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So, im mooving to a new house. My brewhouse will be at the second floor and my fermentation room will be at the basements. Every time I brew ill have to go down 2 stairs to cool down my brew and transfer to primary. Any idea to get that easyer? Thanks

So, I harvested my fresh hop, dryed it and i am ready to brew tomorrow. My problem is that there are insects in between the leafs and dust/sand o the cones. I know that this is protein and minerals ;-) but how do I get my hop clean for brewing? Regards

So, Ive made a lot of test on IPAs, Neipa, Brut IPAs lately. My girlfriend find that all my tests are "flavor short". I dont know if its the exact word but she tels me that my IPAs taste dont last. My 4-5 last batchs were with full boil 60-90 hop for bittering then 0 minute / dryhop for taste...

Hello, Last year, I had my second harvest (1,1kg - 2.4lbs). I used my usual IPA recipe but when I add all the wet hop at 3min, it absorbed a lot of wort. Enough to make my IPA become an IIPA. For this year harvest (I exeptect 2-3 times more hop), I want to use it all in the same recipe...

So, Im pretty much new with this but here is my problem (that is pretty muche the same then youll find here without the helium thing https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/keg-will-not-carbonate-no-matter-what-182833/) I kegged 5 gallon of IPA last month (4 inchs from the lid of the keg, 7%ABV)...

Ive been reading 12 pages of posts and didnt find any answer. Ive done my first lambic and keept some to do a gueuze. Due to limited space and Equipment, I was wondering when to blend everything. Ive read that a gueuze is a mixt of years old lambic (e.g. 1+2+3 years old lambic = gueuze). I...

I've tried that recipe and it comes out perfect. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/dark-chocolate-stout-136707/ I wanted to do a imperial stout based on it but Im new to designing recipe. Could you tel me what you think? 4 gallon batch 7 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter 1 lbs Caramel/Crystal...

We should add a new kind of thread: beer vacation! So, im leaving from my expensive Canadian lhbs city and ill visit these cities. I asked the Canadian governement and i can bring back grains, yeast, dextrose, keg kit.... Could you give me good lhbs adresses in these cities? Also, do...

So, I noticed that à lot of microbrewery beer have wheat in there ingredients list. Should i add a little amount in all my brews? I know that it add mouthfeel and head retention so why not add approx 5% in all my brew?

Hello, Ive brewed belgian strong, IIPA, RIS and barlew wine (extract and partial mash) I also read a lot thread regarding stuck fermentation. When do you know you have one? I mean, sometime a yeast do not atenuate as you want it to but it achieve 65+ percent. You expected your barley wine...

Hello, Just want to add sugar (DME/Sugar/honney/...) after primary start up (24-72 hrs). 1- Can I just add the gravity points to my OG? (if you take in account the water that will be added. Let say that the recipe calls for 5gallons, you put 5gallons minus 2 cup because you will disolve...

Hello, So, Im an intermediat and just begin partial mash. Im reading a lot and cant fin exactly what Im looking for. Im in a learning curve and it seems that the rule of 20% applies a lot and I wanted to know if its an other place where we can apply it. For the sake of the exemple the rule...

Hello, Simple question but cant find a simple answer. So, my recipe and my plan are almost done for my first lambic. Ill use Wyeast 3278 with a simple recipe. At first I planned to let it site 8-12 months on primary (dont know how the yeast evolve) then rack on raspberries for 3 months...

So, Ive read a lot of thread and didnt find exactly what Im looking fo. Im pretty much new on harvesting/washing/starter and I cant figure out how to store properly my harvested yeast and keep yeast from my starter. Here are my questions: 1- I harvested yeast from a bottle last weak and I...

Hello, First, sorry for my English. If you have any question because I'm not clear, do not hesitate! So, I brewed Papazian armenian imperial stout with some changes. I wanted to do a Chocolat Imperial Stout without going only with extract (I did a shortcut by using a kit). To get the...