Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

This question comes from lack of experiance, but here it goes. I am making my 2nd batch of beer. I choose the Brewers Best American Amber kit. I've followed all the directions so far, and the brew is in my primary fermentor. Day 1 the area in my basement I had my fermenter got down to near 60degrees...

Hey guys, In my previous post I mentioned that I would like to see CR-Brew have a more user-friendly website, etc. So rather than just talk about it I decided to make a prototype for all of you to see. Take a look for yourself at: http://rjconnell.net/crbrew/ I would be happy to setup, host and/or m...

I'm new to these forums (and fairly new to homebrewing in general for that matter). Just wanted to make my first post, introduce myself, voice a few opinions, and ask a few questions. My name is RJ, i'm 26 years old and just getting into homebrewing. I have read quite a bit about homebrewing, but so...