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good point

I have a friend coming in from the Ukraine and would like to treat him to some "Ukrainian " style beer of which I'm not too familiar. He likes witbier styles and I did some research and found a decent Obolon Bile that is like a weisse bier. I can brew a good standard witbier but what style of...

Any ideas for a friend from the Ukraine on a popular beer from their. I would like to brew a 10 gallon all grain batch. He likes witbier so I thought of a Obolon Bile clone? thanks

I have a friend coming in from the Ukraine and would like to treat him to a predominant Ukrainian style beer. I'm not to familiar with Ukranian beers but I know he likes a witbier style and have found a beer called Obolon Bile. (nice name huh?) I can brew a standard witbier but would like to...

Any suggestions on a AG clone recipe of Magic Hat's Encore. I tried it last night and was pretty impressed. It is sort of a wheat IPA with a great hop aroma. Magic Hat's website gave the basic kind of hops, I think it was Simcoe and Hallertau and the grains but no amounts or percentages. I'm not...

I was planning on filtering this from the keg and then dispense. I didn't know if there were enough alpha acids (natural preservatives) to keep the beer from infection. Also, wouldn't the same principle of staleness and infection apply if I dry hopped the keg since this was not intended for a...

I have all the equipment necessary to make a hop "filter" similar to the famous Randall the enamel animal from Dogfish. I grow my own hops and have brewed an under hopped pale ale so I want to enhance the hoppiness with this technique. I grow Williamette, Cascade and BC Goldings and brewed the...

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Yes, these are the smack packs and the instructions on the back say to smack it 1-3 hours before pitching.

Doesn't make sense! Somebody help me figure this one out! Facts of the mystery: 10 gallon all grain brew of winter Lager. No problems to report during process. I use 15.5 a sanke keg as my BK and drain the wort out through a ball valve into 2 seperate 7 gallon plastic ferment buckets. I fill...

I haven't really tried reusing my yeast. Except for a few times I have ajways been very happy with the WYEAST packs. Couple tips smack them and keep them in room temp (for ale strains) for 2 hours then pitch. I also shake them every so often. I buy mine for around $5 which for a quality ready...

I just thought of this- Tonight I cold filtrated my all grain IPA with a 1 micron nominal disposable filter. Im not sure what nominal means other than its a throw away and cheap. (something like $2.99) I almost always keg but decided to bottle it for a party coming up. I use Coopers carb drops...

I'm trying to brew a 10 gallon all grain clone of Sam Adams winter lager this Saturday. My spices already include 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 oz. ginger root and 2 oz. bitter orange. I would maybe also like to add a little nutmeg. whadda ya think? also I was planning on throwing them in around 15 min...

not sure myself. I'm just trying to find that balance between being to close to the keggles and finding just that right heat distribution to control the temperatures. I figured I would need something that was flexible so I can adjust it. I would take a hard line up the post and then split it.

I'm almost done with my set up. 3 sanke kegs with welded in couplers, Blichmann brewmometers, sight glasses. Looks good! I bought a nice welded industrial style rack with plenty of capacity and put some nice casters on it. I cut to size some heavier duty metal shelving for the burner grates...