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Thought this is interesting enough to put out there. I just brewed an amber ale with several ounces of Willamette hops from my buddy's hop garden. I dried the hops myself, and I think I dried them too vigorously or for too long. They smelled and tasted good themselves, but the beer...

The goal of this brew is to feature some amazing hops grown by a friend of mine, in an interesting but approachable style. Planning to throw a series of parties to feature each of his hop types. He babies these things and they are top notch hops. This is my idea for his Willamette...

Just brewed a 5 gal AG Oktoberfest, was shooting for 1.056 for 5.5% ABV. Ended up with 1.063 for a now expected 6.5%. That's out of balance for this recipe. Looks like if I wanted to do this, I'd have to add about 0.6 gallons of water to get down to my target OG. Does anyone actually...

WY2308, this is the yeast cake of the 3rd generation. I'd like to pitch it on 5.5 gallons of a 1.053 Marzen. Mr. Malty basically tells me to use quite a small fraction of this (about 160mL), but I'm just not really digging that, and I was planning to just pitch the whole thing. How much of...

Ruminate with me. I've gotta either toss these ingredients or brew something with them. You think this would turn out good enough to drink 5 gal of? Grains are already mixed together. 9 lbs German pils 3 oz biscuit malt 3 oz melanoidin malt 8 oz munich malt Some Magnum for bittering and...

I'm brewing a 5 gallon batch of Munich Helles. Should I worry about sun strike if I do a 100 minute boil and immersion chilling outside in full sun? Thanks.

It's not some kind of pie in the sky daydream, it's something I've looked into quite a bit and I'm strongly considering it. Born and raised in Oregon/Washington. I have a family. I've owned and operated a marketing agency for 10 years. I'm quite savvy (but not particularly genius) with...

Brewhouse efficiency: 80% ABV: 5.4% 4.5 lbs German Pilsner 4 lbs German Wheat Malt 12 oz Honey Malt 8 oz Rice Hulls Irish moss 1 oz Galaxy 13.7%, pellet 0.75 oz Topaz 16.5%, pellet Mash at 150F for 60 min Water/grain 1.25 qt/lb Double batch sparge I rinse my rice hulls in hot water and add...

I'm in the initial phase of doing some work with the Washington Beer Commission. http://washingtonbeer.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington-Beer/143452749009383 They advocate for Washington state brewers, produce festivals like Washington Beer Festival, and do a lot of other...

Hi there. Today I realized that, over time, I’ve developed some handy tips, techniques etc. for brewing (handy to me anyway) and wanted to document them for myself. Then I figured I might as well toss everything out here in case anything here is helpful for anyone else. I’m certainly no...

Dry stout, nothing unusual. Primary fermentation visually complete after a week, has been sitting still for 2 weeks now (total of 3). FG is stabilized. Airlock is still bubbling, once every 5 seconds. Ambient temp is controlled and the carboy is not being moved. What the...? I want to bottle...

It was a 5.5 gallon AG Nut Brown Ale. Tasted amazing throughout the process. I had a blowoff tube going into Star San. Forgot to replace that with an airlock before cold crashing and the negative pressure sucked back in about 2 quarts of Star San. I tasted & smelled the jug of Star San and...

Enjoyed most of this batch pretty early, good stuff, but just cracked open some stragglers after aging them in bottles at room temp for 2.5 months and it's now one of the best beers I've ever made. Go figure. Golden Promise Malt 60% Rye Malt 24% White Wheat Malt 8% Crystal 80 4% Rice...

Brewed an IPA. All grain, OG 1070 FG 1014, 7.4% ABV. Pitched healthy US-05, 62F fermentation for 3 weeks, cold crashed at 34F for a week then bottled with priming dextrose and shelved at 68F. Sat on it for 3 weeks, completely flat. Figured I forgot to add the priming sugar so I uncapped, added...

I receive more positive feedback on this brew than just about any other, and it is a personal favorite, so figured I'd share. It is somewhat based off blacklab's recipe here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/cascades-orange-pale-ale-84558/ Measured brewhouse efficiency: 71% Measured ABV: 5.9%...