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Journal Entry  - 002 / May 2021  Batch Information Notes Details New Name* Not My Nut Style Nut Brown Ale Batch No 01 Brewed By Keith Wolfe Volume 5 gallons Brew Date/Primary Date April 14, 2021 Secondary Date N/A Racking/Bottling Date April 28, 2021 Fermentation Temp 70 F  * This is the name of my own personal batch. For the original recipe information, see  Recipe and Ingredients , below. Recipe and Ingredients Notes Details Original Recipe Nut Brown Ale Creator Northern Brewer Type Extract Grains Maverick Grain Blend Hops 1 oz. US Fuggle Hops Pellets LME 6 lb. Gold Malt Extract Syrup DME N/A Yeast Lallemand Nottingham High-Performance Ale Yeast Water Primo Bottled Water (5 gal) Wort Boil Time 60 minutes   Hydrometer Readings Notes Details Original Gravity 1.042 Final Gravity 1.008 Test 4/26/2021 1.008 Test 4/27/2021 1.008   Beer Information Notes Details IBUs NA ABV 4.46% Apparent Attenuation 80.95% Estimated Calories (per 12 oz) 137.2   Brew Day No...

Homebrewing is a fun, rewarding, and relatively straightforward experience, but the equipment required for even a simple setup may seem a bit daunting to aspiring homebrewers. Fear not! This article breaks it all down for you.  This is the first in a series of articles intended to help the first-time home brewer . In it, I outline the equipment you should expect for a typical 5-gallon, all-extract homebrew setup. That's a key point, there. This article is written for the novice brewer. More advanced setups (like those required for all-grain recipes) are not covered here.  Following are details on the essentials, and I also throw in a few nice-to-have optional extras. I also point out a few important things to look out for when putting your rig together. However, if you would rather skip all the details and get right to a quick-and-dirty list, click the button below. What Should Your Homebrew Setup Include? I suggest all first-timers begin with a good homebrew starter kit. S...

Journal Entry  - 001 / March 2021  Batch Information Notes Details New Name* Psychedelic Straw Hat Style Hefeweizen Batch No 01 Brewed By Keith Wolfe Volume 5 gallons Brew Date/Primary Date February 21, 2021 Secondary Date N/A Racking/Bottling Date March 8, 2021 (tentative) Fermentation Temp 68 F  * This is the name of my own personal batch. For the original recipe information, see Recipe and Ingredients , below. Recipe and Ingredients Notes Details Original Recipe Hank's Hefeweizen Creator Northern Brewer Type Extract Grains Fieldstone Grain Blend Hops 1 oz. Tettnang Hops Pellets LME 6 lb. Wheat Malt...

It all started innocently enough... With a simple homebrewing kit I assume I started out as a homebrewer like most first-timers. I purchased this starter kit from Northern Brewer , but I didn't do it haphazardly. Research led me to this kit. It turned out that a friend of mine received it as a gift last Christmas and thoroughly enjoyed it. I should note that this particular kit is optimized for all-extract brewing , which is typically recommended for first-time brewers. It requires less equipment, less time, and less of a commitment. This is where I decided to start. This kit offers the same sort of thing you find with many kits, intended to get you brewing a 5-gallon, all-extract recipe, which should yield 48 12-oz bottles. Northern Brewer, like many other merchants, offers more advanced kits as well if you're keen to dive in deeper, but I decided to start simple. Dipping my big toe into the beer, so to speak. I felt like I could always upgrade later as I became more familiar...