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I haven't brewed in a while but I remember it being fairly easy to propagate yeast with some malt or honey dissolved in water. Is there any reason you couldn't do the same with bread yeast, since apparently the entire world has decided to buy bread yeast at the same time? I've seen articles that...

Sorry, sorry, I promised I'd never post an "Is this infected," but... is it? I'm about to bottle this (or throw it away if it tastes terrible), and here's the deal: It's a lager that's been in the fridge for about 3 months. (This is the same April-zen Oktoberfest that had all kinds of issues...

So my Sanyo mini-fridge apparently does not have a setting to leave the temps in the mid-30s. You can only go to about 40F, or the mid 20s. I did not know this, and in trying to find the magic mean, I accidentally froze my carboy. Solid. So... what do I do now? Will the beer recover...

Well, tomorrow is brew day! Our crew's 1st Double-D Beer, and maybe our 4th AG brew overall (numerous partial-mashes done as well over the years). I'm pretty excited about the recipe and the decoction process, so I want to document it here for posterity. Feel free to jump in with...

Hi all, I made my first yeast starter , but I did something kind of dumb. I didn't really dissolve the DME in the water - I just kind of mixed it into the warm water and shook it, but didn't boil or really heat the water in any way. The yeast is in there now. A) Is this going to work at...

First brew of the season! A late-blooming Marzen... so, an April-zen! This will be my crew's 3rd all-grain batch, and we've decided we want to try a double-decoction in order to gain access to the pantheon of the brewing gods. Figuring that the decoction will add some caramelly-ness, I've...

Ha! Not like that (though I guess we could talk about what beer you'd want to be your kid's first...) Turns out that if all goes well, the ol' Cap'n and his Mate are expecting a little powder monkey (in August, so we've got time to plan and can do a long secondary), and I'm trying to figure...

Had a little lag on my Belgian Dubbel (about 30 hours from pitch to first formation of krausen, I'm guessing), but it seems pretty happy now. Check this out! Usually my krausens are flat and uninteresting but this one looks like what you see out of an airplane window. Apologies for...

Ahoy mates! Working off a recipe from Beer Captured, trying to more or less make the Westmalle Dubbel. I read in another thread that the Beer Captured recipe maybe is too much on the sweet/raisiny flavor, so my thought is to up the biscuit slightly and up the hops slightly. Slightly drier...

I have one of those small-ish Sanyo mini-fridges that we all get to use for a kegerator, though I've never converted it. I'd like to use it for things like lagering (or, honestly, just to be able to ferment ales at a proper temperature...) Is the Johnson Controls one [This one]the cheapest...

Well, the recipe is a little nuts, but that's the kinda beers I make. This'll be my first all-grain! I would appreciate comments greatly. Please note: I couldn't figure out how to add pumpkin, sweet potato, and maple syrup to BeerSmith, so those are not accounted for in the IBUs, the color...

Don't know if this has hit the board yet, but if not, check out the story here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/nonalcoholic-beer-aids-marathon-recovery/ Granted, there's a lot of conditions attached to this, and we'll have to see whether alcoholic beer has the same effect, and...

I just picked up what (I hope is) a fantastic MLT option, the Igloo 62-quart cooler. Apparently they have them sometimes at Costco, but info on it is very sparse. (Not sure the Igloo website even lists it... weird). It was $40, I figure I can't really lose. My main question is, do I even...

Recipe first, then brew-day notes: Grains: Wheat LME: 3.3 lbs Wheat DME: 2 lbs Munich: 1.5 lbs Special B: 6 oz Crystal 40: 6 oz Carafa Special II: 0.2 oz Hops: Hallertau, 4.3% AA, 1oz, 60 mins Adjunct sugars: 8.7 oz Jaggery 1 tsp Irish moss @ 15 min Ferment at 62F What...

(From Beer Captured) 14 oz Cara-Munich 8 oz Crystal 60*L 24 oz rye malt 6 lb extra-light DME .60 oz Perle (8% AA) (60 minutes) .25 oz Saaz (15 minutes) Tsp Irish Moss (15 minutes) Tsp Grains of Paradise (15 mins) Tsp peppercorns, various colors (15 mins)

Haven't bottled yet, but it looked promising when it went into primary: 3.3 lbs light LME 2 lbs. light DME 1 lb honey (clover in this case) .5 lb crystal 20 malt .5 lb honey malt .5 lb carapils .5 lb American 6-row 1 oz. Cascade hop pellets 1 oz. Saaz hop pellets 2 sticks cinnamon (3...

Well, as I say, I'm back on HBT and alive. Those who remember me remember I have a penchant for odd beers (the thinking being, if I love a commercial brew I may as well buy it while I experiment at home). So - every year, I make a pumpkin beer in September. Past styles have included IPAs...

"The autumn wind's a pirate, Blustering in from sea; With a rollicking song, he sweeps along, Swaggering boist'rously." Ahoooooooooy brethren and sistren of the beer-drinkin' coast! It has been indeed a long exile, but now I am returned to you once more! In the time since I'd...

Well, I bought this over a year ago, saving it for my Master's Graduation. That was yesterday, so I drank the beer today. Let me offer up this little video clip as a rough approximation of my reaction. (Sort-of safe for work? I don't know. It's that clip from Scanners - but this is my first...

Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60.0 3.30 lbs. Briess LME- Dark America 1.035 23 18.2 1.00 lbs. Briess DME- Dark...