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I've added one habanero to 5 gallons of an IPA and it was a nice hint of heat on the background. Next time I'll likely add 2 habs to get a little more heat that last over time. I've also done a stout before where I used one red hot chili pepper and one dried anchor pepper (soaked in vodka for...

What size wine fridge did you use?

I've added pomegranate juice to an IPA before. Taste really good but the flavor dies out with in a few weeks. Abita says they use strawberry juice in their strawberry lager but they have the luxury of being able to filter. What you are basically talking about though is just cocktailing your...

Only time will tell. I wouldn't stress over it. Did you sanitize the stopper before putting it on the carboy? I'd probably get the beer out of the primary as soon as possible but really there is nothing you can do. RDWHAHB

Try cutting the gas off and just pour a few pints continuously to see if it will clear up. The kegs could be over carbonated/pressurized. Have all the kegs with the foamy beer been from the same brewery or distributor? My other guess would be a restriction somewhere like the faucet or the...

Wow, that is a lot of hops! I would guess you are going to get a much lower final gravity than what it's predicting. Especially if you are using a pound of corn sugar. If you want a super dry beer then that's probably okay. I use to mash my IPAs at 148 and would get final gravities in the...

I would raise the temperature over a week and see if it drops at all. You might be getting into too high of an alcohol range for the Nottingham to survive. You could pitch a different yeast, something like San Diego Super or Super High Alcohol yeast to try and ferment it out. I would probably...

In for a lb as well.

Lagers can take longer to get started and sometimes don't show much activity in the form of a krausen. However, since your gravity hasn't changed you likely need more yeast. Mr Malty recommends 2.6 packets of yeast for your OG. What's the temperature range on that yeast as well? You might be a...

Looks pretty good to me. I don't do much steeping with my IPAs so I can't speak to how effective that is. Typically I do a 60 minute addition for bittering and then do a 15, 5 and 1. I like the 3 oz of hops for dry hopping. I typically dry hop for a minimum of 7 days. Another option would be to...

dtwhite- I used the same technique for all my entries. Sanitize bottles, cool in kegerator, purge with CO2, turn off CO2 to keg, then fill with tube from bottom up of the bottle. Other styles were an IPA and a Strawberry Lager. 241- This one was madness. It was a last minute decision to send...

I made a pilsner back in the spring time and aged it for a few months. I then tapped the keg in July. Before the keg kicked I bottled 3 beers to enter into a competition in the beginning of September. Just got the results back today and it was terrible. The judges stated that the beer had a...