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They say that a clean lager is a true test of a brewer's abilities. That it hides no flaw because it is so clean. Well I say Resin takes that to a whole 'nother level. It does the clean thing while smacking you with %9.1 and 100+ IBU's. It's like clean lager x4. I am not saying it's leaps and...

Any of you brewers use Beersmith's Brew Log feature and then rate your creations with the Taste Rating? It's pretty awesome looking back over a couple years being able to sort every brew by taste rating. I don't remember drinking some of them, but apparently they were pretty awesome and need to...

Please pardon, but can spraying a surface with star san solution help prevent mold growth?

-If you could fill right to the brim would you or would it be better to toss out some beer? I have done this before and it did cause problems with beer being able to siphon back out gas hose. It also introduces a slight chance of infection from the crevices in the keg top (and gas hose). It...

I'd like to be able to scrub and drain my keggle without moving it using a garden hose. A bottom drain would be ideal, but the propane burner would melt the Teflon seal I fear. I can tip to hit the ball valves 2" up, but it's not ideal. I don't have a dip tube, but wonder how effective that...

Trying to pinpoint a flavor in certain beers. I haven't used vienna all that much, maybe 2x. The lastest batch has 4# and there is a VERY distinct flavor that I would compare to perhaps carrot juice? Does that sound like vienna?

Was just reading this on the internet and was curious how yeast affect the flavor of Citra additions. http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2013/02/caramunich-isnt-caramelize-munich-and-9.html I don't know the extraction temperature of geraniol. But could the presence of yeast during the...

I'd like to use the sparge water (3-5 gallons) in my hlt keggle (maybe 3"-4"). The ripple element also sits in this region... Am I gonna have to do some fancy bending to make this worK? Or can I just take a coil and kinda stuff it in there? This ebay seller doesn't respond about the OD of...

Need a whirlpool option. Would something like this work?

If I took a Wyeast smack pack of Bohemian Lager that was dated March 2013 and activated it. Let it sit for 5-7 days until fully swelled and then put on a 2L stirred starter for 3 days at room temp? If it matters the pack was stored in the fridge in the garage where it saw several freeze/thaw...

I've always let my mash drainings cool while collected. Does anyone think bumping up for alpha rest or doing a mash out step will make a noticeable difference in the finished beer that couldn't be replicated with a single infusion mash?

I swear this latest $10+ six-pack doesn't taste as good as I remember it. I look at the date and is over 4 months old! I think this **** should have been in a clearance bin. I live somehwat remote (30 min to a decent beer store) so I am glad to have decent choices nearby. But this place gets new...

When using an immersion chiller, it seems the brewstand and keggle seem to retain a lot of heat and transfer back to the wort as it's chilling. I think a fan on the bottom would help, but not to keen on having the dust flying around the wort. Not too interested in plate chillers...

Sometimes I rinse my glass before the first pour just figuring there may be some soap residues from washing, but never really knowing. Today I took a sniff.. Eww disgusting! Looked fantastic and spotlessly clean from the wash, but certainly would have ruined that 1st beer.

I haven't made many beers that were great past prime. Does anyone else find that the flavor in saaz hops blends nicely with slight aging oxidation? I've had a couple heavy malt beers that took oxidation well, but this is the first time I've seen it in lighter beer.

If you had a choice of free plastic or brass camlocks, would you use them over buying stainless? The pp are only fda rated to 180.

Burners can throw quite a bit of heat around the sides of the kettle. It can melt my shirts almost instantly (polyester) and most plastic parts on the kettle (valve handles, sight glass) are pretty much brown at this point. I'd like to add an element to the kettle without worrying about the...

Let's define original as 3 or more ingredients not dictated by a previous recipe... I am up to 4 and I have learned more from brewing these 4 beers than I have from brewing 20-30 defined recipes.

Do any enzymes remain after draining the mash tun? For example: I do an infusion for my sach rest at 148*F and want a second rest for 155*F after 30 minutes, but I don't have the volume space nor the desire to deal with too much water to boil off. So can I drain the mash tun, and then...

I'm having troubles with gfci breaker tripping out. It worked at first, then I left it overnight with the kettle full of hot soapy water to clean the new element, but the next day it won't fire without tripping. I have tested the element and each lug to ground and the wire it's hooked to and...