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Last year I had problems with a fresh pack of 1272 and had to add US05 after it failed. I decided to try another pack so in January I ordered more and was surprised to see the use by date of March 23. I couldn't brew for a bit but Sunday I decided to make a 4 liter starter with it since it was...

Grabbed some Mosaic and Citra Incognito from Yakima recently and am planning on trying it very soon. I'm starting to see more comments about the best way to use it and there's definitely many opinions on it. I was thinking of adding all 20ml in whirlpool at 180 for about 15 minutes. Some have...

I've not brewed an IPL before and see lots of recipes that I may try but none show a suggested water profile. Does anyone have a water profile they can suggest or should I just use a balanced profile. Suggestions appreciated.

I like to try as many different brands of malt that I can. It's cost me lots of money to purchase sacks of grain from different companies but i do enjoy trying them. So far, I really like (as well as others I share my beer with) Mecca Grade Lamonta. Their Munich, Vienna and Pislen are good as...

The last few beers I've done have all had a similar but to different degrees of a chalk taste to me. I've done absolutely nothing different but I do have a somewhat new RO filter though when I first got it, I didn't have this problem. Here's some info: BIAB, usually 6 gallon batches. I've...

I don't want to crap on Morebeer but the last 2 orders have been problematic. This time I placed an order on a Friday but mentioned not to ship until after the weekend and I paid for 2 ice packs. Well, they shipped it on Friday anyway. FedEx is partially guilty too because they were a day...

Anyone tried this yeast yet? I grabbed a pack to try soon and was curious about the actual attenuation. As it's a beta, there's nothing out there so I hope to send Bootleg my thoughts on it when done but I'd like to know others opinion. I'm assuming Chico is Chico.

My brother wants to brew the W10 Pitch Black CDA by Widmer Brewing. I've never done this one before but he always asks me to put together the recipe and figure out the water additions. When I put the this recipe in Brewfather, the ph is already 5.22 without adding anything at all to RO water...

Anyone care to share their opinions on the A37 POG yeast? Grabbed a pack just because it sounds good and will probably make a big pale ale with it. I see it likes lots more aeration and I assume, extra nutrient as well. I've only use Hornindal (with great results) and thought I would try this...

I've never brewed an English Brown Porter but have enjoyed a few different ones lately and would like to brew a few. I've got no idea what water profile to use. Anyone care to share a profile for one and what ph I should shoot for? Thanks.

I brewed a RyePA Sunday and both the refractometer and hydrometer showed it was 1.062 (shooting for .64). I added the Tilt and it showed it as 1.059, no surprise. I oxygenated the 6 gallons in the fermenter for 45 seconds as I usually do and added a 2L yeast starter. The Imperial was just at...

I've done a number of rye beers and really dig them. I'm always playing around with the water and I thought I'd try Randy Mosher's profile (well, close to it) but when I do, I get a Sulfate to Chloride of 4:36 to 1. That doesn't sound good to me. I've used his pale ale profile and really...

I like to try different maltsters to see what it does to my beers and have really enjoyed malt you don't see at your LHBS or many online stores. Mecca Grade is awesome. I did a search and saw a few good reviews of Proximity malt so I decided to order a few malts to try them out. Of course...

I met Jeff at Bootleg in 2015 when a bunch of us beer nerds who were friends online decided to meet each other in Nashville and visit some breweries. One of the guys new Jeff and we got a private tour of Bootleg Biology. When we were leaving, Jeff gave a few of us some older S. arlingtonesis...

I've made 4 NEIPA's and 1 sucked and 3 were somewhat ok but just not great. I've tried different hops, water treatments, yeast and grain but nothing has wowed me. Actually, I've tried probably 50 different hazy beers locally and nationally and very few are stellar, most are just average. So...

I use RO water but a few friends don't and I've gotten one of them to get a sample to Ward Labs and they got this: pH 7.7 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 305 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.51 Cations / Anions, me/L 5.7 / 5.4 ppm Sodium, Na 35 Potassium, K 3...

Never used any Kveik yeast yet and am curious if I should be playing around with a different type of water profile or just use a recipe I like and keep everything but the yeast the same. I'm assuming Kveik doesn't require anything different other than more nutrient. But, does it?

I assume if I am making a starter using Hornindal, it's best to do it at a higher temp like 85 and not crash it. Just do an 18-24 hour starter and pitch? Does that sound about right?

If you were to brew a beer using the weed like Strata hops in a pale ale with 93% 2 row and 7 % crystal 20, and only had Imperial Dry hop yeast or Denny's 1450, which would you choose and why? Imperial Dry hop: Dry Hop is a blend of A20 Citrus and A04 Barbarian. When this blend goes to work on...

I've never seen this in 6 years of making starters. After 30 plus hours in the fridge, my starter still has about 1/4" of foam on the top. I used a 3 liter flask to make 2 liters of Imperial Flagship yeast. I boiled water in a pristine clean flask the night before, covered with foil and let it...