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My fiancé and I just moved into our first home a few months ago, and i would like to start prepping a plot to plant some hops in next spring. We are in a mobile home, so there isn't a whole lot of yard space to build a trellis like i would prefer. My idea was to grow them up along the west wall...

A few months ago i bottled my first DIPA, and the beer is still flat as can be. The beer was 1.085 OG, i added 1 lb of corn sugar after fermentation started, and it finished at 1.008. It didn't spend a long time in the carboy (no longer than some other beers I've brewed), i was hoping to just...

For some reason, living just outside of Grand Rapids, MI (aka Beer City USA apparently), i have had a hard time finding a beer fermented with Brett bacteria. That all changed last night when i found bottles of New Holland's Mischievous at a party store. After drinking 24oz of 100% Brett...

I based this recipe off of EdWorts Rye IPA, but beefed it up and added some black patent to darken things up a bit. Here goes... 13lbs 2 row 2lbs Rye 2lbs Vienna 12oz Black Patent 12oz Cara60 8oz Flaked Barley Mashed in at 148 for 75 minutes 1oz Tettnang FWH .75oz Chinook @ 60 .75oz Chinook @...

I'm brewing up another batch of my oatmeal stout today and i want to split off some of it to age on whiskey soaked oak chips. I'm hoping to get some input on what whiskeys people have had good results with, or what ones just did not work out well.

I've been trying to figure out what sort of IPA I want to brew up next since I sort of got away from hoppy beers my last few batches. I got it down to two options, either a Black IPA or a Smoked IPA. Then while talking with a friend about New Belgium's Ranger IPA and all it's Piney hop...

I'm looking for some input about what cigars people keep around to enjoy with their homebrew. I've been doing some searching around, and haven't really found much of anything outside of blogs about one person's favorite few cigars. So I figured I'd bring this to the HBT folks and see what you...

I currently have 6 Gallons of Belgian Wit, brewed on 5/13, fermented with WLP400...and 5.5 Gallons of Saison, brewed on 5/27, fermented with WLP565. They both seem to have crapped out early on me and I can't seem to get them to finish. The Wit has stopped fermenting at 1.020 (OG 1.048), the...

I currently have 6 gallons of Belgian Wit in primary with WLP400. Pretty simple brew, half Pils half White Wheat, Motueka hops, Coriander/Seeds of Paradise. We had a really warm day yesterday and our A/C isn't running yet. The thermometer strip on the carboy slowly rose all morning until it...

I'm planning on putting together a series of drinks based around the Song of Ice and Fire books and the Game of Thrones TV show. It will include a variety of beers, meads and ciders based on various regions, characters and houses in the series. My current plan is to brew as many different...

I just picked up ingredients today for my first Belgian Wit to brew tomorrow. This will be my first non-IPA/PA brew and I'm pretty stoked! Here's the recipe... 5.5 Gallon Batch: 5lbs Belgian Pils 5lbs White Wheat 8oz Torrefied Wheat Mash at 150 for 60 minutes (pretty sure I don't...

So I've been brewing for a little while, 6 batches in, and I'm looking to try my hand at mead. My roommate isn't a beer drinker, so I'm hoping mead will get him more into the hobby (I need an assistant brewer sometimes ;) ). We've discussed what style of mead and what flavors we want to go...

Alright folks, time to get creative! My next brew will be batch #007, and I'm going to be doing a Blonde Ale and calling it Blonde, James Blonde. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Estimated OG: 1.050 SG Estimated Color: 4.2 SRM...

I brewed up an English IPA last night, and it almost turned into a really bad night. I mashed in around 8pm with 10# Maris Otter, 1# Victory, .5# Cara60, .25# Cara-Pils. Added 4 Gallons of 160F water, was shooting for 148F but it only got up to 142. I real quick heated the extra .5 Gal of...

I'm going on vacation next month, stopping in St. Cloud, MN so my roommate can see family, then heading out to Steamboat Springs, CO with a stop near Boulder first. I'm looking for some input on local brews in these areas that I should pick up while I'm there. The stop in St. Cloud is only...

I want to try my hand at my first Belgian style beer, and decided to go with a Saison to have ready for summer. I want to keep it somewhat basic. Nothing too crazy in the grain bill, and no more than 2 types of hops. So far I've decided on mostly Pilsner 2-row with about 20-25% Wheat Malt...

I feel like brewing nothing but IPAs and IIPAs would really limit how much I'm going to learn about brewing and the ingredients involved. I do enjoy other styles of beer, just nothing as much as a good hoppy IPA. What are your go to styles for getting away from IPAs for a batch or two?

I recently ordered a BUNCH of new equipment with my tax returns, including everything to move in to AG brewing. I decided I needed a new home for all of these new toys and a place to brew with it. We had an 8x8' shed full of junk nobody was using so I decided to empty that and turn it into my...

Just picked up ingredients for my first AG batch w/ my new equipment the other day. I'm planning a mostly Citra IPA, although after playing around in Beersmith2, I may end up bumping this up to an IIPA. Here's the recipe as of now. 12 Lbs Pale 2-row 1 Lb Honey Malt 8 oz Crystal 40L 8 oz...

I ordered all my equipment to move up to AG brewing and should be doing my first batch next week! :D I want to do a sort of SMaSH type brew (all 2-row with some Cara40 tossed in for color/flavor) I know this sort of defeats the purpose of using one grain and one hop to let each shine, but I...