoction mash.during the mash I ran into the same problem I had the first time, bad temperature predictions. I followed the BeerSmith recommended amounts and I was unable to get the target temperature. I had to scramble to pull multiple smaller the decoctions in order...

So, I'm looking to just use up some ingredients I have laying around. I wasn't sure what 'style' to shoot for, so I just kinda put it all together. What do you think?

Hello everyone, long time drinker, first time brewer here. ;) As a beginning brewer, I've put quite a bit of time into learning the intricacies of beer. Admittedly, in my more youthful days, I was rather blind to the individual constituents of beer and their contributions to the final...

Today marks the second full week that my altbier has been in the primary. From the rate of attenuation (and the speed with which it was achieved), I had decided to bottle after two weeks. I popped the stopper off the lid to take a FG reading and see this: The smell is not necessarily...

I'm fermenting my second AG brew, an altbier. I pitched on 10/18 late in the day and had active fermentation by the next morning. Today (10/23), I took a SG reading and it was already down to 1.012 (from 1.052). This is my calculated FG. So, is my beer done? Amazingly, it has been fermenting at...

I've begun to iron out the variables within my brewing process as much as possible. My water quality is actually the thing most in my control currently (no temp. control for ferment). My local water report says this: calcium: 3.82 ppm chloride: 55.4 ppm magnesium: 1.21 ppm sodium: 8.56...

So I'm finishing up my first batch of AG amber ale. I did a 60 minute boil with mt. hood, and 15 min. of willamette hops. The recipe I had called for cascade or northern brewer (can't remember which) hops which I didn't use. Long story short, my finished beer is malty but has almost no hops...

Hi everyone. I've been playing with brewing for over a year now, but am finally getting settled in it. I have to work on a tight budget and space limitations, so it is a frustrating hobby at times.