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Bottling an American stout today. I have found online the desired co2 for this style it 2.0-2.4 volumes of co2, I’m going to split the difference and aim for 2.2. The beer fermented for 3 weeks at 72 degrees but this last week it has been sitting at 61 degrees and on bottling day it is currently...

I am planing on doing a 3 liter Yeast starter. I have seen on YouTube where people do a stepped yeast starter. Doing one liter than 24 hrs later adding another liter of wort, then 24 hrs later adding a 3rd liter of wort to get to 3 liter yeast starter. Are there any notable benefits to this...

Hello wondering if anyone could throw out there fav places to get craft beer in greenville NC can only find mass produced beer in grocery stores. I've lived in durham NC before and am aware of the vast verity of quality there and Raleigh and would like to find that in Gvegas thanks bye

Hello I have a job driving to Baltimore and staying over night 4 times a week was looking for some help learning the must go to pubs clubs and bars, as well as restaurants. Any suggestions would be appreciated because I will probably be getting to my hotel at 3 pm tomorrow afternoon.

Hello so I have been spending the last month prepping myself mentally and physically for both the ASVAB and boot camp. Now I am to the point where I need some advice on what should be on my dream sheet as far as bases go. To tell you about myself I am a single 26 year old and have lived on the...

I just took six gallons of an APA made with 1.5# wheat and 1# crystal 10. Hop addition 1oz each Columbus cascade 20 min 1oz each Columbus cascade 10 min. Turned it into 4.5g dry hoped with 2oz Columbus and 1oz cascade. Then put the last gallon in my baby carboy with the zest of four oranges...

I am about to bottle two separate batches today, both have been in primary over 9 weeks. Neither was intended to stay in primary past three weeks but I have been real busy. One is a plain pale ale that I dry hopped 6 weeks ago so I will now know if is ok to dry hop on yeast cake and what long...

First time concocting recipe don't know if grain bill will work with style also clueless if hops will play well together I have a ton of summit, warrior, galena, and chinook besides the ones in this recipe. The corn sugar was thrown in to up the alcohol should I reach the alcohol I want by...

I have a BIPA thats O.G. was 1.073 that was suppose to drop to a F.G. of 1.012 according to the recipe the brewing software calculated this would be an 8.0% abv. beer. I hit my O.G. of 1.073 spot on but after three weeks in fermentor and one week in secondary for dry hopping the F.G. at...

I am going to buy a pound of hops off of amazon.com because I have a $50 gift card and these are the only brewing related items that shipping will not eat up the gift cards. I pretty much only brew IPAs and pale ales and dry hop everything. Was wondering which hops I should buy by the pound...

experimenting with APA I plan on making a APA about 3weeks from now with this recipe I had help with. When I move it to the secondary I want to put a gallon in my one gallon growler and add something to make it special any one done this with something they absolutely loved, can't wait to hear...

I was hoping to brew a good APA next with the hops I already have, and looking for a abv around 5%. Also i have no clue what grain bill to use so suggestions on that would be helpful too. Also hop scheduling with your suggestions would be nice. Haha so if any one wants to creat a recipe for...

Today I mashed the tits up recipe at a temp of 160 for 90 min not on purpose of course I just didn't pay close enough attention to my strike temp before I put it in. After 90 min the temp had dropped to 152.5. I was aiming to mash at 153 but I feel like I mashed closer to 160 more of the time...

Brewed the tits up IIPA recipe today! I converted that 10 gallon cooler into a mash tun myself!

Can you have so much washed yeast in a 16 oz mason jar, in my case half of the mason jar full of yeast, you don't need to do a starter? Could I just take them out on brew day let them rise to temp shake and pitch?

Just washed yeast for the first time. Liquid whitelabs 0001 California ale yeast. I used to ferment a black IPA. I let it settle out for 30 min and it appears to be all one brown layer with and obvious small layer of beer on top. Is this healthy looking yeast?

I have never had one I hope it is worth the fuss!

I have tired a beer I love and can not find a clone recipe. It was India Brown Ale by Foothills in Winston-Salem, NC. The taste was, notes of citrus, pine, chocolate and toffee in the nose. Big citrus notes up front with sweet toffee, hints of chocolate and a citrusy, piney dryness in the...

I asked my LDS sister for a gift card to AHS for Christmas and of course she didn't approve or get it for me instead I got a $50 gift card to amazon wondering what the best beer recipe kit brand I could buy off amazon is also other Homebrew products worth it on amazon. I found this and was...

I took the terrapin rye clone recipe from this site and scaled it back to 5 gallons this requires a total of 9.77 Ibs of grain which can fit in my 16qt brew pot with 12.21qt of water for the mash according to the this formula. Volume of mash=Maxgrain(ratio water + .32). After I account for...