Seems like an infection. That along with the low efficiency led to a dump :( Take two is planned for this afternoon, once my Pale Ale finishes and I clean and reset the equipment. Looks like the Pale Ale is at 72% based on post mash gravity, so that's much better, and pretty much what I was getting ...

Doing a double brew day today, along with smoking a brisket, and probably will toke on the pipe at some point too. Boiling right now is my Who Dey (Think Gonna Drink This Beer?) Pale Ale, ready for the NFL season to kick off. Also take 2 of my Oktober Can't Come Fest Enough, which finished at only 5...

So it's in the boil as i type. Had a bit of an issue with the KitchenAid mill, as others mentioned I might. But after getting a first run (about a quarter pound) of way too ground grains, I took apart the mill, and was able to "loosen" the grinder part and get more coarse grinds. I still h...

Later today I'll bottle my Let the Right Stout In (a Left Hand Milk Stout clone). Tomorrow I'm ready to brew October Can't Come Fest Enough, an Oktoberfest/Marzen which will be my first take at using my new full grain set up, and ditching the BIAB.

Thanks everyone! Still waiting on one important piece to arrive (hard to get things through the mail over here!), the connector between the spigot and the mesh filter/screen. Once that comes, I can put together the mash tun. I'm hoping it arrives this week, as I'm planning on doing an Oktoberfest ne...

Had a planned brew day today, but had moved it up to Wednesday. Thought I was waiting on lactose, but that arrived earlier than expected. So with new found non-brew day plus unexpected lactose that equaled brew day back on! My Let the Right Stout In is currently boiling right now. This is a clone of...

I was thinking about doing that too, just to make it easier to pull the grains out for disposal.

So I've been BIAB brewing for a couple years (well, a few years ago for a couple years) and I've ordered a bunch of pieces to make the switch to doing grain without the bag after my next batch. Outside of the potential improved efficiency with the sparge, and clarity with the filter transition betwe...

My Hopwork Orange IPA is halfway through the mash now. First homebrew in over 3 years, feels nice to fire up some new toys and smell that wort.

Been more than 3 years since I last brewed a batch (military, oversees enjoying the local stuff), but I'm planning on starting a batch next week, and getting back into the hobby. Hopefully I'm not too rusty and my Hopwork Orange turns out alright.

Depends on which one I want to go to. Maryland Homebrew is about 12miles/20 minutes away and Annapolis Homebrew is 17miles/25 minutes the other way. I prefer MDHB as they're more personable, but Annapolis has more grains and toys in their shop.

I must really be a lightweight. 4LBKs and a 5 gallon fermenter and not sure how you'll keep up?! I've brewed 4 LBK sized batches this year and am worried about how I'm going to drink them all along with the handful of crafts I've acquired before the spring when I'm supposed to be getting shipped ove...

So I know I'm a little late, but I finally was able to watch the last episode. Holy Crap, like I agree there was alot of luck involved in how everything happened but I have never been so satisfied with an ending to a series in my life. I agree, I've seen way too many of my favorite shows go on far ...

Thanks everyone, really appreciate it. Unfortunately it was not a very good one. I worked over night both the day before and day of, so 16 hours of my birthday was spent at work, and I slept in between. Then I got woken up this afternoon by my wife to say my grandfather had passed sometime in the la...

I'm active duty, and while I'll still get paid (so we've been told) many of the services put in place to assist soldiers and their families are shut down. Currently I can't make any new doctors appointments, so I hope I don't get sick or injured unless it's severe enough to require a hospital visit....