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I kegged my Black kolsh a few days ago and forced carbbed yesturday afternoon. Towards the end of the night I got her hooked up to the tap and poured a glass. Color was just right, carbonation seemed good but the aroma was quite roasty, dang. After a few sips I just had to walk away as the...

Im doing a black Kolsh tonight and gonna go ahead and add my Carafa late to reduce the flavors as much as possible. But Im curious as to how you guys do it, during Laughter or Sparge? Never done it before and givin the delicate flavor already in a Kolsh Im leaning towards the Sparge.

A friend of mine is throwing a Cinco De Mayo party and I told him I'd bring a keg of beer. He then asked if I could make some soda for the kids and drivers. I figured I should try to keep onto a theme of Mexican. Anybody got any suggestions? Jarrito, Sarsparilla???

If a smaller lab was willing to open its doors to homebrewers, what type of tests would you like to see available? SRM IBU Diacytal water profiles ABV ??? I was talking with a lab tech about this and we were wondering what some of the popular tests would be for beers if hobby brewers...

I was at the very end of me brew session last night, with chilled wort headed to the fermenter. I had already grabbed my sample for gravity reading and set it on my work top. I didn't take a look at it immediately as I had to baby sit the transfer cause the whole leaf hops were plugging the...

Im trying to work up a chart to determine the amount of Maltodextrin per gallon to raise the SG of beer or wort by 0.001 or the brix by 0.26. I know that typically brix is a measurement of grams of sucrose/ 100g of solution. But im not sure if that can be directly translated to a measurement of...

I recently made a large purchase of hops in whole leaf form. I started out using them in dry hoping but a last night I brewed a heavy aroma IPA. All but 2 oz out of the 12oz was whole leaf. I did plan ahead and bought one of those tube screens knowing that those hops will plug up my valve when...

My sister asked me to make an Apfelwein recently. She said she had a ton of the stuff in Germany and she misses it. Ive read alot of threads here on how they have taken store bought juice and made excellent stuff. Now I dont doubt that this has worked out for them but I'd prefer to put in more...

So I kegged up a Black Ale last week and apparently something went wrong in my mash and/or grain bill. My FG was 1.009 after secondary from 1.059 post boil. My flavor profile was spot on but it is nearly as thin as water on my tongue, no bueno. Luckily im a bit of a hoarder and I have about 3...

Im setting up my new kegerator and Im putting togather my parts list. I have an account with McMaster and prefer to purchase my basic parts through them when I can. But Im confused as to which PVC tubing is the type for the beer line application. I was wondering if any of you gents know which...