Journal of Brewing

The official name of the lager is LCD (Least Common Denominator). I sanitized all the necessary equipment and siphoned it over. The color is quite pale, like a pilsner should be. Final gravity was 1.013. It has a very thin mouthfeel (at kegging time) and mild hoppy flavor.
My first [...]

My latest kit from Northern Brewer is on its way to my home. I’ll be attempting their India Pale Ale. Why an IPA, well I say to you, why not?
I really enjoy this style of beer for a variety of reasons. First, as a hophead, I love to be pelted in the [...]

Looking inside the fermenter (or spackle bucket as Pete likes to call it) there was the typical layer of gunk around the top. All foaming had settled but there was quite a good amount of flocculation on the bottom that I observed after siphoning. I took a gravity reading and it stood at [...]

The first thing I noticed about this recipe from others was that it used a lot less malt extract syrup than I had used before. They also picked a nice selection of specialty grains that I steeped in the water first. In place of another 3.3lbs of malt extract syrup, there was 1lb [...]