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Thought this was an interesting video about breweries and how they deal with their wastewater treatment.

I saw an article this morning on gene editing, coming up with new fruits, etc. which got me thinking about all the new hops out there. I believe these new varieties come from selective breeding, but was wondering if gene manipulation was/is being used to create new hops varieties. A quick...

I just wanted to share a fun, successful brew day. Had a recipe all planned out for Sunday, got a nice early start. My plan for the mash – I’ve never done a mash out, heard it’s not really necessary, but often thought about it, so planned on reducing my sparge water by 1 gallon, and take that...

Anyone know where you can read up on experimental hops? I'm getting some that are locally grown, an aroma hop, but wondering if there's a source to look up the hops? Did a quick google search but didn't turn up anything. I'll get some info when I pick them up, but wondering if there's...

So, I have a plethora (rarely get to use that word!) of hops. I have an IPA that I'm looking to dry hop. Here's the recipe, all chinnok so far: 6 gallon batch: 10 lbs UK 2 row pale malt 2 1/2 lbs Munich malt 1 lbs Crystal (15) 0.75 lbs carapils 1.5 oz Chinook boil 1.5 oz Chinook 15 minutes...

We have a whiskey barrel full of imperial stout, and another full of belgian dubbel, these are the 54 gallon barrels. The oldest has been in the barrel since June. They are at basement temps, around 65 or so, pretty constant. Our plan is to transfer 10 gallons at a time to our bottling bucket...

So, picked up a used whiskey barrel, 53 gallons!! So now we're planning on some monster brewing to fill this bad boy and age for a while. First use was Jim Beam, second use a local cider place. Now it's our turn. Barrels still have a little liquid in them so they're not dried out. Between...

How long have you guys been getting your bulbs to last? Mine is only a 40 watt bulb, after my 4th use, it went out. Had a Belgian in there set at 71, I checked and it had dropped to 66. Checked the bulb, not working. Basement is about 55 or 60 in the winter, so it is running quite a bit...

Haven't ever seen anything like this in any of my beers before, but this certainly doesn't look good. I'll ride it out and see what happens, but not too optimistic. My sanitation practices where no different with this batch than any others. Fermentation temp set at 65. Had a healthy yeast...

So - I have these bottles of cider sitting in my basement. The apple mixture is completely unknown, it was from a neighborhood cider event my family and neighbors put on yearly, I brought down a keg and brought up 5 gallons to ferment. I'm pretty sure I used a cider yeast, but I know at one...

So - I haven't bottled in years, been kegging my beer. I've got a chocolate stout, it was in the primary for 10 days, then I racked to secondary on top of some red wine lees I got from a local vineyard for 5 days, then racked to tertiary on top of cocoa nibs that were soaked in bourbon, it sat...

Been brewing since around 1993. Getting more active in it again after building a keezer. Currently have a heady topper clone going, then broke out the king cooker and all grain after many years of extract, and have another brown ale going. Really enjoyed the all grain, it had been a while...