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I've used this method before, it's best to do a yeast starter at about a quart of heavy wort with about 3 bottles of beer (just the yeast layer). Some people advise against all sorts of things, but you can get a good yeast culture using your method. If you don't have at least three bottles of...

I've been brewing whole flower hops for months now, and almost exclusively Cascade as well. I just bought a house and am going to grow Cascade all around it, so I wanted to get a feel for fresh cascade in my beer. I think it works out just using an ounce for an ounce, but then again, the flavor...

The problem with many store recipes is they don't give enough time for the fermentation process. Give it another 3 weeks in bottles AT LEAST before tasting again. I don't even like to touch bottles for at least a month before drinking them, and then that's even a bit too soon. Case in point: I...

I knew that this was an older method (I'm very intrigued by traditional brewing) but I haven't found a lot of info on it. But hey, if it works and it saves you a ton of money, then why not? Also, pitching a huge amount of active yeast onto cooled wort starts the fermentation process before...

I've had the same kind of fermentation and flavor as with the original batch of WLP001 I used. I was kind of afraid of another yeast overtaking the original, but so far it's been the dominant yeast, at least as far as I can tell. I pitched today 6 hours ago using about half the krausen of a...

For the past few months, I've been harvesting active krausen to pitch into my new beers. I do nothing more than scrape at least half of the active krausen and dumping it onto a cooled wort, without getting too much fermenting beer into the new vessel. I haven't had one problem in over ten beers...

I just quarter the oranges and throw them in the boil. I also make sure they get into the primary as well. With only one oz of Cascade, it adds the perfect flavor.

I have a super simple SMASH brew I created, it's great if you like pale ale. 12# Marris Otter 2oz Cascade hop Mash at 150F for 90 minutes with 5 gal of water. Sparge at 170. Hop schedule: 60 min 1 oz, 30 min 1/2 oz, flameout 1/2 oz (make sure that goes into the fermenter). Pitch with...

I tend to like the flavor of fruit added to the boil rather than at the end or in the secondary. You get a little zing from the fruit without losing the flavor of the hops and malt. Rather than having an overpowering fruit flavor, I like beers to have just a tiny note with that mouth feel of...

I'm in the wonderful state of Utah where they don't like people drinking good beer. That's why I homebrew!

I've never had it, unfortunately. It usually turns out really crisp with a citrus snap at the end.

Oh, I forgot about the three blood oranges that go into the boil.

Here's what I'm brewing today: Bloody Honey Hefe Grainbill: 6# American 2 row 4# White Wheat 1 oz Cascade hops 2# Honey 1/2 oz corriander California ale yeast

It's now my one year anniversary of brewing all grain recipes. I've learned a lot, and failed a few times. I've made a few amazing beers, and a few mediocre, but most have been pretty good. At first I was using other peoples recipes, but now I'm making up my own recipes as I go, and they've...

Just wait it out in the bottles. Leave them be for at least another month and then give them another taste, I guarantee they'll be a bit better. Relax and let the yeast do their job.

If you didn't have sediment in your bottles, then it would be a problem!! So in other words, sediment is not only normal, it's appropriate. It usually means that your yeast have been multiplying and fermenting, which is a very good thing.

FYI, I had it in bottles for maybe two weeks, turned out tasty. The first time I've actually had a knockout beer.

My first beer turned out awesome!! Although, I think I went waaaaay overboard on the gravity, but sometimes that all works out... Right? hahaha. Please give feedback, but regardless, I love the crisp, tangy flavor. As well as the downright knockout buzz it hands you in the first few sips...

We boiled the corriander and blood oranges, nothing went into it dry. It smelled and tasted fine, nothing off about it. We only had one glass, roughly 10 oz of beer between three people, so it was a very small amount. Maybe it was just a fluke, but damn I felt terrible today and vomited a few...

Let me start off by saying my first AG turned out awesome, flavorwise.... That being said, I tried a glass of it before bottling and it seemed amazing! Great taste, hints of blood oranges came through nicely, great color, great smell. The only problem, my woman and myself drank only a small...