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Hi gang. I've been posting around here for a few years and I finally got into adjusting my water chemistry. This has been a big goal of mine, both in understanding how water chemistry improves beer quality, and making sure I am putting the best beer I can make in the fridge. A few months...

I have a yeast cake from a lager I fermented and transferred 4 days ago. I've been holding it at 40F still in the sanitized bucket I fermented in. How long can I hold this before I should consider dumping? Looking to brew tonight or tomorrow. Thanks in advance.

Hi everybody. November 1, 2018 I brewed a 70% Pilsner 30% wheat beer and fermented it out with US-05. Nov. 8, 2018 I tossed this 5.5 gallons on top of 43oz of blackberries and pitched WYEAST 3278. It’s been a slow process, just waiting, since then. Today, I popped the top to sneak a sniff...

Hello. I have 6 gallons of a 1.102 OG Imperial Stout. I built a 1.060 yeast starter (Mangrove Jack M15, 670 mL over 2 days at room temp (20-21C). The yeast was pitched when fermentation temp. was reached (19C-66F). The issue is after two weeks at 66-70F, my beer is stuck at 1.040. It...

I brewed up a large grain bill for a stout that I intend to age for the next 6-12 months. I ran my grain through my barley crusher and absolutely pulverized it, accidentally. I'll adjust the mill when I have a few minutes. I ended up with a horrible stuck sparge. 23# of grain in my 10...

I have 2 four packs of heady that I'm looking to swap. I'm looking for, but not limited to hard to find stouts, Russian River beers...message me with what you have. Looking for approx. equal value.

I recently brewed up an imperial stout. OG was 1.076 and my anticipated FG was 1.012. My yeast stopped stone cold at 1.024 and I have not been able to increase any activity with heat, agitation or yeast nutient. Here's the question: how likely is it that the addition of oxygen to my wort...

I currently brew on a single propane burner, using my 10 gallon pot. I produce solid 5 gallon batches, but I would like to make more beer in one sitting. I'm look at upgrading my fermenting vessel to a Speidel ferm unit and a 15 gallon boil pot. Since I want to make 10 gallon batches, I am...

Good evening. I recently brewed up a batch of an ESB using Wyeast1968 2 weeks ago. 15 lbs pale 2 row 1 lb white wheat 8 oz C90 Boiled for an hour, with a couple doses of hops (1 oz at 60 min and 2 oz at flameout). I cooled the wort in an ice bath and had temps down to 74 degrees...

Hi guys. I made a gluten-free beer for my father-in-law. I was looking forward to bottling it today however it looks like it is infected. It was 2 1/2 gallons with sorghum syrup and 8 ounces of Quick oats. I've never broody gluten-free beer before and I've never had an infection before. How does...

Hi all, I have a mild request of sorts. I'm brewing a kolsch-ish style beer where I'll be using centennial, Lemondrop and Mandarina Bavaria hops. I already know that my flameout hops will be the lemon drop and the mandarina. My question is how far along should I hop with the centennial? I...

I made an oatmeal chocolate stout. 9# maris otter 1# quick oats 10 oz pale chocolate malt 4 oz roasted barley 4 oz chocolate malt My gravity, for a 5 gallon batch ended up around 1.054. Since I was shooting for something around 1.062, I added 1# of a brown sugar syrup I made to my...

Before you think this is my first brew ever, it is not. I've brewed over 200 gallons of all grain, which I really enjoy, but I've reached the point where my time is becoming more and more valuable and I have to find ways to shave time off of the brew day. Between my 1 year old son and my job...

Great lager and the labels pull off of the bottles easily and cleanly. Win, win.

For sale is my keg fridge equipped with 2 ball lock kegs, plumbing, 5# co2 tank, standard taps, and a nice little baseplate (see photos). I have unfortunately hit a rough patch at work and selling is a must. Local pickup only. Full size fridge with freezer on top. Everything works as it...

I'm finally getting around to brewing after a lingering knee issue was finally surgically repaired 3 weeks ago. I decided to brew an IPA, bittering with Horizon FWH. I'm also throwing in 1 oz of centennial at 10 mins, .5 oz simcoe at 5 mins, .5 oz simcoe at flame out. I really like...

I'm currently in a dilemma where I don't know what is more valuable to me right now: Cooling my boiling hot wort or oxygenation for my beers? I was using an ice bath to cool the wort previously but I do not have a tub I can use at the new home, I recently moved to. As for oxygenation, I whisk...

After my Chinooks failed to produce shoots this year, I investigated (I dug them up) only to find my crowns infested with maggot looking vermin. So sad. I was really looking forward to some hearty plants this year. So I invested in 2 magnum rhizomes and 2 cascade rhizomes. It helps take the...

I've been digging around and I can't seem to find a definitive answer. I have not emailed wyeast, yet, but that's the next step. Does anybody know if there is brett in 3724? There are plenty of forum posts out there about how people think there may be, but they all leave off as cliffhangers...

I bought 1# of oak cubes from a winery in Southern NH. They are chardonnay blocks, about 1 inch cube and heavy for their size (but they are dry). They were also fairly inexpensive at 10 bucks for the bag. I'm always looking for input from other home brewers. I'm wanting to brew something...