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Recent topics have included wet-cob ale and meat beer. It got me thinking, SWMBO posed a challenge to me recently: make a Doritos beer. I'm all for it, I'll try anything as a 2.5 gallon batch, and I love Doritos and beer. I haven't found much on using chips in beer, so here are my preliminary...

I am going to force carbonate. If I plan to force carb at ~20 psi for a couple days, does it matter if the beer is room temp during carbonation? I know if you are doing the "shaking" force carb method you want to chill the beer to 35-40 deg., but if I am going to let it sit on 20 psi gas for 2...

Hi all, I brewed a weizenbock yesterday, pitched with Wyeast weihenstephan 3068. I checked on it this morning and fermentation took off with a bang; very active indeed! When I opened the keezer, it smells extremely strongly of green apples. It is so pungent, if I put my head close to the...

Has anyone else had this problem? This has been a consistent problem for at least 10 batches. The strike temp is usually pretty accurate for getting to protein rest temps. But when I infuse to get up to beta sacch temps, say 148, I always end up at ~142. Then I have to infuse another 0.5 to...

I was planning on doing a starter today, so I smacked my wyeast smack-pack. Only later did I realize I don't have any DME on hand to make the starter. I'm planning on brewing tomorrow, probably pitching tomorrow night. Will the smack-pack be okay for that long? I don't know if it can actually...

I was planning on doing a starter today, so I smacked my wyeast smack-pack. Only later did I realize I don't have any DME on hand to make the starter. I'm planning on brewing tomorrow, probably pitching tomorrow night. Will the smack-pack be okay for that long? I don't know if it can...

I have been using dish soap as a cleaner and Star San as a sanitizer, but I think I would like to get a more effective cleaner. I assume that people generally use both a cleaner and a sanitizer. My question is is it okay to use something like PBW as a cleaner, and then Star San as a...

I have a belgian trippel that is ready to be bottled, but I just realized I forgot to order some priming sugar... ooops. In the house I have some clear belgian candy sugar and some regular old table (corn) sugar. I assume that the table sugar could be used in the same proportion as...

Just picked up a case of Glissade. I haven't had it since attending a SN beer dinner about a year ago, and I don't remember it being this good! This just made it on my short list (which keeps getting longer and longer).

I am going to be brewing tonight, it's supposed to be in the single digits, then down to -15 overnight (brrr!). I am going to do everything but the boil indoors, but I thought I would post and see if anyone has any reason for me not to brew in this cold! I assume I will have a higher evap...

The wife and I cracked open my black oatmeal IPA last night, and man, I have never been so drunk off two beers in my life! Granted, it is ~9% ABV, but still, only 2 beers? My wife was on the couch complaining about the room spinning! I woke up at 4 a.m. and felt completely hung-over. When my...

I am going to start doing a bunch of 2.5 gallon experimental AG brews, but rather than having a lot of 3 gallon carboys lying around I was thinking "wait, why don't I just use the same carboy for the primary and secondary?" Basically, I would rack from the primary to a bottling bucket, clean...

Hey all, I opened a bottle of homebrew last night and poured it in a glass. As I was pouring, I noticed a clump of something pour out with the yeast at the bottom of the bottle. I fished it out of the glass and it was nasty looking! It looked like a kind of semi translucent membrane. It was...

In light of smata67 posting on Denver: I am in SF all week, where should I go? I tried to get a reservation for an Anchor Steam tour, but all booked up. I think I'll hit up the 21st amendment brew pub...

I've completed 3 all grain batches, summed up as: 1) NB Psuedo-Pils recipe: Pilsner grain bill with some carahel and carafoam, but a kolsch yeast. Came out fantastic! Early addition Magnum hops gave it a very distinct bitterness that almost perfectly nails the Hofbrau original recipe, which...

I brewed 5 gallons black IPA yesterday (O.G. 1.077, 85% efficiency). The wort has been sitting in the primary since last night while the yeast starter gets going. I am ready to add the starter now, but not sure if I should aerate the wort first. I normally aerate by rocking the primary, but I...

In a recent thread, someone mentioned that adding DME to a boil may significantly effect hop utilization, but did not divulge. I am planning on adding 1 lb DME near the end of a boil for an all-grain BLack IPA. Could someone elaborate on how adding DME to a boil effects hop utilization?