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Quick question: My local homebrew supply store was out of white labs california ale yeast, but said that Wyeast american ale yeast was the same exact yeast strain, just different company/name. I have seen online the comparison charts, showing white labs to wyeast, and it was the wyeast...

Question: has anyone out there put orange peel in the hoprocket when using it as a hopback? If so, how did i turn out? Enhance the nose? Add any bitterness?

Does the use of a hop back make dry hopping unnecesary? I'm always pretty disappointed in the nose of my beers. It doesn't seem to matter how many ounces of hop pellets that i add to my secondary, my beer always seems to be missing the explosive nose that i am looking for. That led me to looking...

So a month or so ago i wanted to bottle a few six packs off of my keg. At the time, since i was in wash and santize mode, i prepared extra bottles for future use. For the extra bottles, i sanitized a bunch of bottle caps, emptied the sanitize from the bottle, and capped them. Thinking that when...

Quick question: So when batch sparging, should my goal be to sparge with 170 degree water? Or is my goal to get the batch up to 170 degrees (so use water higher than than 170 degrees)? I've just been batch sparging with 170 degree water. Thanks

Hi guys, I'm about to keg this batch today. This beer was dry hopped with like 6 oz of pellet hops. I was wondering if anyone had any tips for kegging this batch with the least amount of hop particles. I ran into problems before with a dry hopped beer in my kegging system. The dip tube kept...

Ugh. So I am basically just confusing myself at this point after reading on all of the different techniques out there. Let me explain my current set up and hopefully someone can direct me on how to proceed. So first off, like most, chilling the wort has been my least favorite part about...

Thought i would run this idea past a few of you, to hear your thoughts on if it would work. So i have the Blichmann 10 gallon boilermaker. As you may know, it has the dip tube inside which doesn't allow for an attachment of a Bazooka screen. I was wondering what the result would be if i just...

This may be a dumb question, but I haven't seen anything on why it is done. While watching a few all grain batch videos on YouTube, I see that a lot of people have their burners sitting on top of cinder blocks. Is there some sort of airflow benefit? I've also seen people have their burners...

So i just purchased the 10 gallon boilermaker and did my first all grain batch yesterday. I made my purchase knowing that the thermometer sits a little to high. Basically it rests at about the 4 gallon mark. When i was heating up my strike water the thermometer was basically pointless, because i...

Question concerning my yeast starter. I made it on wednesday with the intention to brew this friday (today). Can i hold off brewing until Sunday, or is that too long? The weather is $hitty around here, but looks nice on sunday. If it matters, i used a wyeast smack pack, quart of water, half...

So I have been force carbing my kegs, setting them at about 12 – 13 psi. The IPA I currently have tapped has been kegged for 3+ weeks. Tastes great and is fully carbed. My problem is that my first pour always produces about 4 – 5 inches of head. What is causing this? I thought 12 psi is about...

Can someone provide you technique when you intend on force carbing a keg, but bottle conditioning a six pack or so to age for later? I am wondering how much to leave behind to bottle a 6 pack (do I just eyeball it?). Then how much dextrose do you use (which I know is directly related to how much...

Is it possible to bottle from the faucet just a single bottle, so that i could have my friend try it? What are your thoughts? I would have to bring it in to work with me and throw it in the fridge to keep cool. And then just have him drink it that night when he gets home. Would it be 1) still...

So, in most kit instructions it says to drop the wort temperature to say 100 degrees, as quickly as possible before transferring to the primary. Then top off with cold water to reach 5 gallons. If i am doing a partial 3 gallon boil, and i put 2 gallons of water in the freezer while boiling...

I have been dry hopping with amarillo pellets in my secondary for 2 weeks now. I was planning on bottling/kegging (depends on if i get the kegging equipment) this weekend. I just tossed the pellets on top, so there has been about an inch of green foam on the top of my batch for the entire two...

Anyone have any tips or advice on cleaning a bunch of recycled bottles for the first time. My plan was to let them soak a batch of PBW for a few hours. Then take a bottle brush to them. Followed by a rinse out. I'd follow that up with a star san soak just prior to bottling.

Does anyone have any experience with this priming sugar? I purchased from northern brewer. It seemed like a simple way of adding priming sugar to each bottle. Also, it seemed like a way of getting accurate carbonation. I just searched online, and it seems like a lot of people have complaints...

So my instructions for my first brew, a belgian tripple ipa extract kit, were pretty generic. I was wondering if someone could shed a little light on the effect some of the steps had on the finished product. I added any of my understanding of the boil process, so please correct me where i am...

Question to my star san users - What do you store your solution in? I know that it is reusuable, as long as the PH is 3 or under (please correct me if i am wrong). I just don't know how to store it. I just brewed my first batch and used gallons of spring water for the wort. Afterwards, i...