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Hi All- I believe I'm quickly approaching my first harvest of my cascade hops (located: Charlotte, NC). I had planned to brew a wet hop IPA, but life/work is getting in the way and I don't believe I will be able to brew before they need to be harvested. So now I'm coming up with ideas to dry...

Hi All- Entering a local homebrew competition that follows 2015 BJCP for style registration. Will be dropping off my entries on Friday and was looking for feedback on which categories to enter them in to. I brewed: hoppy blonde ale (blonde ale base with 3 oz dry hop) peanut butter cup...

Hi Everyone! I recently brewed my blonde ale recipe and am looking to add a little twist to it this time by adding a decent dry hop to make it a hoppy blonde and was hoping for some suggestions from you all in what would give me the best success. Grain Bill: 2 row, oats, Caramel 10, caraplis...

Hello! Looking in to ordering some hop rhizomes (cascade) to try growing at home. Any others have success growing hops at home in North Carolina or around Charlotte? -Matt

Made an imperial stout (5 gallon batch) that will be a more or less peanut butter cup stout. Around 8% abv. The base beer is really nice. I soaked 4oz of cacao nibs in about 3/4 cups of vodka for a week. When racking to secondary I threw the nibs in to the bottom of the carboy and I gradually...

Hi All- Excited to be tapping my 2 Oktoberfest brews in 3 weeks. I should be okay on my 5lb CO2 tank with carbonating and serving (carbed and served 4 kegs so far and filled handful of bottles/growlers with beer gun), but. . . . I'd rather not be mid party and run out which would be very...

Hi All- I will be transferring my two 5 gallon Oktoberfest batches on Sunday to their kegs. I usually carbonate via the burst carb method over 3-4 days. For these I think I just want to set it and forget it. I was planning on 2.5-2.75 volumes// 12-13 PSI and serving/carb at 38 degrees.. I...

A co-worker mentioned to me yesterday he is pretty sure they closed. Their website no longer works and google search says closed. Anyone have an idea what happened? Was on my list to check out soon. . . guess that will not be happening.

Hi All- Was looking to learn more about the different tastes/notes I'll encounter as an Oktoberfest goes through fermentation, diacetyl rest, and lagering period. Brewed my first Oktoberfest last weekend and yesterday was day 7 and I've hit my gravity readings so started the warm up for a...

Hi All- Brewing my first Marzen this weekend and just realizing my homebrew shop does not have caramunich II in stock. Any suggestions to replace it? Grain Bill: doing a 2 step decoction mash Pislner -- 39.1% Munich Light -- 39.1% Vienna -- 9.2% Aromatic -- 2.3% Caramunich II -- 10.3%...

This may be a completely stupid idea, but what the heck. This will be my first time brewing a 10 gallon batch this weekend and I don't want to spend hours cooling it. I have an immersion chiller, but as the weather is in the 80s-90s it isn't exactly cold water from the ground. So my idea: Can...

Hi All- Brewing an Oktoberfest in the next few weekends. I've read/saw that a few people use a 32 oz. graduated ladle/dipper when pulling the grains for decoction mash. Before buying one off amazon for $13 thought I'd see if there are any other suggestions of things to use that others have...

Hi All- thought I'd share this to our specified Southeast folks! Selling my brew kettle -- https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/10-gallon-brew-kettle-charlotte-nc.649802/ Shoot me a message if interested. -Matt

Selling my 10 gallon Tall Boy Brew Kettle for $80. Perfect for a homebrewer that does 5 gallon batches. I've used it for my 5 gallon BIAB batches. Have had for 3 years, but only brewed on it 5 or 6 times. Looking to upgrade to a 15 gallon brew kettle. Can meet in Uptown Charlotte or SW...

Hi All- Will be trying my hand at kegging for the first time. I have a session ipa and session brown ale that are both around 4.5-5% abv. My plan is to keg this Friday Night and have it ready for a beach trip that we are leaving for next Thursday in the afternoon. So it will be getting about...

Hi All- so I brewed a session IPA end of February and after 8 days took a gravity reading last night with refractometer. OG was 1.044 Reading last night came in at 4.75 brixx and once converted in calculator that says it is at 1.003 gravity. So if that is all correct that means I had an...

Good Morning All! Brewing Caribou Slobber from Northern Brewer tomorrow. A brown ale with pretty good hop profile. This will be my first time adding and working on my water profile. Usually I just use bottled spring water, but ready to take the next step. Would love if anyone could point me in...

Hello all- Making an attempt at my first fermentation chamber for ales and want to try a lager as well. I want to make sure I'm getting a temp controller that works with the chest freezer. It says the Max Wattage is : 1100W(110V)/2200W(220V) and the freezer say it is 115V. Do you guys think...

Hello all- Making an attempt at my first fermentation chamber for ales and want to try a lager as well. I want to make sure I'm getting a temp controller that works with the chest freezer. It says the Max Wattage is : 1100W(110V)/2200W(220V) and the freezer say it is 115V. Do you guys think...

Hi Everyone- I'm still pretty new in homebrewing and this was my 5th batch. Was hoping to create a refreshing summer brew and experiment with fruit in half of it. I brewed an American Wheat 5 gallon BIAB batch and split it to have half with nothing added and the other half I added 4 pounds...