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So I recently purchased a new 7cu chest freezer to keep my fermentation in check in these hot California months. I insulated the probe w/ packing tape on my fermentor and set it to 65 with 1 degree variation. I also have a cup of water that I routinely check the temperature of inside the...

Brewed an imperial amber ale. At bottling (2.5 weeks ago) had a fantastic aroma due to an abundence of dry hops. Tasted beer today and there is absolutely NO hop aroma. The beer appears fully carbonated. The hop aroma is replaces by tons of fruity-ness on the nose. It is hard to describe the...

Did an All Grain brew today and came up short of my OG due to a low boil off rate w/ a new kettle. Estimated OG:1.075 Actual OG: 1.060 Was supposed to be an DIPA w/ 85 IBUS (estimated abv 8.4%) but now is looking more like a single ipa w/ an estimated abv of 6.3%. What will be the...

Did my 4th all grain batch this morning. A CITRA Dipa. OG came in low due to still learning my evaporation rates so will likely be more in the IPA range. Pretty excited nonetheless. Pics!

So I am going to try and mess with my water profile for my next brew. Going to filter through a charcoal filter to remove Chlorine, then add campden tablets to remove Chloramine, then add brewing salts to build a water profile towards the beer I am brewing. My only question is how do I go about...

Just moved into a new place and have to the itch to brew. I haven't had time to research the water in my area yet and all I have on me is ph 5.2 stabilizer. If i am doing a 1 gallon batch, should I just purchases a couple gallons of purified drinking water? There is almost no cost and a...

Bought this piece of equipment for my false bottom/screen for my 2 gallon mash tun. Do I need to crimp it? Or roll it? If I crimp it should I just use pliers? and do I need to "close it" somehow? All help appreciated thank you!

Background info! My friends and I jumped into all grain brewing after a few extract batches a years ago. We currently have a 5 gallon in primary. Plan is to brew another 5gallon batch on bottling day (2 weeks from now). We usually brew at my friends house on an outdoor burner. Here's the...

Ok guys I have a question on cleanliness! How often do you guys clean your brew kettle w/ PBW? Every brew? How about wort chiller? Other equipment? And do you like to do it the morning of the brew day? (Obviously I'm doing at least a quick rinse/wash everything out immediately after I...

A group of friends had our first brewday yesterday. We jumped right in and started with AG. We decided upon a hoppy american amber (a -vague- Nugget Nectar clone, big thanks to kpr121 for the recipe and tips!). Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 6.95 gal Post Boil...

First brew tomorrow. Picking up everything the morning of. Estimated OG is going to be 1.071 for an AG Hoppy American Amber. Should I use dry/liquid yeast? Multiple packets? Rehydrate? Help a n00b!

So my friends and I are going to brew our first beer tomorrow morning (sort of a Nugget Nectar clone). The only problem is we are picking up all the ingredients tomorrow. Since we can't make a starter the day before, what would you suggest is the best way to pitch our yeast? multiple dry yeasts...