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A new app has just been launched on the Apple app store called Hopularity. It is an IBU calculator with hop storage management functionality. If you've ever been to the local homebrew store only to find out the hops you wanted to use for that special recipe you've been planning are not available...

I brewed this IPA a couple of months ago and it now ready for consumption. I've had several bottles of and although it's a "good" beer in the sense that it is fairly dry, had good bitterness and has a good aroma, it's not special or exceptional in any way. What I'm trying to say is that I find...

I have a question regarding growing Kent Goldings Hops. I planted a couple of rhizomes (one Centennial and one Goldings) during the first week of april. Does anybody know if this variety of hops is slower to grow than others? My second year hallertau are already 2-3 feet long and my...

Grain Bill: 8.00 lbs British Pale or Brewer's 2-row 0.50 lbs Crystal 20L 0.25 lbs Victory Malt 0.25 lbs Flaked Barley Original recipe mashed at 152F for 60 minutes. For a slightly crisper beer, mash at 150F. Depends on your love of dextrins. Hops: 1.00 oz Kent Goldings (5.5 %AA)...

I have a simple question regarding yeast population after lagering. I brewed an Altbier with Wyeast 1007 german ale which I fermented 3 weeks in a primary. I then racked off to secondary for lagering for 4 weeks. Will I need to repitch yeast for carbonation purposes or will there be enough...

I've done a bit of research and I've come up with a recipe that I would like to get some feedback on. Let me start by saying that I have brewed this already and it is an amazing beer. However, I've never had an english IPA so I don't know how this one compares. First the grain bill: UK...

I've been tinkering a lot with a recipe for an English IPA. One aspect I've been having tremendous difficulty deciding on is the selection of yeast. Last winter, I brewed the recipe with Wyeast 1968 London ESB strain. I was afraid that attenuation would be an issue but by a miracle of nature...

Hey everyone. I had a question about Wyeast's yeast viability in the last few months. I've been homebrewing for 3 years now and I've been a big fan of Wyeast's smack packs. I love their selection and their products. When I started brewing with their yeast a few years ago, I hadn't heard...

This last Saturday, I was planning on brewing a batch of KingBrianI's excellent Common Room ESB. It was my second batch of this brew and I had made a bunch of corrections to improve it. I was also particularly excited since the LHBS just happened to receive a fresh shipment of EKG and fuggles...

I have a question related to dry hopping and secondary "fermentation". Last month I brewed up a big English style IPA. I started the fermentation on November 21st and it had an original gravity of 1.081. I was using wyeast 1968 and with it's poor attenuation capabilities, the expected final...

One of our local microbreweries here in Reno produce a special Orange Blossom Ale. From what I gather, it's some kind of pale ale but with a nice touch of orange flavor. After doing some research and asking some questions at the LHBS, we were able to gather that they are using orange blossom...

I have a question about fermentation speed. In september, I brewed an ESB with a starting gravity around 1.055. I used the wyeast 1968 strain cause I heard it had a good flavor profile. After pitching the yeast, I noticed a long lag time. It was close to 48 hours before I started seeing...

I have a question related to the head of a beer. The last few beers I've brewed have had a nice thick head that actually persisted almost all the way to the bottom of the glass. But the foam I've been getting from my beers isn't the nice fluffy and and sticky kind you see on good microbrew...

Grain Bill Type Color Potential Amount Pale Ale malt 3L 1.038 4.5lbs Munich Malt 6L 1.037 4.5lbs Amber Malt 20L 1.037...

Next month, I would like to brew and Altbier style ale. As I've been reading, this is essentially an Ale fermented at cool temperature to achieve lager like qualities. I have a question pertaining to the fermentation temperature. I started monitoring the temperature in my fridge, and as far...

Hello everyone. I need some advice about what to do about my beer. A few weeks ago, I brewed a really strong Old Ale. I ran into some issues with fermentation. It was violent as hell. You wanna talk krausen (still can't spell that), hear this. The second evening this beer was in the...

I had a question about growth rate of hops. I planted some hop rhizomes a few weeks ago in two gallon pots. I was gonna wait for them to grow to a couple of feet before putting them in the ground, but as I live in Nevada and the summers can be somewhat blistering, I decided to go ahead and...