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I will go towards an American pale ale. You have a lot of flora type hops. What percentage alcohol are you shooting for. Will do a simple simple recipe. 4.5-5 Ibs 2 row plus 1/2 Ib crystal 60. Will use nugget, citra and cascade hops OG around 1.055 Shoot fot IBU around 35

i just brewed a schwartzbier. 10% chocolate will be too much i thought. i added some dehusked carafa II and it worked

Kegg at 10 psi. How long will it take to carbonate. 5 gallon at 36*F

Hello folks. Need some input about character of sterling hops. Was thinks of using it

Ditch the secondary dudes. I keep my beers on the primary for 3 weeks and nothing happens independent of IBU. Must admit I have not made many lagers to comment accurately. It is unnecessary for ales Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Revvy, my man. There is no more to say. I will ask non believers to try. Keep the beer in primary for 3-4 weeks and the keg/bottle. No need to cool crash. You can even make a control batch of thesame ingredients which you will rack to secondary and compare. I am for extended primary 90% of the...

Will like to go back got the chinook hop issue. You can try to put it at 30 mins as the only hop addition. It will give you less IBU and grapefruit flavor. If you do not like the flavor then I cannot help Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I do not know what the argument is. I have done both but have not notice a difference. I use secondary only if I need to dry hop. Otherwise I leave it in the primary for 3-4 weeks. I usually dry hop for a short time like a week and still leave the beer in the primary for 3 weeks before dry...

I have used Chinook without any problem. How much IBUs were you shooting for? Your initial hop addition will boil for 60 mins and expect it to be bitter. If u want 20 IBU then put very little in the beginning and the rest at say 30 mins. Try it and it will turn out right but you have to...