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Folks this is somewhat a political issue, so if I've posted it in the wrong place please forgive me....but I felt like it was too important for people to miss. We call this crony capitalism and it's a trick the big guys use to load the deck in their favor rather than accept true competition and...

I have bought the ingredients for a 5 gallon extract clone based on several of the recipes threads. I know that you can harvest the proprietary yeast strain from any bottle of Bell's beer so I bought 2 Two Hearted Ales to harvest some of the dregs and make a starter. I also got a new Hopslam...

I brewed Belgian Strong Dark Ale over Thanksgiving. It was around 9.5 ABV. Bottled it mid December and it's on week 5 Bottle conditioning. I know High gravity beers should bottle condition for longer than average...weeks even months, but I'm dying to have a go at one. I had planned to open...

I made this on November 30. The OG was 1.102. I checked it last Tuesday December 10 and it was around 1.026. So I took a sanitized spoon and gently tried to rouse the yeast. Checked it again today and it hasn't moved. Still 1.026 . It's Fermented around 75 for most of the first week. My...

6 lbs Muntons extra light Dry Malt Extract (DME) 1 lbs Dingemans Caramunich 45 1 lbs Special B Dingemans 1oz German Tettnang hops 60m 1 oz German Hallertau 15 m Belgian Candi Syrup D180 add at flameout Abbey Ale Liquid Yeast WY530 Steeped the grains for 30 minutes at 155...

New Hombrewer here. So on my second homebrewing attempt in which I made a Belgian Dubbel, I got a little bit adventuresome and decided I wanted to collect the yeast. As everybody knows that little vial of WL530 is plumb expensive. I am planning on making a Belgian Strong Dark in about two...