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I haven't dry-hopped a whole lot, but I just bottled an APA, and when I pulled the hop sock tonight, there were some black chunks in it. I used Willamette whole hops. I have never seen this before. The chunks had the consistency of wet charcoal briquettes and they dissolved when I rubbed them...

Has anyone used the dregs from a bottle of Zoiglhaus Brewing's Zoigl Pils? If so, what did you brew and what were your results?

In my infinite wisdom, I accidentally put US-05 in with my W34/70 to rehydrate. Has anyone lagered this? Should I just go buy another 34/70 and S-04?

After 40-or-so beers and ciders, today I dumped my first infected batch. I did a nice AG milk stout and a couple porters just after Christmas. Life got busy, and I just never found time to bottle the stout (the two porters turned out great). Today was finally set aside to bottle. I started...

I came to the realization today that I like brewing beer more than I like drinking it. I mean a LOT more. I think it must be the satisfaction of making something from scratch, but if I make anything bigger than a 3-gallon batch, I start to get a lot of excess supply. That's a problem when SWMBO...

That's right, folks. Today I brewed a cream ale and built the recipe based on 70% efficiency. When I got done, my OG was 1.066. When I recalculated based on that, it came out to 85%!! Guess this one won't be a lawnmower beer. I mashed low and long (90 min at 150), so I'm guessing I will finish...