You may taste more bitterness when you do not use a sock because some of the hops tend to get transfered to your fermentor. Whereas, when you use a sock, all of the hops are removed from the wort...

I've made a very basic 100% Munich malt with California Ale yeast that I have used different hops with. For a 5 gallon batch, it has been 1.5 oz at 60 and .5 oz at 15. You can scale for smaller batches. I did this for a some festivals that I served beer at as well as to have here in my Home...

I would by from your LHBS if hey have FRESH ingredients. I have made two beers side by side - one from a ore-packaged kit, the other from fresh ingredients. Exact same recipe. There was a night and day difference. When you by fresh, make sure your grains are crushed after he order. If...

Re: Import BeerXML, Promash? I have about 200 files that I would upload...