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So just last night, a friend and I tried Sam Adams Infinium. It's a very light bodied, dry ale that sparkles almost like a champagne. It was beyond delicious... unlike any beer I've ever tried. But now it's got me very intrigued. Could I brew something like this at home? I obviously don't expect res...

Hello, I'm going to be brewing my Oktoberfest in the next couple days and I'm kind of looking to get a certain taste. Not 100% sure how to explain it but I'm looking to get a very malty (low hop) taste with a slight finishing sweet flavor. So I was thinking about using a small amount of brown sugar....

So just for an update, my Cherry Stout is done and came out WAY BETTER than I could have expected! Very smooth, with a very noticeable cherry flavor but not sweet and had a very slight chocolate flavor to it! I actually used 3 lbs of tart cherries (frozen) and about a 1-1/2 lbs sweet black cherries ...

So I'm currently looking into a couple different options for kegging some of my brews. Unfortunately, I can't afford to drop all the money into a full on kegging system and I don't have an extra fridge/freezer to store a keg or two in either so that also puts a damper on things. I keep looking at th...

I actually made a stout a few months back using hallertau hops and it came out great. I think I might just go with the Oregon puree. I'm very interested in how it will come out. That's what I was afraid of with the extracts as well, I definitely want to stay away from artificial tastes. Thank you bo...

Hello, I would like to try to take my first shot at a fruit beer. Generally I really only like a nice hint of fruit, I do not like sweet fruit beers. I have a can of Mount Mellick Stout along with 2 lbs. of Muntons dark DME and hallertau hops. I would like to try and make this into a cherry stout. W...

That's kind of what I figured. I'm not sure that it's worth the risk...
Thanks for the insight!

So I have a friend who called me up and said he had tons of bottles for me! He had saved me a couple hundred bottles from a party... rinsed them out, cleaned off the labels for me. What a good friend. But then he mentioned they were all twist off bottles. I sadly told him thanks but I couldn't use t...

So my Oktoberfest has been bottled to 2 weeks this past Thursday. I put one in the fridge on Saturday while making wings and food for the OSU game! After about an hour I opened it to see how ready it was... At first taste I though it was pretty good, then a caught a weird taste going down. I took an...

That's great news. That's what I hoped for, I'm just used to taking a few days (5-7) for it to finish. I figure I will rack it over to my carboy this Friday (exactly a week). Thank you again for your help!

So I brewed the Mount Mellick Stout on Friday afternoon. Once I got the temp down to 75 I pitched my yeast into my fermentation bucket put in it the back corner of my basement (which stays at a pretty steady 65-68 degrees). 12 hours later I checked on it (first thing in the morning) and the beer was...

Great. Thank you very much! I might just have to give that stout a try.
And thanks for the book recommendation!
Your help is much appreciated!

-Bryan

Hello, I'm pretty new to brewing although it's quickly turning into an obsession! My first batch was G&G Irish Ale which is bottled, I have 4 days left till my 2 weeks is up and I can finally open a bottle. My second batch is G&G Oktoberfest. Which I will be transferring over to my carboy to...