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I bought a 4oz pack of the experimental hop currently known as exp4190. Couldnt find anywhere to throw it in a batch so I decided to do a sort-of SMASH with it. Two primary goals here: 1) build a yeast cake of Conan for a Heady Topper clone; 2) give this new hop varietal an honest whirl. A...

FT: What would you like? I don't have the deepest cellar, but I would love to try to get something done here to get my hands on either of these breweries. I have regular access to NEBCO, and have some 2013 BBAIST, some weiss trash culture, wet willy, premeditated murder. On top of that is...

I've scoured to the best of my during-work ability, so forgive me if I'm blind, but I can't seem to find anything about cloning allagash Victor except what I found from the company website with a basic description. Do any of y'all have some insight? I am getting a red wine barrel...

So I brewed a wit bordering on 2 months ago. I did 10 gallons and wanted to split half onto 100% brett, and the other half i keep as my standard recipe. I built a starter of the WLP650 for something like 10 days (dont have my notes on had, but will check). Hearing that 100% brett...

Anyone interested in doing a locals trade? I love me some oktoberfest, and would love to try other local versions from wherever you are (so long as I can't already get it, obv. http://www.seekabrew.com/distro/index.html ) Even though its apparently time for breweries to release winter...

Ft: allagash coolship red, fv13, goose island matilda, Madame rose. If its the bourbon barrel aged damon, I've got some bruery tart of darkness too. Ask for others, I can work with a list

At work, we have a tradition of making cakes for everyones birthday. It was my birthday celebration today at work (sat was my actual bday and I was off yesterday). Chocolate stout cake with porter ganache, beer brown sugar butter cream filling. Made with these Am I lucky or what. Cake...

8 gallon batch (scaled from 6gals, sorry for the weird numbers), split into two buckets 15lbs 9oz Pilsner Malt 7oz acidulated malt (for pH) 14oz British Amber Malt 1lb 12oz Biscuit Malt 2lbs 11oz Munich Malt Clean water profile (no salts & filtered water, or use half tap half...

Anyone else coming here today representing HBT?

I just brewed with my new Thermapen last night. Its an investment I have been trying to fight off for years. But my mash temps have been too far swinging, and I became sick of it. This bad boy performed perfectly. Impressed, honestly. I've used several floaty thermometers, they work, but far...

I have a Coleman xtreme cooler for a mlt. I've loaded it with stickers from breweries I've been to buy now they are starting to peel from washing the cooler. Any suggestions on how to make them stick in a more permanent fashion? Pvc glue? A sealing spray of some kind?

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Just wanted to show y'all my current pride, an anchor porter clone (which I always brew and its delicious) that I split up for secondary fermentation. 5 gallons of the base beer, primary for 2 weeks, then I seperated it last night leaving me with jus under 2gals of the base beer still in the...

Snorg is awesome. Guy with a big scraggly beard... not so much. Jesus riding a dinosaur for $6... WTF??:drunk: WWJR? (what would jesus ride?) I'm going to print bumper stickers. WWJR. Slap it on my Bugatti. Or my dinosaur. Wouldn't you think he'd be more inclined to ride a more docile...

I like to cook. Which is why I like brewing beer. So don't make fun, because baking is cooking too. I am doing a holiday cookie swap (I make 7 dozen, 6 other people make 7 dozen then we all trade so everyone has 1 dozen each of 7 different cookies to share during the holidays). What 7...

Before each use on brewday, do you clean the tarnished looking oxidized layer off from a copper immersion chiller? A little back story: So I have had a few brews lately with a little metallic taste. Its not horrible, but its noticable. I have been scouring the interwebz for sources. It is...

I have been playing with the idea of oak aging a 7%ABV doppelbock. I have a 1gallon jug of it that is for playing, with 5gals of base beer. I just started dropping the temps on the lager, and I have heard that I may not get the best extraction from the oak with cold temps. Any hard evidence, or...

I have an extra gallon of a doppelbock that I just brewed that I want to age in an experimental way. I think that both oak and chocolate sound interesting, but I am unsure of how the flavor will actually come out, especially with the oak. Chocolate sounds like an easy transition. I have...

I brewed this today, and expect it to be amazing so I haven't actually sampled it yet. It was a beautiful day, warm and breezy and I didnt have to work so I felt like I was on vacation, hence the name. I'm also looking for a little fruit to come through in the flavors to keep it tropical. Should...

It is a hell of a day here in CT. So glad to be off from work and brewing beer. Hot but not oppressive (like my swmbo... im lucky!) And a great breeze. So comfy in my chair just chillin. I feel almost as good as I would in the carribean! Gotta love this hobby. I am brewing a twist from my...