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Ok so me and a friend are going head to head with a Barleywine challenge. We are going to each brew a batch in July, and let it sit for 1 year. We will then have our LHBS guy judge the brews. I'm looking for your best EXTRACT Barleywine recipes. I will take all into account and come up with what...

I just racked to secondary and added the cacao nibs . Do I leave it alone or shake it up a bit to stir the nibs once in a while?

So when I first started brewing, everything I read and heard said doing a starter is the best way to go. All of my batches have began with a yeast starter on a DIY stir plate . Is there an advantage to doing a starter over direct pitching or what? What say you brewing gods?

Why did some of my bottles carbonate and some not so much out of the same batch?

So my wife likes blueberries. She wants me to brew a blueberry ale. I'm thinking a standard extract ale recipe with blueberries added to the ferment. My question is this. How much do I add, and should I add in the primary or secondary ferment ? And should it be whole berries or crushed or...

Could the mid Willamette Valley support a full service Homebrew supply store? Are there enough people in the Salem are that would buy locally given the chance?

I have a friend who is a hop farmer here in the valley, and I just saw his wife at the store. She says come harvest time I can have all the cascade and centennial hops I want!!! Oh ya baby!

So I'm so green I make lettuce look pale! My first batch going in the pot next week. Here is what I've come up with. 4 lbs Amber DME 1 lb light DME 1 oz cascade @60 min. Boil 1oz citra at 5 min. Windsor yeast. What do you think? Should I add anything ? Just looking for a smooth beer to start.