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i'm thinking about brewing a pilsner with ale yeast (US-05) and i've never brewed with just pilsner malt. i'm wondering if i need to worry about PH since there are no roasted grains to balance it out. should i use a couple oz of acid malt, or just not worry about it? thanks

i finished my second year growing centennial hops and just brewed a 3 gallon test batch to test this years crop. here is the recipe i used: 5.00 lbs Golden Promise 1.00 oz Centennial 12 2.00 oz Centennial 10 1.00 oz Centennial 5 1.00 oz Centennial 2 1.00 oz...

i brewed a brown ale about a month ago using home grown centennial hops, and i am now kicking myself for not doing a test batch or hop tea first. i now have 5 gallons, kegged, carbed, and ready to be drunk, but of a beer that to me does not taste good. the homegrown hops provided no flavor or...

i'm planning on trying a partigyle for the first time and i could use a little advice. the big beer will be an imperial stout and small will possibly be an american brown. here's my recipe so far: 18 lb marris otter 1 lb chocolate malt 1 lb roasted barley .5 lb black patent 1 lb crystal...

my 2nd year centennials are attracting bugs like crazy compared to the 1st year. i've had everything from spider mites, japanese beetles, aphids, and now today i sprayed the hose on them and about 20 adult winged aphids flew out. i've used an organic insect spray that helped, but they keep...

this strange root-like plant in growing in my garden and along the edge of my lawn, and i'm afraid it's going to take over my hops. anyone know what it is? thanks

i currently have an ipa in primary, and these are the hops i have leftover for dry hopping: 1 oz citra whole leaf 1 oz simcoe whole leaf 1 oz amarillo pellet 1 oz centennial pellet. i was thinking of just tossing them all in the secondary, or bagging them and put em in the keg...

my first year centennials are still producing cones and burrs. i'm hoping to pick as many mature cones as i can before we get temps below freezing. anyone know if a night with temps below freezing will kill hop plants? if so, should i just pick what i have now,mature or not, and dry em?

had founders devil dancer on draft at 3 aces bar in chicago. it was so dang fresh it smelled and tasted like marijuana. haven't had that experience in the bottles. very tasty high gravity iiipa.

had founders devil dancer on draft at 3 aces bar in chicago. it was so dang fresh it smelled and tasted like marijuana. haven't had that experience in the bottles. very tasty high gravity iiipa.

finally, my 1st year centennials are producing burrs, about 15-20 so far. i'm hoping for an extended summer here in chicago so i can possibly get enough for a batch of harvest homebrew. anyone else experiencing late bloom?

i have an ipa in the primary which i used pacman for that should be racked in a week or so and i'm wondering what other types of beer people have brewed with pacman. i heard good things about pacman for stouts... any other ideas?

i now have 5 all-grain beers that i've brewed, and the first 3 were pretty much spot on where i wanted my gravities to be. but the last 2 have been way off. the only thing i remember switching in the process is my sink water filter. i used a brita filter on the first 3 batches, and switched...

brewing my first lager this weekend and i'm wondering if i should do a 90 minute boil... the recipe is: oktoberfest 3.75 German Pilsener 4.00 German Munich 4.00 German Vienna 0.25 Belgian CaraMunich 0.25 Belgian Aromatic 0.50 Northern Brewer 0.50 Hallertau Hersbruck this will be...

i recently bought a house and to my surprise the place came with a small stand-alone freezer in the basement. i immediately thought "now i can finally brew lagers!"... the only problem is that my carboy won't fit in the freezer with the airlock on. any ideas on how to get around this problem...