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Hopefully someone out there can help with an issue I keep having while drying my hops. I just picked my Willow Creek hops and am in the process of using a food dehydrator to dry them. They started out with a great, fruity aroma but now I'm only getting fresh cut grass!! I've got the dryer...

Thinking about brewing a Wheat using El Dorado and Lemon Drop hops and pairing it with wyeast 3638. I'm a bit concerned the banana flavor from the 3638 will not play well with the hops. Anyone used this combination??

I just bought a Willow Creek plant from Great Lakes Hops. They are supposed to be like the NeoMexicana. Has anyone tried these? By the way, anyone in the Western Michigan area should make it a point to visit Great Lakes Hops. Excellent place if you're looking to grow hops. The owner is a...

I'm going to attempt a Chocolate IPA similar to Deschutes' Castaway. The original is about 100 IBUs but mine is more like 40. Their website shows the basic ingrediants but not the amounts. Below is my 1st attempt. Let me know what you think. 11lbs Pale Malt (2Row) 86.3% .75lb Honey Malt 5.9%...

I'm planning a citrus wheat using some new hops. Let me know what you think about the recipe. I'm looking for an orange fruity flavor without using any fruit. Not sure how to import my Beersmith pages so here's the recipe in rough form. 5.5lbs 2-Row Pale 5lbs German Wheat Malt .5lbs...

I'm looking at brewing an all grain wheat this weekend but am confused about the amount of wheat to use. Most of the recipes in the the Brew Your Own Clone recipes shows mostly a 50 / 50 wheat to base grains. In talking with my LHBS they say not to use more than 5% wheat. Any higher and I won't...

I have a recipe that calls for 2 oz of chamomile for the last 2 minutes of the boil. My question is do I use a hops bag or put it directly into the wort?

I had efficiency issues yesterday so I was going to go to my LHBS and buy some LME to add to the wort. I left the liquid in my kettle on the stove overnight. Today when I opened the cover the wort was foamy with a sweet pungent smell. Is it a goner?? Hopefully the picture is attached.

I had to scrap the batch I was making so now I need to do something with my starter. How can I store a 1L starter until I'm ready to use it? And how cold can it be?

I think its time to give up on all grain brewing and go back to extracts. Just did my 5th batch of all grain using my nice expensive Mash Tun and only got 37% eff. Now I've got 5 gallons of worthless wort and a yeast starter with nothing to put it in. I'm getting tired of messing up good...

I brewed an ale a few weeks ago and during the mash process got an extremely low efficiency. Now after 3 weeks fermenting, the ale is looking to be only 3%. The OG was 1.036 and the FG is 1.012. My question is, what would happen if I hit it with another smack pack of yeast??? Would this...

Can I use standard copper fittings on my CO2 lines?? The chrome fittings that came with my system leak like a sieve.

I pulled a boner move this afternoon. I got to my LHBS to pick up supplies for a new recipe and noticed that I forgot to scale it down from 6 gallons to 5. I went ahead and bought all the supplies anyway. I usually make 5.5 gallons batches but my brew pot is only 4.5 gallons. My question is...

I recently tried a Mosaic IPA from Blue Point Brewing at a beer festival. I really liked it but can't find it in West Michigan so I've decided to try and brew it myself. If anyone has tried this brew, take a look at my recipe below and let me know if you think it will be close. Actually, all...

My last few batches, extract and partial mash all have an off flavor similar to caramel. Would a too hot boil cause off flavors with LME?? I've recently brewed a Summer Ale clone, lager and 2 Orange Wheat variations, all brewed before, and they all have an almost heavy caramel flavor. What...

I recently built a keezer and have 3 taps running. Lately I've been noticing the faucets are getting extremely sticky, very hard to open the first time. I'll use the faucets during the weekend then maybe not again until the following weekend. I'm assuming the beer in the faucet is drying and...

I making the jump to all grain and was wondering how I know which type of grain to use for the different types of extract. Is there a website or even book out there that gives a description of each type of grain and it's contribution to the brewing process and ratios to use?

I brewed the recipe below using Amarillo and Mosaic for the first time. I was going for a Chocolate Orange flavor without using any orange zest. When I moved the wort into the fermentor I really didn't notice any orange aroma which I thought I'd get from the Amarillo hops so I'm thinking about...

I always have a half ounce of this or quarter ounce of that type of hops left over on brew day. I hate to always throw them away but what can I do with them. I usually brew a 5 gallon batch once a month or so. If I put them in the freezer, how long will they last?

Saw a package of this yeast at my local brew store. Has anyone used it and what kind of results should I expect?