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I bottled my third batch tonight. The beer had some sediment that refused to settle, so I decided to attach a hop bag to the end of my auto siphon to filter it out. However, I think the resistance it created caused air to get sucked in through the outer tube, which got mixed in with the beer as...

My second brew is underway and is really active. On one hand it's a great opportunity to sniff the magic that's being emitted, but on the other hand the crud is entering the airlock pretty quickly. So my question is how much is too much? The airlock contains starsan which is rapidly becoming a...

...but wow, it was GOOD!!!! Being a Brit, we don't get many of your fabulous American IPAs over here and those that we can are hard to find and very expensive, so I decided to brew my own using pale & crystal malts, Cascade & Citra and US-05 yeast. The result is a light to medium bodied very...

Another thread with the subject of dry hopping for too long came up earlier, with opinions being that up to 7 or possibly 10 days should be the maximum to avoid grassy flavours. I've added half of my dry hop bill to the bucket two weeks before I plan to bottle. They're in a mesh bag. Would it...

This is my first post. I haven't actually asked any questions yet, but I've lurked and I've searched and I've read and I've digested. I've even put some things I've read here into practice, so I wanted to post to say thank you for taking part in such a lively and informative forum, which has...