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this beer is pretty epic, here's my video review of it: Kern River Citra Double IPA - Epic Beer Dude - YouTube

what you're smelling could be DMS , from not boiling long enough or infection from unsanitary conditions. if it smells like apples it simply means the beer is too young. its always alcoholic in the beginning, time in the bottle will reduce that. here's a video and u can check out my site on the...

nice illustrations and pics guys.. here's VIDEO of BOTTLING & KEGGING .. when done with friends.. its really fun! How to Bottle Beer How to Keg Beer - Epic Beer Dude - YouTube

2.5 gal partial buy a 5 gal pot 5 gal full boil smallest i would go is a 7gal pot

I use nitro tanks and this is how to do it: 1. get your keg cold 2. carb as desired (for me 9psi) with CO2 (or you can do a dirty force carb at 30psi etc etc) 3. disconnect the CO2 when you're at your desired psi (carbonation level for your beer) 4. connect the NO2 tank and push with that at...

don't. just brew another beer, a bigger beer ..

if you wanna see it live, i made a video brewing with extract: How to brew with Dry Malt Extract - Epic Beer Dude - YouTube

corsendonk has a great xmas ale : Corsendonk Christmas Ale - Epic Beer Dude w/ a special guest cameo by the Bag Lady - YouTube

corsendonk christmas ROCKS! here's a video review: Corsendonk Christmas Ale - Epic Beer Dude w/ a special guest cameo by the Bag Lady - YouTube

so you added 22oz of hot brewed coffee from your coffee maker at bottling? please let me know, i'm trying to do an alesmith clone .. do u have a recipe? thanks!

awesome, glad I could help!

a ton of award winning beer has come from extract brewing. there are actually all-extract micro breweries out there ... and it's so much less time consuming than all grain .. so when you want a brew day to not be an ENTIRE DAY .. extract is great .. and like you said you can do amazing...

gravity readings are one of the most important things to take .. 1. with the start and final gravities you can tell EXACTLY what the abv % of your beer is 2. you will know whether or not it fully fermented 3. you can check at what stage the fermentation is at any given time by taking a...

use a wine theif - you can by them at your lhbs , they're like 10 bucks .. i would never brew without one!

1oz should do the trick add it into the boil with 15 mins left straight in no bag