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I've posted a lot of borderline OCD questions over the months regarding dry hopping, as I've had some real crap beers. I was worried the cheapass kind-of marbles I bought in the dollar store had some reaction in the beer that was messing me up (despite the fact that I scrubbed them like crazy...

Curious if anyone has any general theories with this. I keg, but I siphon off a 6 pack or so and carb w/ carb tabs. Seems like the majority of the time the keg is significantly better. I can carb w/ co2 30 psi for 24 hrs and it'll be better than bottles after 4 - 5 weeks. I haven't...

It is advisable to sink your dry hop bag. Trying very hard to make this a poll. Your vote and any further explanation appreciated!

boil, after cool down i hear some people pour the wort into the fermenter, leaving most of the sludge at the bottom, i believe i read some dump a fair bit of the sludge in, others siphon. how much do you worry about getting the most of the wort and leaving the sludge? yeast - how much do...

I keg beer but started siphoning off a 6 pack or so per brew to be able to give it to a friend or my dad or whatever. I use carb tabs to do this. I have a lot of priming sugar though. Could I just put some in the bottom of the bottle then add the beer like I normally do with the tabs? Is...

Don't: Move wort from burner, then thoughtlessly set bag of DME on burner to cut open, burning it, getting some burnt plastic in your beer, DME all over, and a bad stink.

I started dry hopping in muslin bags to avoid later syphoning trouble, only I worry if the hops are being wasted. Please see attached photo. This is 1.5 oz after 5 days. Is this a good amount of dissolving, or is a good amount of this hop goodness wasted?

Not sure what the problem is here. If I brew extract I hit very close to OG. I've tried mini mash 4 or 5 times, the only difference being mashing the grains in the nylon sack longer (45 mins), then sparging - 1 quart per 2 lbs grain. I've tried as the directions indicate -- pour 170...

I've done around 20 brews now and am wondering what I might try next. I think this is a matter of taste in beer first and trying to brew it second. I don't like porters and stouts I've tried and I do like IPAs -- and I really like the darker more bitter end of IPAs. I did a "red IPA"...

i just sanitized a muslin bag and put the pellets in as i put it in the fermenting bucket i realized it was gonna sink to the bottom and i didn't like that, so i clipped the corner of the bag under the bucket lid. this has the hops just on/under the top surface of the beer. good move...

Short version -- generally what ingredient is creating what effect? What makes a beer citrusy or fruity? What makes it more bitter? Long version -- I did an austin home brew falconer's flight ipa that was quite nice description says "This IPA has a floral and citrus aroma and flavors...

Is there any reason not to do this? Now when I bottle/keg beer I've dry hopped I rubberband some cheesecloth over one end of the siphon (sanitized of course) otherwise the hops gunk will clog up the keg and cause problems. But is a total pain in the ass; the only way I can do it is to keep...

I'm sure this has been covered 100 times. I read a few threads and checked a few youtube videos but am still unclear what agents are needed during the cleaning process. I had some of this batch in a keg and some in bottles. Keg -- A-OK. Bottles -- off taste for sure. I just soaked them...

I tried bottling some off into lagunita's censored & lil sumpin bottles... they seem hard, the first one broke, now i am trailing blood from my foot around my place, the 2nd one capped.... weird and not very well.... Figured someone here would have experience w/ this, are these bottles not...

Pretty sure this had a slow silent leak, just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. I am on a serious budget here and do not have proper tools. I attached the regulator with a pliers. It was obviously leaking (hissing), then it seemed like I got it okay. Fortunately I...

Once they make the 3 weeks are they pretty much safe, or would the jostling of moving and transporting them in my brother's car increase the likelihood of explosion?

Now when I go bars even if I get a decent microbrew it will taste "chemically" to me. Do these places put preservatives in, are the lines dirty, is it all in my head, or all of the above?

I ordered these from austinhomebrew and they came basically in a screw top test tube. My understanding is you're supposed to shake them before use and I did, not too crazy, just enough to mix the obviously separated contents inside. I did it twice now and each time it basically explodes...

who knew! I thought the metal bits and poppits that go on the "in" and "out" of the keg were interchangeable. I got these backwards and now the serving plastic bit is stuck to the tank plug gas! This blows! I've been trying to get these unstuck for around an hour now, maybe time to...

Ordered the Budget IPA from Austin Home Brew. I expected these grains to come as I've seen in every other kit, basically looking ground; however these looked like whole grains, so I freaked out a bit. Figured out (with the help of a very friendly phone call) this is no big deal and I...