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Anyone tried before? Thinking about brewing a super low OG (so it's not a sugar bomb) with some monster hops, then immediately dry hopping and force-carbing.

I have done some searching on my particular issue and am not seeing anyone have the same problem. The first pour of the day comes out cold and with perfect head. When I pour from the same tap more than a couple minutes later, it's then 80% foam. The next day this repeats - perfect first beer...

I currently use gravity to get the wort from my brew kettle through my plate chiller and into my fermenter. At the end, I typically tip my kettle to get another .5 gallon or so of wort out, but i notice it seems to defeat the purpose of the whirlpool. Not a ton of junk gets into the fermenter...

I was just messing around on yeastcalc.com, and noticed that once yeast gets to be 4 months old, it puts its viability at 10% for at least another 4 months after that. Is that accurate? I have some hefe yeast I forgot about in the fridge that was harvested 6/10/12. I was going to toss it...

Apologies if these questions have been asked before...I've been searching for some time now and believe I know what my plan is, but am curious about a few things. The previous owners of my house switched the dryer from electric to gas, so I have an unused 10-30R (3-wire 240v) in the basement...

Saw the results were out and was just curious what kind of score a BOS beer would take in a competition like this. Likewise, what kind if score typically wins the different beer styles?

I have a ton of Breiss 2-row, and am looking to make a Belgian Tripel IPA Sunday. I took some tips from this site in the past when making English beers that called for Maris Otter. When the recipe called for 9lbs Maris Otter, I used 8lbs of 2-row and 1lb of Biscuit Malt. The beers I've...

I'm starting to get really comfortable with the aging times on a few of my recipes. Most of my wheat beers for example are along the lines of a 2 week primary, then keg and put it in a 40 degree fridge on CO2 for about 1 month before the beer itself is nicely matured and has full taste. The...

Weekend plans changed, so I'm pondering brewing tomorrow now. Normally I'd have done a starter with some harvested yeast Weds or Thursday night. I've seen some posts that one can get away with a yeast starter running for only 24 hours if it is shaken often. Would this change at all if I...

Did my first full boil AG batch this past weekend. Started with about 7.5g, and landed at about 6 over an hour & 15 min which was exactly what I was expecting. Although I had no issues getting the 7.5g to a rolling boil, after about 40min it was down under 7g, but wasn't "rolling" anymore. It...

Looking for recommendations for a new pot and would love some input if anyone doesn't mind... There are just so many options out there, and I'm sure plenty of reliable stores and makes exist I've never heard of. Biggest requirements are as follows: -At least 10g (prefer 15g) - Currently do...

Quick question... Just had a couple beers out of my first AG keg. Taste is very good, but I'm noticing some obviously visible flakes in the beer. You can't make them out on the tongue, but they're definitely visible in the glass. I'd say they're almost like what the gold in...

Hey everyone...first time long time. This board has been beyond helpful in getting up to speed and quickly looking up stressful newby questions mid-brew day, so thanks a ton for that! I've done about 12 extract brews...by the last one I had the process down great, and over the couple years...