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Anyone have experience using hop exp 10419 in an IPA? It is high alpha acid (15.2%)but I was wondering if it is good for aroma additions. FARMHOUSEBREWINGSUPPLY.COM EXP 10416 Hop Pellets - 4/oz High alpha hop, citrusy aroma with notes of orange, citrus, pine, mint and tropical fruits.

Just found 25 lbs of crushed grain that I was going to use to brew 10 gallons of stout. It has been in a sealed bucket kept dry and cool for about 3 months. Anyone think I should use it or pitch it?

Not sure if there is a special section for questions of fermenting under pressure (if so please let me know to post there). Looks like my spunding valves got clogged up in my first few efforts for fermenting under pressure in 5 gallon corney kegs so the beer pressure climbed to the 20-25 psi...

I am looking to brew four 3 gallon stouts (around SG of 1080) using Maris Otter as a base and I have these specialty malts to use. Can anyone pick out several some possible combinations of the specialty malts listed below? I will use either magnum or northern brewer for bitter additions. Safle...

I would like to brew some different all grain recipes of imperial stouts over the winter to give away next year or the year after and I would like to know which specialty grain combinations might give the stout a more complex lingering taste than just using one or two specialty malts. I have...

Brewed 10 gallons of a 1065 all grain oatmeal stout today where I had to add in about 1 lb of dark LME to reach the gravity needed. Turns out that I did not get this mixed up well enough and a small amount scorched at the bottom of my keggle. Not sure of what to expect with the results. Any...

Has anyone used the wine yeast strain k1V-116 to try to finish off fermentation of a high gravity imperial stout? I read in an article that this strain can be used to help finish fermentation of high gravity stouts that seem to get stuck. About 5-6 paragraphs into the article posting below...

Does the type of base malt in a Russian Imperial Stout matter? Looking to make a RIS and I wanted to know if I could just add several lbs of different base malts (2-row, pale malt, Vienna, Munich, 6-row, Maris Otter and wheat). I have 4-5 extra lbs of all of these but not enough of a single one...

Looking to try to fix a buddy's old burner. It has a small hole to release the propane through and this runs very hard/strong. Either a soft yellow flame or one that sounds like a jet engine. Does anyone have any ideas on what I might be able to do to fix this or if it even can be fixed. Thanks.

I found an old can of Pilsen extract with a use best buy date of 2010. I know this would be worthless for brewing a batch of beer but does anyone think I could use this for making a large batch of yeast starter? Thanks

I have 2 large boxes of brown glass pry off bottles that I do not need. These have been rinsed out but still have labels attached. I am in North Liberty, Iowa near Cedar Rapids.

I am looking to build a copper manifold for a very large mashtun. Does anyone know if they make a 4 piece version of this 3/4 inch T joint? This would be a cross shaped piece instead of a T.

Looking for an all grain recipe to brew a clone of Hoss Octoberfest by Great Divide Brewing Company. I have not yet brewed an Octoberfest beer but I really like this one and the one from Bell's Brewery. This has some rye malt in the grain bill. Can anyone suggest a clone recipe in this style?

I recently got two vertical smokers off of Craig's list. I have put about $30 total into them and would like to know if it is possible to smoke food with good results using two of the charcoal smokers stacked on each other. These are charcoal but I can put one of my propane burners under them if...

OK....how much hops is too much hops when making a fresh hop/wet hop ale? I have three plants cascade, centennial and chinook that have intertwined and I picked 34 oz of fresh hops in order to make a wet hop ale? Is this overboard for doing a 5 gallon IPA as a wet hop? I have read that 4-5 oz...

I have a large amount of hops still on the vine and I am wanting to make a wet hop/ fresh hop ale. My question is how much time might be too much time from picking the hops and then home brewing with them? I would like to pick on a Saturday afternoon and then brew with them the next day. Is this...

We have endured a heat wave the last 2 weeks with very bright sunshine. 10 days ago I suffered a transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke) and just today I made it out to inspect my hops to find many of the cones looking like this. Can I assume that cones looking like these are too far gone to...

Recently I bought a set of brewing gear from a guy and he added in all of his remaining ingredients with the carboys. I would like to know opinions on using them or tossing them out? These were all stored in his basement. Four 3.3 lbs of unopened liquid extract. Two years old. Ten 1.0 lb...

I have a Wyeast 1010 American Wheat yeast starter about a month ago using a 2 liter flask and a foam stopper. After being on the stir plate for a day I pulled it off and placed it in my yeast fridge and forgot about it until today. Should I toss it out or use it? If I had a sealed glass...

I have a crack about 1 cm long and 2 mm wide in my keggle. Does anyone have a suggestion on the best way to fix this? I was think about using high temp JP weld or silver solder that I use for sweating copper. Thanks