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Does anyone have any experience with this variety? I had a galaxy dry-hopped kolsch from bluejacket brewery in DC and it was fabulous. It inspired me to brew something similar. I have a couple ounces of "Pine Fruit" hops and was thinking of dry-hopping with them. Google search doesn't...

I feel like I should know the answer to this but I will ask anyway... My buddy and I collaborated on 15 gallons of imperial stout we aged in a bourbon barrel with vanilla beans and cacao nibs. So does it go into wood aged, imperial stout, or specialty ale category? Help me out bjcp judges!

Hey all! I have had a nitro setup for about seven months now and I still can't figure this thing out. After searching through the forums I have found so much contradicting information that I am even more confused than when I started. Basically I am getting incredibly foamy pours that take...

Just curious... I decided to try out oxiclean after a bit of reading about it (I'm a pbw user) and after an hour soak in my kettle....it did nothing. Maybe I'm using it for the wrong purpose? I was trying to loosen up the beer stone in the bottom and it was completely ineffective. A splash of...

Does anyone have some experience with this malt? I used it as part of a porter recipe today and got terrible efficiency. I suspect it was due to the crush. The kernel size of this malt appeared to be much smaller than other gains but I ran it through the mill at the same gap as the rest of the...

I have been using wyeast 1272 or quite some time and have to say that it is wonderful. It is a clean fermenting American ale yeast and also flocculates very well. Most of the beers I make with this yeast reach terminal gravity in about 3-4 days and then the yeast goes to sleep and drifts right...

Hey guys, my 40+ year old chest freezer (kegerator) is finally biting the dust, so I am building a keezer collar for a brand new chest freezer. I figured while I am at it, I'll add another tap handle....NITRO! Any recommendations on an inexpensive source for a good kit that does not...

Everyone knows the commonly accepted practice is to add your immersion chiller during the last 15min of the boil in order to sanitize it....but why? From all of the research I have gathered, it only takes about 30seconds of immersion in a liquid of 170 degrees or more to sanitize something. I...

I've suffered my first homebrew casualty. My wife doesnt understand.. ...most of my firends don't either. I'm crushed. This thread isn't about making a bad beer. The beer was superb. 8% abv, 90ibu, all-galaxy hopped Double IPA... The things that dreams are made of. A beer so aromatic...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1708005089/picobrew-zymatic-the-automatic-beer-brewing-applia I recently came across this thing.... What do you guys think? would you use this? ....or would you rather keep your current set up?

This is the second competition I entered and my second bronze medal. This beer took third place in category 10A American Pale Ale at the Best of the Bay homebrew competition in Bellingham, Wa. If you love citra, you will definitely love this beer. I think the addition of honey malt complements...

Has anybody ever used smoked hops before. The head brewer of a local brewery gave me about a pound of smoked Apollo whole leaf hops because they "were stinking up his cold room" lol. They are pretty pungent! What do you guys think?

Wort aerated with 100% oxygen and a 1200ml active starter from a stirplate equals some mean ass fermentation! ....just wanted to share

Wort aerated with 100% oxygen and a 1200ml active starter from a stirplate equals some mean ass fermentation! ....just wanted to share

So I have been homebrewing for quite a few years, but have never attempted a mead. The grocery store had 3lb jugs of honey on sale for 8 bucks, so I made a one gallon batch. This is how I did it: 1. I added the honey and water together and pasteurized it. 2. Added 1/2tsp of brewcraft yeast...

9lb 2row 8oz honey malt 8oz crystal 20L Mashed at 150F for 60 minutes, then sparged at 175F until ~6.5 gallons of wort is collected. Hop Schedule: 1oz Belma Pellet (11.3% A.A)- FWH 1oz Amarillo Pellet (8.7% A.A.)- 10min 1oz Citra Pellet (14.1% A.A.) - 5min 1oz Amarillo Whole (10.6% A.A.)-...

Just got back from a beer filled long weekend in Chicago with the boys. We went to a winter beer festival in Oak Forest, Il at a pub called the blarney stone. I have been to dozens of beer festivals all around the country and this one was probably one of my favorites. anyway... They had a...

I'm kegging a beer for the first time today and want to bottle about a six pack of twelve ouncers. I've never done individual bottles, just the whole batch... Anyone know how much sugar to add to each individual 12oz bottle? I have like 5 pounds of corn sugar and would rather use it up than buy...

So, learn to homebrew day was yesterday and my homebrew club did a demonstration event at a local brewery. A fellow member gave me 9 oz of home grown dried chinook hops, so I let my hop hand get loose! This is the beer I brewed.... I used wyeast 3711 French saison as well as a saison like grain...

So I just got back from a deployment and moved into a new townhouse with a garage! I'm stoked about the new man cave/ brew location, but I live in northern Washington and the temps are in the low fifties in the garage, which is about the only place that I have to ferment in. What types of...