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A few years back a homebrew shop was selling a variety of expired Wyeast smack packs dated 2016 and 2017. They were about a year old when I bought them. When I researched using old liquid yeast, many threads discussed 6 month old yeast as beyond ancient, and some went as far as 2 years...

I did some searching about using very old dry yeast, but most message threads I found said throw it out, and only a handful said to try it anyway. I stumbled upon a comment from Kevin Lane at Fermentis who said it only loses about 5% viability every year when refrigerated, and about 10% when...

I have some of the parts, but still need the wood and insulation. Need to clarify a few things before I start. My mini fridge is 4.3 cu ft, extending it to hold 3 fermenters at once, and I want to be able to lager and cold crash. Also have 250w space heater and a small desk fan for circulation...

In my small, close circle of people I know, who are mostly women, zero like IPA, or any bitter beers for that matter. I can't stand them. I find IPA very overrated and they burn out my taste buds. Sometimes I feel people just drink them to be one of the guys like we did with cheap beer back in...

Was brewing a partial mash and to increase the gravity, I added molasses. The homebrew store had a generic container labeled molasses 1 lb. No expiration, didn't say it was sulfured. I opened it to add during the last 5 minutes of the boil. IT STUNK! I've never used molasses in my life so I...

Hello all, I have been writing a brewing book for a couple years now, and am close to completion. It teaches everything from canned malt to all grain, and much more. I don't have a publish date yet because I am still getting the graphics done. All writing is finished. I would like to add a...

Former all grain brewer, switched back to extract a few years ago due to space limitations, now brewing all grain again. For the past few years I only make low alcohol beers. When using extract, I add between 2-3 pounds LME with a partial mash. I have tried adding all the LME at 60, then 50%...

I have been extract brewing low alcohol beers for the past few years, but in the last few months I tried getting more fruity hop aromas with several batches, and am failing. Several years ago when I brewed 10 gallons all grain, and made a batch with 3 ounces of different NZ hops, all @ 15...