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Howdy all. I've been brewing for almost two years now. After listening to me talk about brewing for almost as long, I got my buddy who lives near Tampa/St. Pete to start brewing. He's about to bottle his first batch and is worried about the temperature being too high (upper 70's) to bottle...

Got a question for yall. I live in CO at an elevation of roughly 8200 ft. My question is am I getting a lower hop utilization than someone at sea level does because of the lower temperature at boil? My water boils about 192 degrees F because of the difference in air pressure and I know that a...

I've been brewing for a year and a quarter now and have a question. In all the books I've read about decoction mashes, they all say to remove the mash, bring it to a boil and add back to the mash to bring up the temp between steps. My question may seem silly, but do they mean that I'm supposed...

I recently did some searching on the web for better prices than I get at my LHBS for the hops I use the most. I discovered yakimavalleyhops.com! Not only were the prices cheap, but the delivery was rather quick. I don't normally pimp out companies, but these guys rock. All of the hops I got...

Hey Yall. Anybody else have a great time at the GABF? What was your favorite brew? What was your favorite brewery? Did you get as drunk as I did? We went on Friday night. I think one of my favorite areas was the Guild tables. No lines at all. This is something you need to do at least once in...

I live in Conifer. My friends and I brew almost every weekend. I have spoken to a bunch of people who don't brew as often as they'd like to because of a lack of adequate space down the mountain, either apartment dwellers or people with lack storage space for equipment. We have a ton of room up...

Got a question for ya. I'm making a pumpkin pie porter this weekend. I am going to mash the pumpkin after roasting it a home and add some puree to the boil. I have looked at a few recipes for pumpkin beers and a few of them call for pectic enzyme. Does this make more fermentable sugars available...

I used a recipe for a northern english brown and added a few lbs extra grain, then used the hop schedule from the Stone Pale Ale 16.5 lb Maris Otter 2lb Munich 10L 2lb American 60L Crystal 12oz Chocolate malt 60 minute mash @ 150 degree F 90 minute boil shcedule...

8lb Great Western Two-Row Pale 7lb Maris Otter 2lb 10L Munich 1lb "Special B" 1lb Flaked Oats 1/2lb Black Patent Malt 1/4lb Chocolate Malt 70 minute mash @ 152F Sparge with 170F liquor up to 6.75 gal 120 min boil schedule 2oz Nugget 12.9%AA 4.8%Beta @ 90 min 1oz...

So, my friend is getting married over Labor day weekend this year. We made a strawberry Kolsch style beer, from LME and natural strawberry flavor(no fruit), for valentines day. He loved it and wants us to make more for the wedding. We've since switched to all-grain brewing. I prefer hoppier...