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Does anyone have any experience with really old hops? The story is, I went to pick up a couple CO2 tanks from a lady on craigslist whose husband passed away. He was a brewer, and among other things, she gave me about 6.5lbs of hops he had in the freezer. I didn't want to press for obvious...

So I picked up some American oak chips from the LHBS for a Barleywine I'm currently doing. I chose American because I've read it gives more oak character. The plan is actually to oak age in the bottle with these: The Flavor Bomb Planning on aging for about a year before drinking, so...

Hey all, I've done some searching, but can't seem to come to a solid answer. I've got a big Barleywine in the fermenter right now, that I plan on aging for a year or more in bombers. I'm contemplating whether or not it will be worth it to dry hop it before bottling. I know a good alternative...

Hey all... I've been battling this issue back and forth in my head for a while now and am having trouble coming to a conclusion. I've got a beer in primary now, and once primary winds down, I'll be adding a few pounds of honey, and some fresh squeezed lime juice. Just because bacteria and...

Anyone use a Glacier or similar water vending machine as their water source? I recently decided to switch from bottled spring water to a 5gal jug that I can refill at a machine for $.20/gal to save money. I also decided to start learning about water chemistry at the same time...

Did a brief search, and haven't seen anyone post this yet, but Sam's Club has a pretty sweet deal on turkey fryers right now. I just picked one up for $68 (guess my local price was actually less than online). It comes with a 9gal pot, burner, basket (which will be great for BIAB), basket puller...

Brewed this one for SWMBO's father, who requested a "light, refreshing, drinkable lime beer with at least 8% alcohol." So I kicked it up a notch, gave it a shot, and am actually very pleased! Goes down SUPER easy, and tastes great, but watch out. At 10%, it doesn't quite "sneak up on you". It...

so I've got a pretty big beer bottle conditioning right now... 10.3%. it's been 3 weeks in the bottle, and they're nowhere near done. I just cracked one open and there was a tiny pfft and if I poured it hard directly into the bottom of the glass it developed a small head, but there wasn't...

I've got a cream ale fermenting away right now, and I plan on my next batch being an apple cider/perry hybrid and am going to use my yeast i harvest from the cream ale batch. the cream ale is using WLP080 which is an ale/lager blend that attenuates 75-80% and is supposed to ferment fairly...

I've got a brew in primary now that should end up a tad over 9% ABV. That's one strike against bottle conditioning, as I've read several stories of big beers being difficult to bottle condition. The second strike is that I plan on cold crashing w/ gelatin to clarify it. While I know gelatin...

So today I was doing a partial mash batch with a target OG of 1.096. Since I only have a 5 gallon brew kettle, I only boil around 3 gal for a 5 gal batch. Because of this, when I added all the malt extract ( which was a lot) towards the end of the boil, it took a LONG time to fully dissolve...

someone enlighten me... after reading about people using live yeast collected in their blow off container filled with a starsan solution, how can starsan really be effective as a sanitizer? I'm sure it's great for killing unwanted bacteria, but if you can salvage live yeast from a starsan...

I am using both Brew Assistant and BrewR apps on my android to formulate the same recipe, and both are giving me (drastically) different IBU values. Can anyone more experienced than I tell me which is a more realistic number for the amount of hops in my recipe? Both use the following: 1.0...

Question about sampling the SG towards the end of fermentation. I have been worrying about possible oxidation considering the large surface area of beer that is exposed to air in a fermentation bucket as opposed to a carboy. Let's say I don't plan on using a secondary fermentation. Let's...

Hey guys. I plan on purchasing beersmith eventually, but in the meantime, I've been browsing the various android apps. I've got Brewing Assistant and Homebrew Calculator. So far I'm really liking Brewing Assistant, but I haven't used it enough to know how accurate it is or isn't. does...

Hi all. I'm pretty new to this, but I've picked up a lot from lurking here and from Charlie Papazian's book. I have an idea for a recipe (extract) that I was hoping you guys could take a look at. Essentially what I'm trying to do is make an imperial cream ale. I hope to be able to get the...