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Short answer to the question is ALWAYS let fermentation finish completely. Also, how long will you keep it in secondary for?

Honey - completely fermentable, will leave finish drier, leaves a mild floral/citrus flavor and aroma. Honey Malt - adds sweetness plus a cracker flavor (think pilsner with sugar), it is potent.

This is one of those things that brewers have a preference on but I'm reality doesn't make a bit of difference in the beer. Do what your gut says, screw it!

10 gallon batches usually every other week for the past 5 years. Hit my 100 brews/1,000 gallon mark at the start of this year. Woo!

I could absolutely use this service! So tired of a dry erase board with the tragedy better known as my hand writing skills!

1. Kegging 2. Canning 3. Pouring Starsan directly into my eyeballs 4. Bottling

One of mine. Basic ***** - Pumpkin Spiced Latte Oktoberfest. QR code pulls up my beer review video for it. Let me know what you think!

Thank you guys for the giveaway! I'm in!

My wife and I are planning a trip to the Cincinnati/Newport KY area next month to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. We both love a wide variety of beer styles and appreciate a good ambiance. My question, what are the must visit breweries?

I think you'll be fine doing that. I'd be worried about keeping the hops in the serving keg for more than a couple of weeks. In my experience, eventually, you get an unpleasant grassy flavor from hops in the serving keg. Unless you plan on removing the hops from the serving keg, but that would...

Post stirring

Good call, I stirred it pretty well and broke apart the majority of the clumps. Looks normal now. Interesting the shape of the clusters. However, I dont think the shape of flocculation warrants any concern.

I made a yeast starter today using White Labs English Cider Yeast. It has a best by date of 2/17/2021. I checked on the starter about 3 hours into it and saw these weird yeast discs. I've seen yeast flocculate together but the consistency of the discs is intriguing. I know it's probably just...

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Some of you dont know what a warm, uncarbonated thick hop particulate and yeast slurry liquid blend tastes like and it shows 🤷‍♂️