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Hey everyone. I was wondering what the shortest any of you let an imperial stout/Porter condition before consuming? In advance, I keg my beers so not concerned about bottle conditioning. I tend to brew against tradition and tap most beers within two weeks, but those tend to be 5-7% abv beers...

So I've been brewing for ages using my municipal water which has always been pretty good but about a year ago I moved to a new house with well water that runs through a water softener. All of my water, including my outdoor spigots, runs through the softener. I've read that softened water is no...

Hey guys, I added a 32oz bottle of this stuff to my Christmas ale. Turned out awesome but I'm curious about its effect on my abv and I'm not 100% sure I got my original numbers right. I came out around 1.165 ppg, but obviously its 32oz over 5.5g so I'm not sure what it did. This is the bottle...

So I've got christmas ale fermenting and was going to add 1 32oz bottle of R.W. Knudsen Just Tart cherry juice as fermentation slows down. Does anyone have experience with these juices? Its going into a Scottish ale base that's a bit stronger, og 1.068. Will 1 bottle give enough cherry flavor...

Hey guys, So I brewed a witbier using WLP400 last Sunday before Memorial Day and everything went well. I pitched a single pack of very fresh WLP400 (no starter) into the beer around 72 degrees and then left it to chill in my basement overnight. By morning it was at 68 with no signs of...

Hey guys, Brewing a NE APA this weekend and usually use wlp007 but want to switch things up. I know Giga yeasts Vermont Ale is Conan but I also have access to Imperial yeast and was toying with using their Juice strain. Anyone have experience with both, or at least the Imperial strain...

I haven't run into fusel alcohols in years, ever since I got my brewing practice down to a science. But a couple weeks ago I brewed a 5% blonde ale with Wlp007 and when I was cooling I struggled to get the wort down below 80 due to really warm ground water. Rather than pitching yeast I let the...

Hey everyone, Every year I brew a pumpkin ale with great success. This year I decided to get cute and use WB06 for a twist on it. I wanted to get a bit more clove than banana so I fermented it low (wet shirt with a fan blowing on it). Well I certainly got my clove with no banana. It's a lot...

Hey guys, I recently brewed an oktoberfest and pitched wlp080 cream ale yeast blend because I had a good amount of slurry lying around. I kept reading how it can be clean and crisp (aka lagerish) so I figured, why not. Anyway, I've been cold conditioning for a few days and sampled it last...

Hey guys, In all the years I've been brewing I've only used pellet hops until last night when I decided to use whole leaf hops in a pilsner. The part I loved the most was how crystal clear the wort was coming out due to the hops staying behind and not forming a sludge, and how they filtered...

Hey everyone, I recently bought a O2 aeration system after years of just shaking. I've now used it three times but have trouble determining when it is really going, especially in an ale pale. The first time I used it, it was in a glass carboy so it was a tad easier as I could see the bubbles...

Hey guys, Last minute I find out that my wife and I are having company next weeked and I'm looking to have something decent on tap in one weeks time. I know I know I know, it's better if it sits. But I'm gonna shoot for a session hoppy blonde ale (og = 1.045). My main question is about the...

So I made a dunkleweizen yesterday. Everything went swimmingly until this morning when I checked on the brew. I had affixed a blow off tube going into a growler of water. This morning it appeared that some water was creeping up the tube (about 3inches worth) so I, for some reason, lifted the...

So last night I brewed a Christmas Ale and the OG was 1.071. I pitched a pack of 1028 London Ale without a starter (I never make starters). But now, the morning after, I am rethinking my obviously low pitch rate. I have a vial of some scottish heavy yeast that is similar but slightly more...

So I just planted my first rhizome today. I know I know, you're supposed to do it in March/April, but growing my hops never crossed my mind until last week and I was able to find a rhizome through a homebrew store. Given I just planted them (I live in eastern PA), what do you think I can...

Hey guys, I know brewers gold is historically used for bittering only, but has anyone used it as a dry hop or aroma addition? If so, how did it turn out? I've read everything from "poor aroma" to "black currant" aromas. I've never used this hop before so any info would help. I only ask...

Hey guys, This Saturday I will be driving down from New Jersey to Newport News, Virginia. I'll be going through Delaware, the Maryland coast/southern counties, and then the Virginia coast. Does anyone know of any breweries or brewpubs where me and my better half can check out? Either a pub...

Hey guys, I brewed an oatmeal milk stout about 3 weeks ago and everything went well. My OG was 1.070 and I used a scottish heavy yeast strain (East Coast Yeast if you are familiar with it) and fermentation took off as planned. It was bubbling away with a smaller krausen than i'm used to. It...

Hi everyone, So i brewed an oktoberfest ale about two weeks ago. It fermented as i expected with an OG of 1.049, very quickly. I have let it rest since in primary and I opened up my ale pail to check on it today and it did not smell as nice as i would hope. In addition, theres this thin white...

I recently read Bill Owen's "How to build a small brewery" where he outlines how to go from grain to glass in 10 days. Now that is for kegged beer, which is obviously different from bottled brew since you force carb it. But bottled brew does not take longer than a week to fully carbonate if...