Recent content by alywiscious

Thanks for all the advice here. Much appreciated. Even with a low utilization, though, the total lack of a hops presence in this brew is inexplicable to me, as I've done many partial boils with fewer hops than this recipe and produced much hoppier beers. The AA on these 2016 cascade hops was...

Partial boil. Had no idea partial boil could render all those hops totally that tasteless. Is there a way to get higher utilization for a partial boil extract recipe that's using 10-16oz of hops? (And good call on the 2 row; that was a typo. I looked back over my recipe, it was Crystal 15L.)

Hops were 2016 harvest (meaning only a few weeks off the vine), and yeah it was a 5 gallon batch. They were sent to me straight from the farm, vacuum sealed... THOUGH... I noticed a little tear in the bag that had broke the vacuum seal. Would that have done it?

I brewed a single hop Cascade IPA and it's oddly not bitter, or hoppy, or aromatic at all. Any thoughts on why? I've brewed a good dozen IPA's with half the amount of hops and never had this problem. Now it just tastes like a bad version of shiner bock and is a deep amber color. Here's the...

I recently got a mason jar of yeast from a local brewery... I used half of it for a current brew (worked great, tastes awesome). It's been 4 weeks since I got the yeast and still have half the jar left. Is it still good? How long would it last for? I've just been keeping it sealed in my fridge...