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I just finished off a bottle of 90 Minute IPA that had very little hop flavor and aroma. Maybe my palate has changed over the years, but I found it cloyingly sweet without a significant hop balance. The bottle was dated 6/7/2012, making the bottle around 3 months old. If you are paying a...

At your LHBS if you only need a fraction of of a pound of a particular grain, say 4 ounces, do they charge you for an entire pound? Is this a common practice?

I'm relatively new to brewing with around 15 batches under my belt. One thing I have noticed on these forums is that many people seem to want to put fruit in their beer. Maybe I'm obtuse, but I don't get the popularity. I haven't really had a "fruit" beer that really sang to me. Am I just in...

I am currently drinking a 11% Imperial Stout brewed last April. Maybe this is unavoidable with a beer this big, but it finishes quite hot. I have read that a lack of nitrogen during fermentation can lead to the development of fusel alcohol. Yeast nutrients such s DAP (Diammonium Phosphate)...

I just took a hydrometer reading, and am currently drink my sample of an imperial stout, brewed last Saturday, which had an original gravity of 1.110. Today the gravity is 1.030. Beersmith estimated the final gravity of at 1.026. It has been fermenting at around 68 degrees. My question is...

Saturday I brewed my fourth batch of AG beer, an APA. Based upon my previous batch which had a efficiency of 69%, I estimated this last batch at 70%. The measured original gravity was 1.070, I expected 1.053. I am only doing one gallon batches. This time I performed a double batch sparge...