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Hey guys, I thought I would ask the collective knowledge/experience of the board this question. Do you think warrior would be a good substitute for magnum hops as a bittering hop? Magnum hops are my go to for bittering when I want a clean, smooth background bitterness. I like the high...

Hello, I am looking for some suggestions on carbonating sours. I have bottled 6 batches of sours so far, and have struggled with the carbonation. I usually let my beers sit for over 1 year. In fact, the only one that did carbonate was bottled in about 5 months. The rest have been sitting...

Hello all, I decided to try a comparison of various British yeast strains. I love bitters, and am on the quest for that perfect yeast strain, at least for me. I decided to do an experiment where I took my favorite English strain thus far, WY 1318, and compared side by side with some other...

Hey folks, I have been trying experiments where I split batches and try different yeasts fermented at the same pitching rate and temp to get get a feel for the character they produce. I am looking to change it up a bit, and make several different beers from one yeast, but by changing...

Hello folks, I am diving into Lagers. My experience has been exclusively with ales so far, but I finally have the equipment to keep a cool constant temp (ie a keezer) so i am giving this a try. My first attempt is a Munich Dunkel, using WLP 838 yeast. OG was 1.050. It has been in primary...

Hey guys, I am looking at trying this yeast out. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with it? I have heard it flocs well, but I have also heard it its attenuation is greater then the approx 70% listed. I am a fan of english bitter style beers, which tend to be lighter in O.G...

Hey guys, I am headed back to Michigan for the holidays. I will be staying with family around Brighton, and I want to pick up some good local brews to bring back and taste with the guys in my homebrew club. We can't get any Michigan beers here, so stuff like Bell's Two Hearted goes unknown...

Hello, I am looking to brew a dry stout this weekend, and looking at my yeast stores, I have a few choices. I have tried WLP 004 in the past for oatmeal stouts, but I don't think it will get dry enough with that. I have a vial of WLP 006 Bedford Ale, which I believe is the yeast used to...

Hey Folks, Well, I am looking to brew up a few English ales for my next few batches, specifically looking to do an ordinary bitter for one of my kegs to get things started, then harvesting the yeast, and moving on to a NE brown ale and an English IPA for the fall, and then finishing with an...

Hello folks, I am looking to upgrade from a 5gal cooler mashtun to a 10 gal. I find the gravity restraints on my current 5gal....troubling. Checking around, this looked like the best deal from soup to nuts. It sounds like this is a good shop from prior comments on this board, but I just...

Hello folks, I have been lurking around for a few weeks, and decided to finally throw my hat into the arena. I took up brewing in college, and I realized recently I have been doing it off and on (as life allows) now for over 18 years. Time does fly I guess. I have recently really gotten...