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Hey folks, looking for suggestions on what to add to a 23L (5gal) wheat beer kit to give it a bit of a Hoegaarden profile. It's a full-wort bag kit so I'd assume to make a 'tea' containing some orange / coriander? Any guesses to amounts? Probably could take a 'beer of that style' and do a...

I've made a pineapple mead that essentially has finished almost down to 1.000 because I was away for a period and forgot about it. So it will have very little pineapple left to it; I suppose I could sorbate it and add some pineapple juice back to it, to taste. Now if I wanted to impart a...

Hi, second-time mead maker here (and first was... 20 years ago so I don't count that); Just did my 5 days of SNA with stirring vigorously. Do I still keep stirring daily now or just let it sit and go to work? Thanks

Curious as to how many out there are using large mash tuns and filling with all/the majority of the water they need and therefore using a really thin mash. I've seen a couple guys do this but also wonder about efficiency, etc. One guy just said "I don't like sparging so I just make a really high...

Hi there; roaaaaad triiiiiiip!!!!! :rockin: Taking my Canadian tastebuds across the border to the lovely U S of A for a few week driving, will be going through Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Montana, and then back across the border. Suggestions for places to stop and...

Hi folks; as a veteran of ONE horrendous decoction experiment -- that resulted in one of my best beers ever -- I wanted to ask if people stir when adding the decoction back to the mash tun or not? Assuming yes, but boy oh boy did I ever have a stuck sparge. Virtually NOTHING came out (false...

Hi, what's the 'practical use' difference between keg-connects with barbed connects vs MPT connects? Apologies for the 'dumb question' Thanks. :mug:

So in another thread (about 'passive' carbonation, leaving pressure set and when it equalizes, it equalizes) I mentioned that my regulator was 'hissing and purging' if the CO2 tank stayed ON feeding gas to the keg. Now I know there was definitely beer going back to the regulator and liquid was...

Hey folks; since this is my second keg of beer I'm working on now and I THOUGHT I had a leaking relief valve (but a replacement last night had the same result overnight)--I thought of something I should ask about. The first keg, I did the "hit with high psi and shake it around" and this...

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Hi folks; maybe I'm just over-tired but was thinking of drilling out my new keggles and using compression fittings and valve but then read a wiki on whirlpooling and had a thought: For those using immersion chillers: How many are then simply siphoning out of the brew kettle? Maybe I don't...

Howdy-- almost got my system up and going. Have old CO2 tank that will hopefully get me going till it is empty. Have 2 corny kegs Have CO2 regulator Have chilling unit Need hoses but that'll be easy enough QUESTION(s): I have disassembled after finally sourcing proper wrenches. I took...

First time "dry hopping" with toasted coconut (stout). Been a week now and all poofed up and on top. Should I be mixing it to combine? Probably, I'm guessing...

Hey folks; wife is off to Minot this wknd and wondering if any ND'ers (or anyone else) can recommend a beer store (retail product) and a HBS store? Unsure about which states are distributed to, so wondering if any Minot stores carry retail Dogfish Head, Stone, Rogue, Brooklyn, Lagunitas, Bear...

Just wondering what folks say about whether to skim the 'junk' off the top of my large (!)-krausen brew right now---bucket is just over half full and foam is already coming through the top of the lid and forming nice sludge on the plastic. FYI less than 24 hours after pitching. Take some off...

Woooh! I guess my starter-stout yeast cake/harvest really liked the new Russian Imperial Stout after all--- this was about 14 hours after pitching at 75F. Now, it is foaming through the lid-----crazy krausen!

Has anyone ever (thought of, or...) tried mixing two strains of yeast (Wyeast liquid) in a batch? I have some that are getting dated so was thinking I might try a 'specialty' beer with a couple. Of course, I wouldn't use ones that might counter, like one that promotes esters and one that...

Hey folks, just looking for some input on what people have used for a RussImp. I would love to add a bit of 'fruity' to it from the yeast / esters and it has to stand up to about 10% or so. Thanks. Jfriah

Ok folks--other than the usual "possible bacterial contamination"--can you provide me with some suggestions as to what to start looking for as I try to troubleshoot this apparent problem that is in my last 4 batches of beer? This particular one is a Hearty Hop Ale, with pale malt, some...

Tasted a "straight-up" bottle last week--it was pretty good. Pretty clean finish I thought. I'm going to try doing a version without adding water, so just 15L of wort and take the BrewHouse suggestion that it will be more Doppelbock style. Wondering if anyone else has made this particular...