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    Argggg! Over carbonated AGAIN!

    Ok this is getting silly, This is the third beer that I've made that was over carbonated (Only this time the beer itself is bad too) I just made this recipe http://hopville.com/recipe/1645084 gave it 3 weeks to ferment, hit target FG, bottled with the appropriate amount of priming sugar (5oz for...
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    How to get rid of all the sediment on the bottom of the bottle? Does racking help?

    Question is in the title. I understand that bottle conditioned beers are going to have yeast on the bottom but it seems like a lot of my beers seem to have TONS of sediment. Would racking to a secondary help with this? Thanks! Jon
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    Will this work to crush my grains?

    Hey guys, Do you have any idea if this would work to crush grain for brewing? http://www.blendtec.com/products/view/kitchen_mill It's my wives and I just saw it sitting on the counter...She used it to make flour but it looks like there are some settings for coarseness. I'm just hoping to buy...
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    Just tried Anchor Steam (I think) WOW is this really Anchor Steam?

    OK thanks everyone, I just called the place haha. It was Anchor Humming Ale! My mind has been put to rest
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    Just tried Anchor Steam (I think) WOW is this really Anchor Steam?

    ARgg this is driving me nuts! And I live in Pennsylvania so I can't just go buy a 6 pack somewhere haha. I just watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO4BTCy6JCU and the one dude, like you, said that it's bland and boring, the other dude gave it a 10 and said it was wonderful...
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    Just tried Anchor Steam (I think) WOW is this really Anchor Steam?

    Hey guys, I was at a restaurant and I ordered an Anchor Steam because I had never had it before. From what I read Steam beers are ales but generally taste more like a lager. I had heard about Anchor Steam a lot and had the idea in my head that it was just more of a mass produced, popular plain...
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    If you cold crash can you bottle ferment?

    This is probably a stupid noob question but can you bottle ferment a cold crashed beer? I'm just wondering if there will be enough yeast to eat the priming sugar. Or is cold crashing only meant for force carbonated beers? Thanks
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    Optimal hoppiness - should I add DME late in the boil?

    So me and some friends are brewing a hop bomb today. Ive heard a larger boil is better for that because the wort retains more bitterness when there is less sugar in it.. is that true and if so should i add my DME and sr in lte in the boil? How late? Thanks!
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    Hopville FG calculations seem to be really high.

    Ok Thanks, how does it compare to Hopville?
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    Hopville FG calculations seem to be really high.

    Hey guys, have you noticed that the Hopville FG calculations seem to be too high? I was messing around and the numbers didn't seem to add up.. here are some examples http://hopville.com/recipe/1287336/imperial-ipa-recipes/357-magnum it's showing 1.027 for a FG but that seems really really...
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    Review My Recipe - 357 Magnum

    Yeah, I'm actually pretty new to brewing and very new to Hopville but something seems to be off, I agree 1.026 sounds pretty high, all of Hopvilles estimated FG's seem high...not sure why
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    Review My Recipe - 357 Magnum

    http://hopville.com/recipe/1287336/imperial-ipa-recipes/357-magnum What do you think guys? Get it? 357 :) (Darn hopville won't let me do 7 oz dry hop so I had to do 6 + 1)
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    Working on a hop bomb recipe, looking for advice & critiques.

    I was thinking along the lines of a complex bitter (100+ IBU's), piney, grapefruity, beer with some floral tones..
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    Working on a hop bomb recipe, looking for advice & critiques.

    That's a good point. All I've done this far is a partial boil (3.5 gallons or so) although I think my pot could handle a full 5 gallon boil.....I don't have a wort chiller though so that could be quite a long cooling process in my sink.
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    Working on a hop bomb recipe, looking for advice & critiques.

    Ok yeah you're right, if I overpower with the bittering hops I may miss out on some of the flavor which I don't want. And about dry hopping with Warrior, whoops! I meant Magnum, I screwed that up. The reason I wanted to try dry hopping with Magnum is because Sierra Nevada does that with their...
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    Working on a hop bomb recipe, looking for advice & critiques.

    Ok thanks! Yeah I've been very underwhelmed with the hoppiness of the few beers that I've brewed so far so I guess I was hoping to error on the side of too much. I've always said I've never had a beer that was too hoppy...Although I've also read that once you're over 100 IBU's your tongue...
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    Working on a hop bomb recipe, looking for advice & critiques.

    Hey guys I'm very new to brewing and am trying to come up with a recipe for a hop bomb ale. The idea for this is to have a crisp hop bomb IPA/Pale ale without a whole lot of malt characteristics so the hops can really shine through. Let me know what you think (Especially the hop schedule...
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    What exactly does "Put in at 0 minutes" mean?

    As far as hop scheduling, you will see recipes say "put in at 0 min" Maybe this is a stupid question but...What exactly does this mean? I know it means throw them in at flameoff but how long do you leave them in? Do you put them in and leave them in the wort until its cooled, then remove...
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    Looking for suggestion on a good hop to grow.

    Hey Guys, I've read that when you grow your own hops, the whole leaves that you get are better for dry hopping and flavor additives rather than bitterness. I guess because it's hard to know exactly how bitter homegrown hops will be? Anyway, I'm just looking for a good versatile hop to grow. I...
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    Question about adding various types of sugar to beer.

    I've read you shouldn't generally add more than a pound of sugar to a beer or you could get some bad tastes.... Although I've brewed a Belgian tripel that called for 2 lbs of beet sugar so I guess it's more of a ratio to the amount of malt that you have kinda thing. I am unfortunately not good...
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