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I live in the desert in Southern California. I brewed a lager this past weekend when the weather was about 100°F and 5% humidity. I boiled for 90 minutes and kept the boil rolling harder that I normally would to help fight DMS. At the end of my boil I had boiled off 4 gallons!! My gravity...

Ok so I have 2 brews in my fermentation fridge rocking at 65 F. The first (Zythos IPA) beer has been going for 11 days and the second (Red Ale) has been going for 5 days. The IPA hit terminal 3 days ago, but the Red is @ 1.015 and needs to get to 1.012. I want to make a lager starter today...

I've got a Love TSX-10140 controller for my fermentation fridge and I just started having some really strange issues. The controller will register that it has triggered the fridge to turn on, however it doesn't actually kick on the fridge. I have to go through the menu to alter the minimum...

Hey everyone! I was hoping you could critique my label for me. I'm trying to have something semi-generic so I can just write what beer it is and the pertinent information. It's sort of my first go at a label, but I'm open to all suggestions. Oh, I'm planning for this to be a 3hx4w label fyi...

Well, I've been in the 'Stan for about a month and the bug has got me. I miss brewing so much that I almost crave it. I'm left thinking through my brew processes and pretending that I'm brewing. All I can think about it is upgrading my setup and building a new rig. This deployment is going...

Got a break in the football action and hopped on here to post about my first attempt and a barley wine. I am by no means a seasoned home brewer, but I have been going at it for at 3 years (between deployments). I used some flaked oats and flaked barley in my first ever barley wine and used the...

This'll be my first go at a lager, and I was hoping y'all could take a look at the recipe. I'm using some cardamom, wintergreen leaves, and sweet orange peel in the mix. The quantities is what I'm most worried about. Any way thanks in advance! BeerSmith Recipe Printout -...

I live in the Mojave Desert in Southern California and it gets hotter than 2 hamsters playing Twister in a wool sock (trying to keep that PG!) in the summer. I like usuing liquid yeast for most of my beers, but the nearest homebrew shop is over 2 hours away and I don't have time to drive down...

Hey y'all. I finally got around to starting the build for my keezer. I have been planning it for months. Like some of the others around here I'm going to be make it more like a bar. I have a few weeks of work to do, but I'm happy that I finally got it going. It's just kinda hard to work on...

Hey all! I've posted a few things around here, but I've mostly been lurking around. I've had a question ever since I started reading about people using old kegs for brew kettles. I've heard and read that most steel and aluminum cans are lined with a BPA-epoxy resin. I've heard that if this...