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I'm picking up a bit of peach flavor from beer I ferment with Us05 (which is basically everything)..let me preface this by saying "I don't hate it, I actually like it" Regardless of fermentation temps really - from low to mid 60s in my swamp cooler to 72ish in my buddies house. is there a way...

brewed on 2/2/13, pitched US04 on a 1L starter. I made my gravity OK, here is my grain bill: 8.0 oz Rice Hulls (Briess) (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 1 4.7 % 7 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 65.1 % 12.0 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.0 % 12.0 oz Crystal, Extra Dark (Simpsons)...

My group of brewing friends, while being all grain for some time, had not stepped up to barley mills. Recently I was having extreme asthma attacks at my buddies house, I figured it was his cat. I recently realized I was having wicked attacks from milling the grist indoors, now that we are all...

I'm brewing a hef this weekend. My buddy fermented a Northern brewer bavarian hef kit at my house with the wyeast 3068, and I'm taking his cake when he bottles and going to reuse it. My grain bill: 6lb 2 row 4lb wheat 1/2lb rice hulls 1oz magnum 14%aa 60 mins (possibly considering a...

This weekend I'm planning on doing my first AG wheat beer. I've done an extract hefe before, but since going AG i've been on a pale ale kick for the last 15 batches or so, and I'm looking for some variety. I'm a lazy batch sparger. i heat my strike water, pour it into the preheated igloo, then...

Hurricane Sandy did a real number on my area of NJ. I'm one of the lucky ones, with no real losses other than 6 days without power and 20 lbs of bluefin tuna steaks that were in my freezer. I am coming back on line tonight. My worries are this: Is my yeasts and start wort still good? or...

I'm going to attempt brandon O's graff recipe today, going to use US05 from a starter and cascade. I'm going to get a locally sourced unpasteurized fresh cider, no preservatives. Should I use campden tablets first before adding the wort and pitching? Or just screw it, brew the wort and pitch...

I decided after their homebrew joke I'd give one a try. I was impressed with their beer selection for a chain restaurant. I was UNIMPRESSED by the obvious pushing of miller lite by the waitress, but whatevs. I even got carded! it made me feel young again (am 35 sigh) I ordered a Rogue Dead...

I brewed an AG pumpkin ale about 3 weeks ago, I put 2 cans of pumpkin purée in at 90. The wort was pitched with wlp001 and hit 1.009 pretty easily. I racked it off the sludge earlier this week in another carboy in hopes of clarifying it some more. I had a bunch more yeast drop out, but the beer...

Have a couple questions, since this recipe released is a little vague (and has typos! Recipe lists 1.5oz fuggles as ingredients but instructions only add .5oz). I'm mostly an AG brewer these days but I'm looking to take a brew 'vacation' and do an extract brew, give my mash tun a break. My...