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Thanks for the vote of confidence. This will be a double first brew. My first pumpkin ale and my first 10 gallon boil with the new kettle. I'll let you know in a few weeks how it turns out.

pepo ale i. i forgot to add it to the database. it should be there now.

Anyone care to comment on my recent recipe for a pumpkin ale 'Pepo Ale I'. I'll be ordering the ingredients soon so if anyone wants to contribute I welcome the input.

does anyone know a good reference that contains something like a hops family tree? there are so many different varieties I have a hard time figuring out what is what.
thanks in advance,
Mike

if you are on municipal water contact the water district and they can supply you with the analytical data you need free of charge. you already paid for the analysis when you paid your water bill. be sure to ask them for raw water data and for distribution water data. depending on the type of treatme...

could you provide some more common examples of noble varieties that are appropriate and what about yeast - American, German, London? does it matter?

I am very interested in information about brewing with raw pumpking. I read the thread on Wit Beer additions and noticed that you offered this info to anyone that asked. Well, I'm askin'. Also, just for clarification on the Wit Bier were you saying that the corriander, orange peel, etc could be adde...

this was an extract kit that I bought from MoreBeer.com. The imperial stout kit comes with 12 lbs light malt extract syrup, 1/2 lb crystal, 1/2 lb dry maltodextrine, 1/2 lb black roasted barley, 1/2 chocolate malt, and 1/3 black patent. I don't have the recipe in front of me so these totals could be...

I racked an imerial stout Saturday afternoon O.G. 1.080 and the S.G. at racking was 1.036. The target final gravity is 1.024-1.028. Very little activity remains. Should I try to revive the yeast? The primary fermentation was at 68F and I've moved the carbouy to bring it up to 72-74F hoping that this...

Last weekend I brewed an Imperial Stout. O.G. 1.084 (a new high for the BredMakr). Due to an excessive family and friend visitation schedule for the end of this month and early Oct I'm going to stay up all night again this coming saturday to make a nut brown and ipa for general consumption. the impe...

I use hop pellets and I put them in hop sacks. Should the hops be removed prior to chilling the wort? Or, can they be left in the kettle and removed after the chilled wort has been racked to the fermentor?

I have never made a cream ale or used vanilla beans in the secondary. However, I can tell you to have faith in the beer. Trust your senses of smell and taste. The lack of activity is not alarming. If you had it in the primary and the yeast flocd out and attenuated well then you might not expect so m...

i think several of us would be interested in your design.

I received a pound of what was simply labeled 'Belgian Special B' as a gift from a supply shop that is located in another state. I brewed an excellent Brown Ale using some of this grain and was wondering if there was a good substitute that is more readily available.

My first batch was in college 14 years ago. I was living with a guy that made beer for one reason: CONSUMPTION of high octane beer. I had never tasted home brew before and I thought the odd flavor was the way it was supposed to be. After a couple of months I decided that I would try a batch for myse...