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We Just Found a Molecule on Another World...and Only Living Organisms Can Produce It — Popular Mechanics The molecule which is the bane of brewing pilsners, might have just helped scientists discover extraterrestrial life (yeast?) Just thought you guys might find this interesting. Nothing...

I’m using Philly sour for the first time, and I found very, very white furry things all over my fermenter, and especially on the dip tube in my fermzilla. The whole thing smells like a rotten log blasting out of the air lock… Looking back on my brew day, I don’t think I did a good job...

Made a Vienna SMASH 6 weeks ago, fermented under pressure with a fermzilla. Left in the fermenter until today Kegged it today, thought nothing of it, final gravity was good, the sample tasted fine, but when I went to vent the keg to purge the O2 out of the keg- it smelled ROTTEN. I sanitized...

Efficiency more than 10% higher than most brews. On this brew day (still in progress) I did a few things differently this time, some of them accidentally- but ended up with a pre-boil gravity of 1.045- instead of a predicted 1.039. I use the same equipment to measure as I have before, and I...

Ingredients list: 10# Avangard pilsen malt @ $1.25/ pound = $12.50 spent (from LHBS) 1 pack 34/70 @ $6.75/pack = $6.75 spent (from LHBS) 2mL CO2 hop extract @ 2.99/3mL = $2 Spent (yakima valley hops) 2oz YVH Hallertauer Tradition @ $2/ 2oz pack = $2 spent (yakima valley hops) TOTAL = $23.25...

I’m getting a little antsy to brew again- have not made a batch since I had some time off in October. I was prepping a hop list to order (semi) bulk from Yakama valley hops yesterday, enjoying the first true lager I made with proper yeast. I realized that I might exclusively make lagers this...

After waiting just over two weeks from pitching US-05 I’m tasting my first NA beer. It’s…… decent! Tastes more like hop water than an NA beer though. I do enjoy carbonated hop water so this is rather refreshing to me. Will be great to make some for summer, when it rolls back around. Still...

Hello all! I just bought a fermzilla from morebeer and when I went to inspect all of the pieces, i noticed a green slimy substance covering the floating dip tube… not sure if this is just oxidation of whatever metal the bobber is made of, or what it is! I cleaned it with soap and water for...

I pitched (sprinkled) a single packet of dry Lutra yeast on 5.5 gallons of a 100% weyermann floor malted Pilsen wort, at 78*F, no earlier than 8pm tonight… after cleaning up and a trip to Target and back, was walking by the bucket and saw a bubble out the corner of my eye around 10pm. I thought...

Just curious what everyone else did as far as brewing the same recipe more than once. Do you tend to tweak a method or ingredients, or try to replicate a brew you made as much as possible? What sort of beers do you repeat, and how often do you brew them? When I got into brewing I told myself...

Brewed to celebrate finally finishing my college career after 10years. I was going for a Czech Premium style, but not sure if I hit the mark. Brewed Oct 24th 2021 Malt: Pilsen 17lbs Victory 1lb Corn sugar 1lb Hops: Galena 2oz 60m 1oz 20m Czech Saaz 1oz 20m 1.5oz 7m 1.5oz 0m Other: 4...

Bud Miller Coors beers are what I got started drinking, then I went through a long IPA/craft beer phase. However, over the course of 2021, I’ve found myself greatly enjoying the American Light style. Pale Lagers in general are my new favorite thing to drink, not that I dont enjoy a good NEIPA...

A) is a 1/4” barb x MFL B) is a MFL washer C) is a 3/8” barb x FFL I saw a YouTube video from Brew n BBQ about closed transfers using a carboy, and created this rough sketch depicting my interpretation. I wanted to know if anyone here has done this before, your successes, and if you believe...

Just had my 10# tank bleed out for the second time, due to a bad connection between the gas MFL and the nut&barb. I’m sticking to barb connects exclusively. Anyone else experience similar frustrations?

Tipsy Canoe Pilsner Brewed on 5/1/2021 Malts: 10.5 lbs Pilsen .5 lbs dextrine/carapils Hops: 1oz Perle 60m 1oz Saaz 10m Yeast: WLP810 San Francisco Lager Water: ColumbusOH city tap water Additional Ingredients: Whirlfloc tablet at 15m Mashed in at 152’F with 3.75 gallons water Fly...

My sparge got stuck on a pilsner I was making, and it spilled a good amount of milled grain into my boiling kettle. I vorlofed again until clear, but it was too late. Fished out what I could with a fine mesh strainer, but there inevitably was flakes floating in the kettle. I went ahead and...

Leaky Kettle Wheat Ale [Brewed 2/28/21] Malt: 13lb lb total 2-row 6 lb Wheat 4 lb Vienna 2 lb CaraMunich I 1 lb Hops: 4oz total Centennial...

7 Hour brew day, from heating up strike water to cleaning the mash paddle. And all i have picture-wise is a hydrometer reading... Went pretty flawlessly, save for missing my strike temperature when i transferred to my cooler, had to drain half back to the kettle to heat it up, then still had to...