I only have room in the kegerator for 4 kegs, all of which will soon be full. However, I have 5 kegs. That said, I'd like to go ahead and brew up a batch that I can set aside for a while; I'm not a patient man, so being forced to wait makes this perfect. I need some help deciding what to do...

So I made the decision to brew 4 batches this weekend, which required the use of some extra vessels. I picked up a couple buckets, due to the lower cost and cleaning ease, but I'm not sure the results are as good as what I get from carboys. Of course, I can't see any activity, so that's a...

I don't have the pictures, but I was asked to supply some beer for my buddy's wedding last weekend and I had a great time getting it all set. I made both a black and a white IPA to sort of symbolize bride and groom and also brought a simple APA to serve as a backup. These folks weren't really...

Okay, so I'm going to get ambitious (for me at least) and try to brew 3 batches over the long weekend. Supplying beer for a buddy's wedding totally sapped me, so I've got to replenish. I'm not sure why I've not dry hopped in the keg before, but I'm thinking that's where I'm heading in the...

Wow, long time since I posted; crazy busy. Anyway, I brewed up a batch of white IPA that I've had kegged for a couple weeks now. It's for a buddy's wedding, so I haven't bee drinking it, but I sampled some just last night and it seems to have taken on a really Belgian flavor profile. Not that...

I've been very pleased with the beers I've been turning out lately and all of them I have on tap now are infinitely drinkable. Well, the High Heat Chocolate Chipotle is far from a session beer, but I think the flavors are great and it's gotten good reviews from others. I'm not worried about...

I'm going to be in SoCal in February, heading from San Diego up to Orange, and I'm looking for some places to visit. I'm flying into SD and then driving up to Encinitas, so I'll actually be pretty close to Stone Brewery and I plan to check that out Monday night. Then I have some meetings...

I'm currently dry hopping with a weighted and suspended muslin bag. My question is how to deal with that come racking time. I typically cold crash for a couple days prior to kegging. Because I can't remove the bag until after I rack the beer, I'm wondering what to do with it. Do I simply let...

Got the chance to meet John Blichmann yesterday and see where the magic happens. Really neat operation they have there and very low-key. It was really great to talk to a guy who took his engineering knowledge and apply it something for which he has a passion. I also appreciated that they're...

I've got my brew going nicely in primary right now and I'm going to rack onto some Hershey's syrup and Special Dark syrup after primary is complete. I had 2 chipotles w/out seeds in the boil for 10 min and I've got 3 with seeds taking a bourbon bath too. I know that dry hops should not be...

Ever since I started using my wine thief, I've noticed that both my OG and FG readings are higher than anticipated, so I wanted to throw a couple things out there. In the past, I had used a turkey baster to remove samples and I then measured in the hydrometer tube. The baster fell apart and...

So I posted something on FB about the progress of my kegged and carbonating Pine Tar Stout (thread in recipe forum) and had some back and forth with a friend about our brewing. Then my dad's cousin is like, "Hey, did you know that I work for Blichmann Enginerring?" Huh?! How did I not know...

Interesting... http://news.yahoo.com/brewbot-will-help ... 35818.html

First of all, sorry for hijacking the board with all my questions lately. I've kegged my last 3 beers and I'm loving it so far. However, I had some issues with removing the plastic disconnects from the posts on my recently-emptied keg. I recall that it took a little more effort than usual to...

So in an effort to share my hobby with my wife, I asked her what she'd like to brew. She had recently tried, and enjoyed, a blackberry wheat beer from a local brewery, so that settled that. I've got a recipe put together and I'm going to be using natural blackberry puree, available from LHBS...

Okay, I might have shared this before too, but now I'm finally getting around to brewing it in the next week or so. Given the results I've been getting with steeping grain efficiency, I actually dialed down the extract a little from the initial recipe. I'm pretty excited about this one; a...

I don't want to spam the board with stuff on one recipe, but just brewed this Pine Tar Stout on Saturday and had a lot of fun with it. I more of a leap, then look brewer (I know, probably not the best), but hey, that's part of the fun with it. In any case, I used some flavor additions that may...

I know that the default setting is for 35%, but I'm was wondering if there's any sort of "normal" range for that or if it's just going to vary by method/brewer? For instance, I have found that I regularly end up with a higher OG than what the recipe predicts, which I've counteracted by...

I had posted this as part of a response on another thread, but it will probably just get buried there. I saw the Micro Bru kit on the cover of Midwest Supplies' catalog and was intrigued. At the end of the day, it seems like a smaller, more sophisticated Mr. Beer. But the fact that it uses...

So I brewed the following IPA this past Saturday: http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/r ... ing-eye-pa I had to make an on-the-fly mod, as the bag with my ingredients sprung a leak and I think I might have lost the .5oz addition of Columbus. Either that, or my LHBS shorted me, which was not...