My birthday is at the end of time month. My brother-in-law wanted me to have a beer I brewed for it. He told me he would pay for time ingredients if I brewed it. We brewed Jan 4, 2024. According to my calculations and the description on the recipe I read, I should be able to bottle on the...

Hey folks! Happy New Year, albeit a few days late. I hope everyone has great things in store for them in 2024! I have not made any resolutions for 2024, but, I do plan to brew a bit more beer this year. I am so glad to have found this forum as I have been trolling and learning much recently. I...

My wife and I take our kids to a great restaurant in town called Zig-Zag. Their food is really good and their appetizer menu is out of this world. One of my favorite apps is their Grilled Shoshito Peppers. While recently having lunch with the family, I came up with a concept for a Grilled...

I have done a ton of brewing and cooking this summer. As I read more and learn my interests grow at a similar pace. With a number of fully successful brews in the bottle and down the hatch, my joy in brewing has grown with every batch. My cooking has grown in quality as well as quantity. With...

Every time I try to do a brew session on my phone or tablet (both Android), if I don't scroll immediately the brew steps freeze up and I have to restart my brew session. I really prefer to not have my laptop near my brew station. Any help is appreciated but it is sure is nice having Brewer's...

I have brewed a couple of one gallon batches of beer and really couldn't call them beer. I just brewed a beer and tasted it yesterday called Angelic Whisper, it is a honey blonde with lots of sparkle. I am pretty stoked on it. I am shooting for an Irish Red for a few weeks now. I love brewing beer!

2 hydrometers and both test the same at 1.010 in tap water at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Even in beer. What am I doing wrong?

Hello from the head of Fleeting Smoke and Fermentation Contemplation in Aurora, CO. I am learning so much about brewing beer and having so much fun along the way. I have been reading so much but the knowledge is starting to fade until I can take more into practice. The art of brewing beer is...

When brewing up a beer I find myself trying to come up with a fun name for the brew. I have a background as a Dungeon Master and Player of D&D. I have been playing for many years. As part of this, I have a Character that is my default to go to when I get to play. Additionally, I have a Discord...

I was asked by my wife to make her a mead. I am currently looking at a recipe I found in a book she bought for me to read. My question for you all is how do I use the recipe editor to copy the recipe into My Recipes. I am sure there is something super basic I am missing but just thought I would...

As I am building recipes here, one thing I am wondering. Is there a way for me to look at my LHBS website and somehow go thru and add hops and malt prices without having to do it in every recipe. I know it is a huge project but something I was curious about.

When I am brewing a very small batch of beer I am wondering how to figure out the quantity of yeast to produce 20 Billion cells. My current recipe is call for White Labs California Ale WL001. I am having fun working on recipes and learning about building recipes. I am going to do a series of...

Not sure if this has been done yet, but one of the Grilling Forums I am on has a similar idea. We share our favorite songs we listen to while grilling. Some of them are food related and some are just our favorite tunes. Let me know what your favorite song is when you start a brew or just...

My water report for Aurora, give numbers for Hardness (as CaCO3) at 126. And Hardness-CA (as CaCO3) at 100. They also include Calcium at 4o. They do not include Magnesium MG. My question to you all is. How do I find the magnesium level from the numbers above? Thanks in advance, I am more...

Well, you win some and you lose some. Today's brew was for the most part a loss. I did an AHA Learn To Home Brew Recipe today. Unfortunately for me, my numbers are coming in way low. This was an extract recipe that I brewed. My OG is coming in at at 1.020. Taken on a Hydrometer. I do know that...

Ok folks, brew attempt 2 coming. Here is a recipe I found for a SMaSH. I am curious to try this idea as I am hoping that it might keep things a bit smoother. Let me know what you all think. Any and all suggestions are welcome. BTW, this was entered at the original production total of 5.5 Gallons...

My first batch is in the fermenter. Now for the wait for final product. I am pretty stoked but feel like I learned a ton this morning. I know I screwed up on a few things but I will learn. I am so stoked to be doing this. Thank you all! Also, at least my post boil reading came in at 1.026 so...

Greetings from the warm climes of the Metro Denver Area. So big new for the day is that I am now the proud owner of a Brewmaster Deluxe Brew Kit. I also got my ingredients for a recipe for a Pale Ale I am going to be brewing this coming weekend. So here are my questions. Some Equipment related...

Greetings fellow brewers. I am new to this whole brew thing. I was given this recipe by a friend but can't seem to get a few things in line. This is a small batch recipe at 2 gallons when complete. Anyway, some of my numbers are way off of his and I am kind of trying to figure out if one of us...

I had a buddy give me a small batch recipe that he wrote down for me. I seem to be having some calculation issues on my end or maybe he was off. Not really sure. Anyway, when entering my Hops, he calls for a CZT (11.4). I can't seem to find anything like that listed in the Hops list. I did find...