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Hello all, I'm thinking of planting about 10 hop rhizomes this year. Up here in North Idaho we can get snow well into March or even later. I was wondering if there is a problem with Rhizome availability and if I should order now before they sell out? I'd hate to get to early May (best time...

Hello all, I'm trying to use up my hops before buying more. I'd like to turn my current supply into 2 biggish IPAs. I have: 2oz Columbus pellets 2-3oz Chinook leaf 10oz citra 4oz simcoe I have done lots of columbus+chinook ipas and know they are compatible. At the same time a 4-5...

Hi all - I have about 10oz of Citra in my freezer. I was thinking about brewing the CYBI recipe I found on beersmith recipes recently. My question, though, is the beer in the same category as a pliny, hop stoopid, port brew IPA, etc? Or is it more an IPA for non-IPA lovers. I read one review...

Hi All - I've got a Tricerahops clone that I pitched a starter Wyeast 1968 into a while ago. It seems pretty well stuck at 1.030 now (OG was 1.081). I mashed at 152F. No corn sugar, all grain for fermentables. Maybe a mistake in hindsight. I roused the primary frequiently and kept the...

...a few things: -My efficiency jumped 13%!! -When I poured the beer into the carboy from the pot it didn't foam over (totally weird I know but I notice with RO water I get more foam when free hand pouring from pot to boy through funnel) -My pH was a point high and I had to adjust down...

Hi all! I'm looking for a critique of a recipe I came up with last night and am gonna brew this evening. Basically I'm thinking a big, bitter, resiney, citrusy IPA. I have 12oz of chinook leaf hops and i'm gonna go get some grains ground today. I've never used Maris Otter before so I'm...

Hello all - I'm going to brew today and only have dry yeast on hand. I have S-04, US-05 and Nottingham. For a Pyramid Snow Cap clone what do you think would be the best bet? Cheers! Dan

Not sure if the 'ingredients\recipes' forum is the right one to post to but since I don't think this is from a flaw in brewing but rather a specific hop variety I thought it might be the correct venue. Anyway, every now and then I'll be drinking an IPA and get a slight soapy flavor out of it...

Hi all, Just a quick question. I'm making a Lagunitas IPA right now from 100% RO water (all grain of course.) I added 1 tsp of CaCl and 1 tsp Gypsum to the mash and hit my pH and all is well. My question is is this a beer that would benefit from another 1tsp addition of gypsum at the...

Hello all - I've been looking for a good clone of Rogue Cap'n Sigs ale. I've found a few on hopville and northern brewer (website down today?) but they leave out key malts and\or hops. So since rogue lists Lovibonds (20) and IBUS (80) and plato (14.5) I thought I'd try for myself. Please...

Hello all - Sorry if this has been answered before. I found a few threads on the subject but no one really seems to have posted a definitive answer. I'm looking for a decent guideline for building up RO water for a pliny the elder clone. It doesn't have to be RRB's exact profile (although...

My dad and I are slowly working on a single tiered system as a summer project. I thought I'd include some pictures of a jig we made from an old lamp post :-) Step 1 was to remove the pressure from the keg, the lock ring and the ball lock\shaft at the top of the keg. This left us with a very...

Hello all, I got a kit on sale recently that is supposedly a DIPA. It's got about 13lb 2 row, some crystal 60L and some caraamber. So the grain bill is OK by me. But the hops are a bit slim. Here's the schedule: 60 min: 1 oz nuggett 45 min 1oz Galena 30 min: 1 oz columbus 0 min: 1...

Hello all - I've recently started to wonder if my RO water from a grocery store dispenser actually has chlorine and\or chloramine in it! A bunch of kind folks in the AG forum helped me troubleshoot a medicinal flavor my last few batches. I switched to RO and the taste is greatly diminished but...

Hello all, I've been doing AG for about 6 batches now. My first 3 turned out fantastic - far better than the 3 years of extract batches I'd done - and I was sure I had things at least somewhat dialed in. I always hit my initial temp of 152F dead on, let it sit for an hour, and then pour in a...

Hi everyone! I just did another AG batch last night and was careful to take all my gravity and volume measurements pre boil. I've only got about 6 batches I'm wondering how to calculate my efficiency? My pre-boil batch looked like this: 6.3 gal 14lb 2row 11oz caramel 60L 4oz flaked wheat...

Hello all, I'm going to place an order for some ingredients soon. I've been doing AG for a few batches now and want to try my first self made recipe. I'm planning on buying beersmith (it seems good...I got the demo and liked it though I haven't tried any others). Anyway I'm looking to do...

Hello all - I'm trying to figure out a long distance brewing situation. I'm headed down to my house (a few hours away) to be there for a last minute home appraisal. That's where all my brewing stuff is so I thought I'd do a random brew day. So - long story short: I'm going to do the DFHead...

Hello all! I just pulled off my first AG batch last night. Pretty awesome. Been brewing extract with specialty grains (mostly AHS and some local stuff) for 3 years or so. I can't believe I waited so long to do AG....also, wort chillers are a gift from the gods. Anyway - My mash temp was...

Hello all! I just pitched part of my buddies yeast cake of Wyeast 1332 onto a recipe for Rogue's Dead Guy Ale, since I had heard it was fairly similar to the Pacman yeast. Does anyone have any idea how this will turn out? I think normally you might use a London style ale yeast.... I...