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6-7 years ago I went from bottling to kegging and have not looked back...until recently. I just started trying to bottle a six pack or so of each beer I brew and keg, in part to have a reserve supply, maybe to submit to a homebrew competition. This weekend I sampled a bottle of the dopplebock...

So once you have kegged a beer and gotten it stabilized to a proper carbonation level (via patience or shake and roll), do you shut off your Co2 valve after the last pour or do you leave it on all the time? Just curious what others do. I recently went from a tried and true 1 keg system to...

OK, this is probably a stupid question: i haven't bottled a beer in many years, since the 90s. I am contemplating submitting a beer to a homebrew competition and obviously I will need to bottle. problem is, I do not want to bottle the whole batch, jsut a six-pack or so. So is the best...

I *finally* found a local beer store that carries Stone beers. I grabbed a six of IPA and a bomber of Ruination and Arrogant Bastard. Drinking the IPA right now and it's damn good. You kids from the left coast are lucky.

We need to talk immediately about your gallery photo of the three Paul Reed Smiths hanging on the wall.... Please provide full details and what you plug them into...:mug: Any other guitar players here?

I have always wanted to try a decoction mash, so I decided my Dopplebock would be the right place to start. Ended up being quite a long brew day. The planned schedule was : Dough in 20 quarts of 111 degree water to 16 lbs of 60 degree grain for a 20 minute Acid Rest. Add 6.4 quarts...

Hey guys. Brewed the second batch in my new mashtun, which is a 10 gallon rubbermaid cooler with a stainles steel false bottom from Northern Brewer connected to the ball valve spigot with a short piece of tubing. Second time in a row i have had a stuck sparge from grain getting under the false...

I did some sampling last night in Boston's last remaining german restaurant: I started with a Hoffbrau Munich Original lager on draft--a nice wasy to ease in. Basically to me this is what all sh*t domestic beer should taste like. Round two I had to try a bottle of Uriege Sticke altbier...

has anyone tried brewing either the Salvator or Optimator recipes from Beer Captured? They are pretty similar, with base malts of about 15 lbs. split between german two row pilsner and munich malt (8 degree) and pretty minimal additions of specialty grains (belgian aromatic in both...

Just curious what other folks are using this hop for generally in terms of beer styles, bittering/flavor/aroma/dryhop and what you are typically pairing it with or have found it makes a nice combo with. Reason: (1) I have a couple ounces of this left from last spring and want to use them...

Anyone have a good tried and true one they'd be willing to share?

I "need" to replace/upgrade some of my mashing equipment which is about ten years old now. I am thinking about pulling the trigger on a nice new 10 gallon stainless pot with a ball valve and a built in thermometer. I am also thinking about a new five gallon mashing cooler with valve and false...

I just kegged, and therefore sampled, my Double Alt, which is hopped with all Spalt hops. I am pretty happy with the flavor, color etc., but I must confess I was surpised that I immediately noticed the lack of hop variety, especially given the grain bill and yeast (WY1007). Admittedly, I...

I have to confess, I had absolutely zero expectations of this beer being any good, but my favorite local watering hole near my office has it on tap along with Sierra Nevada, and lately I've been going for the IPA. For whatever reason, it has a pretty good bite to it and a nice hop flavor aroma...

Finally getting back on the brewing bus and putting my Double Alt (Doppelsticke) style ale recipe together. Here is what I am thinking so far: grain bill: 10 lbs german pilsner malt 3 lbs Vienna malt 1 lb. Caramunich III 2-3 ozs. black patent malt hops: all Spalt hops...

Brewerfolks, I never got around to making my summer wheat beer 'cause it was too damn hot to brew for a while and the fishing was just too good. I now have a Wyeast bavarian wheat ale yeast sitting in my fridge and i'm getting ready to dive back into brewing during the cooler months, but i...

Seems like there have been a lot of Kolsch (or Koelsch) threads and requests for recipes lately now that it is almost summer, so I thought I'd post my results. I recently kegged an all-grain Kolsch, first attempt at this style. Recipe was a little different than the standard "pure" Kolsch...

OK, I need a little help. My last two all grain beers have been way off on their original gravities. I have been all grain brewing for a long time and I have never missed my target gravity by more than 2-5 gravity points. I've done five or so batches since December that have all been perfect...

Last night i attended the NERAX (New England Real Ale Exhibition) iN Somerville, MA just outside Boston. THe event features nearly 80 varieties of cask conditioned ale from Great Britan and the US. This was beer paradise. I sampled around 15 berws from Whales, England, Scotland and the US...

So I have been drinking my Fat Tire clone for about a month now, and while I am reasonably happy with it, I am not fully satisfied. The only catch is, I do not have the real thing to do a side by side comparison, so I am only going by memory as to what is missing. Here's my recipe for five...