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8 lbs Domestic 2-Row 1 lb Munich 10L .5 lb Caramel 40L .5 lb Carapils Mash at 155F 60m: .5 oz Cascade (6.4% AA) 15m: .5 oz Cascade (4.0%) 10m: .5 oz Columbus (13.9%) 5m: .5 oz Cascade (6.4%) 1m: .5 oz Cascade (4.0%) 1m: .5oz Columbus (13.9%) Dry Hop: 1 oz Columbus (13.9%) I got...

This recipe is inspired by the Caledonian 80/- that comes from Edinburgh. I haven't had one in half a decade, so I don't know how close it is, but the ingredients are similar so some credit is due. I've only just bottled this, but after 5 days, it's absolutely delicious. Lots of malt character...

I grew some Centennial hops this year and wanted to use them in a very simple brew to showcase their flavor and aroma. I've also recently started doing partial mashes, using DeathBrewer's method. When I've done the PM, I've always had plenty of extra headspace in my 5 gallon pot, so I thought...

I posted a recipe a week or two ago for a Scottish 80/- that I ended up not brewing (opting to fill my last bucket with an all-Cascade pale ale instead). I now have another bucket open, and I've read a bit more on some of the grains and hops out there in the Scottish brewing world (thanks...

I lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for a year and a half and have recently been reminiscing about some of the ales I drank there. In that spirit, I used Hopville's Beer Calculus tool to assemble my first stab at a Scottish Ale recipe. It's very much derivative of Caledonian 80 /-, but perhaps a bit...

So just over three weeks ago I brewed an SNPA extract kit from Midwest, adding a pound of light DME late in the poil to bulk it up a little (also used Wyeast 1272 FWIW). Fermentation seemed to go pretty well, and I took a sample at about 2 weeks with the SG reading coming in around 1.010, right...

So there's a storm blowing into the Midwest tomorrow that apparently could drop the barometric pressure to the lowest level ever recorded (at least here in Minnesota). I've heard of people having bottle bombs when big low pressure systems blow in, though I assume those bottles were also...

Hi all, Just wanted to say "thank you" for the advice and help in getting this new homebrewer going. Tonight is a special: the first brew night with a homebrew in hand! After finally aging past some odd off-flavors, my Irish Red is proving to be a very trustworthy companion (along with the...

The title says it all. I got sloppy and used my entire 5oz bag of priming sugar for a batch that turned out to be just a smidgeon over 4 gallons. I'm not sure how it turned out this way, but I imagine on brew day I misjudged/miscalculated how much top-off water to add. Lesson learned on that...

Hi all, First things first: I'm not too worried about this, so much as curious. Maybe a little worried, fine. But not to the point of losing sleep over it (which I can testify to having just woken up). So the issue is, I'm using a carboy as a primary fermenter and I'm about a week and a...

I'm fairly confident I can answer this myself, but when we're talking about 5 gallons of Christmas gifts (and winter warmth), I can't help but double-check: I'm about to brew my third batch of beer. I currently have two beers in primary fermentation: one in an Ale Pail with an airlock, and the...

Hi all. I've been reading a lot of posts on here and have tried to calm my fears by taking all the great advice here into account--most importantly, RDWHAHB--but I'm going to cave in and ask a newbie first-batch did-I-ruin-it type of question. Thank you for your patience! So I brewed Midwest...