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Watching Peter Jackson's early 90's gorefest Braindead (aka Dead Alive), I noticed what looks to be a box of hops in a mop closet with cleaning supplies. The box reads "Wakatu- Nelson Hops" (screenshot below). Anyone know if this was common for NZ households to have this lying around? FYI, movie...

Just got a sake "kit" from nothern brewer for christmas. Includes packet of "fine" koji-kin, Wyeast Sake #9 pack, and some citric acid. Looking for a way to incorporate into beer and was thinking something like CBC did here...

Brewing my 3rd version of a Rye IPA this weekend. First two attempts have gone really well using cascade and citra, but just got in 8 oz Citra and 4 oz each of Nelson Sauvin and Sorachi Ace and was thinking about putting them all to use. For 5 gallons Something like: 60 min: 1 oz Centennial...

Bottling an amber next weekend, wanted to try adding Chai tea to get some interesting spice flavor and aroma. Only want to try this for a gallon or so. Was thinking I should bottle the other 4 gallons, then make a chai tea with priming sugar to use on the remaining gallon. Any other ideas for...

Brewed a dark and roasty stout on sunday that's fermenting strongly. Used a lot of chocolate rye and some roasted barley so this will be a black one that I'll let sit until the winter. I was thinking of kicking up the fermentable sugar a little as abv will probably be low, looking for some...

I'll be racking my rye ipa (BIAB) for a dry hop in about a week or so. This was my first all grain batch and just got around to taking a look at my city's water report. My chloride is somewhat low (21 ppm) but sulfate is much lower (8.9 ppm). Is there any chance in the world that adding gypsum...

I'll be brewing what I feel is my first true batch this Saturday (not counting Mr. Beer for much). The recipe is for a Rye IPA and I'll be dry hopping 2 oz of pellets during secondary fermentation. I have 1 glass carboy and 1 bottling bucket from a True Brew kit available for fermentors. For...