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Hey team, I opened my first BIAB (I've done >10 extract brews) today which I bottled in swing-top bottles three weeks ago. It is a New England/Hazy IPA. I got six pints out of a one gallon BIAB setup. I was really puzzled to find that two pints, bottled from the same gallon, had completely...

Hi all, I am moving to a new city in late July. I have 36 belgian quads (9.5% abv) and 36 imperial stouts (9.8% abv) that I am bringing with me. Should I be worried about these being in a moving truck which I imagine could get as hot as 100-110 degrees F inside if is say, 90 F outside? The...

Hey all, sorry for the brevity, hoping to get a reply before my wort is cooled off and ready to be transferred to primary. I am doing the recipe below which has a 40 minute "whirlpool" hop stand. Before I started I looked up what whirlpooling was and it seems that simply with a spoon you can...

Looking to start BIAB after about ten extract batches. I am curious about all the talk about insulation to keep the wort at a proper temperature during mashing. Why couldn't you just keep your heat source (stove in my case) on low to keep a constant temp, monitoring the temp and adjusting as...

I am brewing "Dragon's Silk" from Northern Brewer. I brewed it before but it came out really flat, I think I killed all the yeast with the high alcohol; the beer itself was 9.7% and then the kit tells you to add the bourbon as well as the bourbon-soaked charred oak cubes. I did a quick...

Hey all, I am on my fourth brew, the first three came out well enough. I am afraid I have contamination with this one though, see the attached picture. There are definitely colonies floating at the top of my brew. I am hoping they are yeast colonies but have never seen them float before. The...