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Hey everyone, Been brewing for a few years now, always bottled. I finally was able to acquire a kegerator from my dad. Extremely excited!!!! My dad got me a commercial beer to start (Devils Backbone Vienna Lager). We set up everything great, beer pours nicely. The big problem is there is no...

Hey everyone, Looking to brew for a party coming up in the end of September. My goal is to make a session version of Brooklyn Brown Ale. SWMBO beer, she really loves Brooklyn brown, but I am concerned about it being ready if its in the 1.060 range that Brooklyns website says... and Id rather...

So I had this crazy idea for a new recipe. One of my friends is moving to chile and he was telling me about the strong German influence in craft beer there. This got me intrigued so I decided to look at Chilean ingredients to make an interesting beer. I found this interesting spice Merken...

Hey everyone, I have been brewing one my own for about a year now, and 3 years or so with my dad. I dont brew that often, but I did a few early batches that just didnt turn out right for various reasons (mostly mistakes in the process). For this last batch, my wife encouraged me to write...

So I recently won a Blichmann Floor Burner for getting first place in a local competition (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/blichmann-floor-burner.html). I brew on a wooden deck, so potential fire hazards got me looking for possible modifications. You can buy longer legs from Blichmann, but my...

Hello all, I did a quick search to see if anyone else has asked this recently. Didnt really find anything.... so here it goes. I was drawing up a 1.047 5.25 gallon Best Bitter Recipe. Went to do the starter calculations, and a 1.037 1 L start puts me way high (like 220 billion vs 170...

Hello everyone, I have only recently been getting into liquid yeasts with starters, and I have read a lot of research, articles, and books about the topic. I am aware of the importance of a proper pitching rate with your beer. The question I have is related to the proportions of...

Hello everyone, My local LHBS does an event called a Cluster Brew. Homebrewers around the area all bring their equipment to brew at the shop. Everyone brews a beer on their own system, and months later they do a mini-competition. Whoever wins gets the honorary trophy and bragging rights...

Hey everyone, I have made a new entry to the blog. Its regarding the pros and cons of tasting rooms and brewpubs. Would love to some feedback and further discussion, especially from those of you not in VA. Cheers! :mug: http://rvabrewer.blogspot.com/2013/11/brewpub-vs-tasting-room.html

I have always been interested in starting a blog. It didnt take me long to realize that I should start about beer and homebrewing. I would be really interested to see what you guys think about my first two posts: one about the importance of homebrewing and one about the early released pumpkins...

Hello everyone, So I recently did a 3-gal batch (1.050) of beer and pitched some s-04. Like many of you, I went on the mrmalty.com to get my pitching rate. According to JZ, I needed 6 grams of dry yeast to get my numbers. JZ estimates that dry yeast packets have a density of 20 billion cells...

Hey all, Recently did my first temp-controlled 5gal extract batch. I went with BM's Centennial Blonde with some slight modifications. I hit my targeted numbers just fine. :) But I am having some slight issues. ACTUAL STATS: Batch Size 5.5 gal Boil Size 3.5 gal Boil Time 60.000 min OG...

Hey everyone, I want to eventually brew a double IPA with columbus, centennial, and cascade. However, I want to make sure all the flavors work together before I go all out. So I created this APA version of the IIPA recipe I have. Would love some critique. Thanks Batch Size 5.505 gal Boil...