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So I haven't had to pay much attention to water in the past, had nice clean mountain water, but recently moved back to Boston and found something interesting with my water. Here is what my hot(top) and cold(bottom) water looks like: I don't know much or enough about water, but my best guess...

Forgive me if this has been asked before, I couldn't find it, but I was recently looking around for a clone for Sosus and one I saw had them adding .5lb wheat malt to the boil. I've been at this brewing thing for a while and I've never seen this before, did a search and didn't come up with...

OK so I couldn't find any posts about this. Pardon me if I'm reposting. I've been brewing for a few years now, on the all grain train for a while now. Never have had an issue with grain profiles, and usually pretty close on gravities. Stouts and wheats I have no issues with, but IPAs? I...

So really sorry if this has been discussed, my searches came up with recipes, and in those pretty much every one said roasting the nuts multiple times to remove as much oil as possible, then run them through the boil. My thought is I love the W00tstout by Stone, and love the hint of pecans...

So I finally made the jump to all grain, went with a 10 gallon igloo setup. However, I noticed when I was cleaning it that there is about an 8 inch gouge in the plastic wall. Its not very deep, but doesn't take much to hide baddies. I know how bad that can be for fermenting, and went all...

So I've searched the forums, and everyone seems to complain about having a drinkable metallic taste in what is generally a porter or stout. Plus I didn't want to bump a thread from 2008 so I just decided to ask. I went to bottle an Imperial IPA last night (going to be my last time bottling...

I cant seem to find an answer in the search to this, so if I missed a thread please go easy on me, I made a mistake of not searching for a collar and I heard it haha So I partial mash brew only due to space limitations, do the whole 50 pounds of light DME at a time. I have no experience with...

I'm finally getting into kegging, and it being my offseason I want to build a kegerator. The plan is to get a 7 cu ft chest freezer, able to hold 2 halfs or 4 ponys. Im going to have 4 taps, and I hope to build basically a bar over the freezer with the taps. Now here is my question...

so 90 percent of the beers I make are IPAs/Stouts, but I've made a handful of wheats with no issue. I split a batch, making one a regular wheat, another a wheat IPA. When I went to rack them, the color was right where I wanted it, including the cloudiness. I went to bottle tonight(I have...

So Im sick of dealing with the hops pellet sludge when moving the boil to the fermenter. The only thing Ive found is the hop blocker, but that is designed for 15+ gallon systems. I cant seem to find anything in the 5 gallon range. Anyone have something for me?

Ok so I finally got into saving and reusing yeast, and tried to reuse yeast for the first time in my yeast starter, and had an interesting outcome. It seemed like it didn't want to go, but there was some action going on via the airlock, so I left it alone. Today I brewed, and grabbed my...

I was really hoping to give Citra a go for the random concoction of an IPA Im trying to make. Couldnt find it, and read that Amarillo was similar only in that Citra is more citrusy (duh) and Amarillo for floral. I cant find anyone that carries them, so I called morebeer and they arent...

I was just giving a big bag of local hops from a guy who overhead me talking about brewing. The thing is he has no clue what kind they are, just that they grow on his property. I was wondering if anyone knows how I could go about identifying them. I want to say chinook, but Im not sure, and I...

So I have a 2 part question about something Im about to try. I have recently been brewing to try as many different things as possible, I do not want to brew a "meh, I can drink it," but want something I look forward to drinking. Problem is Im an IPA guy, and DFH 90/120 Avery Maharaja kind...

So if anyone that likes stouts was lucky enough to get their hands on one of Avery's Uncle Jacobs, they know that the 17.4% stout aged in Makers Mark barrels is phenomenal. I so desperately want to clone it, but Im trying to figure out the barrel aging. What I want to do is buy a new 5...

so my roommate, apparently not realizing glass hydrometers are fragile, shattered mine. I borrowed one from a friend since my new one was not going to show up in time for my brew. So I brewed a stout, plugged all the info into beer smith, partial. 7 lb dark DME 8 oz brown sugar 8 oz...

So Im a fan of big IPAs such and DFH 90, Avery Maharaja, and Anderson Valley Imperial IPA(ok, this one is a little sweet). Ive been trying to build an IPA with a similar hop flavor, though adding a little peaty/earthiness to it. This is my latest attempt per hops: Columbus 60 min Amarillo 30...

So I got to try my first beer the other day. I just sat there and stared at it for like 2 minutes thinking to myself “please just be drinkable!!” I was actually surprised that it tasted pretty good, but there was a taste I couldn't seem to place my finger on that seemed “off.” I made an IPA...

Im on only my 4th batch, and while this might or might not be stupid, Im learning by doing partial mashes, sometimes combining recipes I see. Ive only been successful so far 1 of 3, and Ive known what Ive done wrong with the other two. This time around Im not sure why it wont ferment. Im...