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I need help with my first home brew beer?

Beer Brewing Master — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:42:41 +0000

I would like to attempt a beer similar to my favorite Guinness Extra Stout, but I’ve never brewed beer before.
I’ve made mead and hard cider. I have equipment.
Making a mash is new to me.
I just don’t quite know how to read beer recipes, so if someone would break down this recipe it would be awesome.
Specific questions regarding the (60 min)/(10 min) next to the hops and Irish moss
Dry Irish Stout

5 Gallon Recipe (OG 1.059)
77% System Efficiency
29 Carbohydrates/16oz
266 Calories/16oz
5.8% ABV

7.9 pounds Beeson’s Marris Otter
3 pounds Flaked Barley
1.2 pounds Roasted Barley
1 ounce Northern Brewer Hops (60 min)
1 ounce Kent Goldings Hops (60 min)
1 teaspoon Irish Moss (10 min)
1 Vial White Labs Irish Ale Yeast
.5 ounce Oak Chips in Secondary Fermenter
20cc 88% Lactic Acid at Bottling

Mash Schedule
153 degrees for 60 minutes
168 degrees for 10 minutes

Thanks

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im looking for ideas for my husbands 30th birthday – how about beer making party?

Beer Brewing Master — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:44:25 +0000

i am looking for some ideas for my husbands 30th bday. I was thinking I could be the DD and take about 5-7 friends to make the beer and have a dinner at my house after? any other ideas?

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Shenandoah Brewing Company is the DC area’s one and only brew-on-premise — a Do-It-Yourself brewery. With steam kettles, wort chillers, temperature-controlled fermentation and aging rooms, and automatic bottle washers and fillers, Shenandoah has all the individual-sized, professional equipment you need to make your own beer.

You are the brewer, but we are here to help. We provide you with the recipe, ingredients, and assistance you need to make the beer that you love. We offer more than 80 recipes from which to choose — everything from light lagers to imperial stouts. Any recipe can be modified to your particular taste by our staff. Or you can bring in a recipe, a beer description or a beer sample and we will develop a recipe to match it as closely as possible. The ingredients that you use are the same ingredients used by our commercial brewing operation – fresh grains, pellet hops, and yeast appropriate to the beer style. Our equipment is also an individualized size of the same equipment used by professional brewers, Don’t worry — we’ll explain it all and stay by your side throughtut the process. And because we want you to love the beer, every batch comes with a satisfaction guarantee!

Brewing is a social activity. You and your friends can brew between one and eight batches of beer at one time. Brewing a sigle batch takes about three hours. Add 15 minutes for each additional batch. There will be periods during that time when you are working and periods when youa re waiting. Waiting time can be filled with darts, foosball, watching sports on our DirecTV system, and eating and drinking in our pub. You are also welcome to bring cards or games if you like. Children are also welcome at the brewery, but you will need to watch them, since there are potentially dangerous areas in the brewery.

Personalizing your beer is half the fun. Custom labels are available for order when you brew. They will be ready when you bottle. You may pick from label templates where you just insert text or bring us artwork for the label. See the Label Request form for mor information. Custom-;abelled beer is great for weddings, parties, and holidays — or just for the fun of it. If you do not order custom labels, a generic label with the required legal information is included with your bottling.

Waiting is the worst part. Great beer takes time — fermentation time. Once you are done brewing, your beer will need to stay in one of our fermentation rooms for between 3 and 12 weeks, depending on the style and your schedule. You will make an appointment for bottling at the time you brew. When you come to bottle, your beer will be carbonated and ready to drink. You will put lables on your bottles, wash bottles in your bottle washer and fill the bottles with beer in our automatic fillers. You can sample your own beer while you are bottling. Bottling will take you about 2 hours

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Is there actually a cost effective way to home brew beer?

Beer Brewing Master — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:46:22 +0000

I have all the very basic equipment such as carboy, food-grade buckets, airlock, etc.. I started just collecting stuff that people were giving away. So I went to the home brew store and bought the malt extract, hops, barley, yeast that I needed but in the end spent probably about $45 for a 5 gallon batch. I brewed a really tasty pale ale but it ended up that each beer cost about a dollar and plus the time involved in the whole brewing process. It was fun and all but I thought that you were supposed to be able to brew some good beer for dirt cheep!.. Which would of course make it all the more enjoyable. At that price I might as well just buy a case of Henry Weinhard’s which may not taste the same but sure would be time and cost effective. Does anyone have advice on how to beat the system in this regard?

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Is there a store where I can brew my own beer?

Beer Brewing Master — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:41:51 +0000

I’m looking for a store in the Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia area where I can go to brew my own beer. I’m interested in home brewing but I’m not ready to commit to all of the equipment. My uncle told me about a place in Ohio where you can do something similar. I’ve tried numerous internet searches but I don’t think I know the right terminology. If you find multiple places, I’d prefer ones closer to the 20886 zip code, but I’m willing to drive a couple of hours if I have to.
Yes, I am interested in homebrewing at some point, but I want to “get my feet wet” without having to invest in all of the equipment to see if it’s something that I’d like to do.

And yes, beer, like all things, are best in moderation. I appreciate the internet watching out for my health.

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Alcohol content of beer…?

Beer Brewing Master — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:42:09 +0000

1. What determines the alcohol content of beer (during the brewing process).

2. How is the alcohol content of beer measured (how it is physically done)? In other words, is it estimated based on the process used, or is there some sort of equipment used, or what?

Thanks in advance. Normally I would research this kind of stuff myself, but I’ve found there are very helpful people here who may know off-hand. I’m also not looking for the most in-depth answer, just a simple explanation, if possible. Thanks again!

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Beer Brewing Master — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:53:17 +0000

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To get my own brew going how much will i need to spend (including equipment ingredients etc)
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Beer Brewing Master — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:46:21 +0000

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