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Reinheitsgebot? If you add yeast to your brew your not aligned to Reinheitsgebot. If it tastes good. Drink it!

For those of you thinking of doing this project there is one change I would recommend. Put the taps on the front with a drip tray. This is cheaper that the tap towers and you can do as many taps as you like. You'll also have a full table to use on top of the freezer chest. You will need to build...

Welcome to SFO mate. You have left the land 'far far away'. Here you are spoiled with many places to buy your equipment and supplies. Check out Morebeer (local brew store), Brewbros, Amazon and dozens more places. Head to Santa Rosa and try the Russian River Brewery. Amazing place. I don't...

Sounds like a great opportunity to have fun and learn. I would ask in return for recognition on the label and free beer when I came in the bar for a year.

Further to the post above, you can also do FO or Flame Out additions which is adding hops to the boil after the flame is turned off. These hops add more aroma. People leave these hops in while cooling (10-15 minutes) or much longer to impart more aroma depending on your hops varietal. There is...

I've done a few fruit beers and learned that adding fruit puree from a can into the boil or primary has left very very little fruit flavour in the final product. My LBS suggested adding extract which I did and but I found the flavours harsh. If I was doing a fruit beer again I would focus on a...

I brewed this the recipe a few months ago and it was so good. Reminded me a lot of the beer in question. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mshU8Ql4-6wlSLMFe3jilWUDMl4wYbptXOJ5X2muyWA/edit?hl=en# Lagers takes a lot longer but the rewards are so good, especially on a hot summer day...

Fellow Brewer, If I were to taste this beer in the context of the wonderful craft beers and the hops we love I would be insulted that a mass produced beer would use the label IPA. However this beer has been around for longer than any of us have been brewing beer (1820?). This beer competes...