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Has any one used green coffee as an additive? I'm brewing a stout in a few weeks and I plan on splitting the batch with 05 and some dregs from my cellar. I have been thinking of adding a touch of green coffee to the sour side. I'm also thinking what other direction I could go with green...

Had an equipment snafu today. While mashing in. Me "%@-$- we just lost the bazooka tube." Brew partener in the most monotone calm voice. " Well now it's a 10 hour brew day." The way he said it was so funny I about pissed myself. Happy Saturday.

For people riding motorcycles. Sorry for being a debbie downer need to vent a little. Just got some bad news. A mentor and more importantly a friend died coming home from Sturgis. We had been through hell together. Mainline piping is brutal. It feels like I lost a brother. For years I looked up...

So I have this box of Organically Hip Hibiscus tea and I'm gonna brew with it. My question to you fine people is do I add it to the boil or do I make a tincture? I guess there is two how much do I use? Thanks all I'm kinda busy and too lazy to do a search.

I'm pretty sure you can't get rhizomes yet. I'm Does anyone know where I could score some Cashmere rhizomes? Really I would like to grow any of the four that were in Zymurgy magazine recently. Thanks for your time.

http://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/how-to/a33434/why-home-brew-sucks/ All my books. In the trash. Everything I have learned from here and other resources garbage. All those hours of listening to Brew Strong, wasted time. Really what do John Palmer and Jamil Zainasheff know anyway. :D...

So my problem is I have a batch of brew acting wonky. Here is the what's what about it. 8 lbs 2 row 1 lbs victory 1 lbs crystal 60 .25 lbs chocolate malt Mashed at 154° f for 90 minutes batch sparge. .5 oz hersbrucker 60 min .5 oz hersbrucker 10 min 1 tsp Irish moss ( hydrated...

So this friend of swmbo is allergic to everything. I want to make her a gluten free beer but she is allergic to sulfites too. I was wondering if Brett has a bunch of sulfites in it. Thanks in advanced.

My wife and my brew partners fiance volunteered us to brew for their wedding in October. They are having a pumpkin themed wedding. No problem there I love my recipe and think it would make a great saison. I don't want to mess around with ice packs and towels and whatever other crazy stuff I have...

So I was poking around the garage organizing my brewery. My loving wife was doing her nails watching something stupid. All of a sudden I hear a blood curdling scream. I go running into my house expecting the worse. My wifes nails are wet and she's flapping her arms screaming about flying...

I toasted some flaked corn tonight. In Radical brewing Mosher states to give it a couple weeks lag time to let off flavors fade. How long should I wait? Does anyone have any experience toasting flaked corn? It was toasted at 250f for 25 minutes. Thanks in advance.

I have a rye ipa that has been in the fermenter for two weeks and my gravity reading is 1.036. I have a packet of Saflager 3470. Can I pitch this? I can keep the temperature at 66. Do I need to worry about off flavors if I pitch it. I really don't want to place a order for 1 pack of yeast. Any...

http://www.politicalears.com/blog/yellowstone-animals-fleeing-park-supervolcano-eruption-imminent/?utm_content=buffer09c30&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer And said something like at least I won't have to deal with the fallout. My mother in law and step son are...

My father in law has acquired a 35 gallon stainless steel pressure cooker. It may take a minute but I think I need to turn it into a new hlt. One step closer to a nano brewery.

I finally got to brew for the first time in months. Equipment upgrades and being super busy at work put things on hold. I didn't have any hiccups. Which is hard to believe considering I did a triple decoction mash and a continual hops schedule. Thanks HBT for helping me become the brewer I am.

My dad lives in Rathdrum and is looking to bulk up his pipeline. He uses Grolsh bottles religiously. If anyone is in the area has some and wants to get rid of some PM me. Thanks.

Over primed his beer with a little over two ounces of priming sugar. He uses grolsch bottles. I told him wait a week put one in the freezer drink it if it is good get the rest cold asap so the yeast would go dormant. Any other words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Which one is better for making bottling buckets? Also what size is it? I would search but I am at work and I want to pick it up on my way home. Thanks.

All suck! Not! I was just effin with you! Cause we cool like that. Have a good weekend fermentation freakazoids.

I was given a couple cases if old budwieser bottles. They have the pop top head. Do I need to get new caps or can i just use the ones I have?