Cedar Rapids Beer Nuts

[carrisr]

In getting ready to hopefully start my first brewing experiences, I'm doing some recipe research. I was wondering what sources for recipes you all find useful. I'll be starting out doing extract with perhaps some grain additions.

I considered just buying some kits to start out, but I thought I might learn more from using recipes. Also, I'm planning to start with smaller batches so I figure I may as well buy what I need versus just halving for example.

So do you guys base your recipes on ones you find online? If so, what sites do you find the best. Searches on google turn up tons of sites so it's hard to know where I should start as a beginner. A few I've investigated that look promising are the BYO site and a site called [url]http://brewblog.beerbarons.org/index.php?page=recipeList]Beer Baron's Brew Blog[/url], which really provides nice information and has a recipe scaling tool.

I'm looking for proven recipes that are easy to follow and have good instructions. Some I found basically just list ingredients and sometimes boil times. I like the Beer Barons one because it pretty much tells me everything I need to know (most of the time) especially with all the info I need to see if my beer came out close to theirs.

Randy

[Mr T]

The kits from Northern Brewer are good kits and are a nice way to start… or if your just feeling lazy. They have some really good kits I’ve had. They also come with basic directions, although for the beginner I’m not sure how specific they are as I can’t recall the last time I actually read them.

Plus you get all the ingredients you need and nothing more or less. As a result of recipes I have a mountain of specialty grains left over.


From: carrisr [mailto:brew-recipes@crbeernuts.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:45 PM
To: brew-recipes@crbeernuts.org
Subject: recipe sources


In getting ready to hopefully start my first brewing experiences, I'm doing some recipe research. I was wondering what sources for recipes you all find useful. I'll be starting out doing extract with perhaps some grain additions.

I considered just buying some kits to start out, but I thought I might learn more from using recipes. Also, I'm planning to start with smaller batches so I figure I may as well buy what I need versus just halving for example.

So do you guys base your recipes on ones you find online? If so, what sites do you find the best. Searches on google turn up tons of sites so it's hard to know where I should start as a beginner. A few I've investigated that look promising are the BYO site and a site called [url]http://brewblog.beerbarons.org/index.php?page=recipeList]Beer Baron's Brew Blog[/url], which really provides nice information and has a recipe scaling tool.

I'm looking for proven recipes that are easy to follow and have good instructions. Some I found basically just list ingredients and sometimes boil times. I like the Beer Barons one because it pretty much tells me everything I need to know (most of the time) especially with all the info I need to see if my beer came out close to theirs.

Randy

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[BrewHound]

There are several great sources out there.

Jamil (very well known brewer) has a great podcast called "Can You Brew It!". The goal of the podcast is to craft clone recipes of Beers that people submit that they really enjoy. there are some great examples on there that they build recipes for. The podcast also has a lot of valuable information on brewing in general. You may want to check it out. If you type "Can You Brew It" into google, it should show up.

Another great source is BeerTools.com the have a library database that you can look beers up and scale them as well. The following link will take you there.

http://www.beertools.com/html/recipes.php

Hope these help.

[TappedOut]

Another good source is Jamil Z and John Palmer's Brewing Classic Styles book. It has a brief discussion and at least one recipe for each style.

[tompb]

Kits are the easiest. Everything in a box from grain bags to yeast. All are 5 gallon though. If you look at the kits at Northern Brewer they have an ingredient list you can go off of too.

Brewing classic styles is an awesome resource. The Jamil show on The Brewing network also covers each style from the book in more detail.

If you search for Denny Conn on the Northern Brewer forum he has a website with some recipes as well as equipment building and brewing tips.

[kurtford]

I have the kit of the month club from midwestsupplies.com. They bill your credit or debit card every month and over a year it pans out to getting one kit free. It's a good place to start, it keeps you brewing ever month, and you can eventually get creative some of the monthly kits they send.

Prices start at $25.50 depending on your yeast you use.

Kurt Ford

[carrisr]

Thanks for the suggestions! Boy I wish I'd have joined before you all went in on the BYO subscription deal. That looks like a must-have to me.

Randy

[BrewHound]

[Matt F]

BYO and Zymurgy are valuable resources. I couldn't imagine not having them as a part of my brewing. I would say sign up for it and then when the club does another order you can renew.