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Hi, I've been brewing for a couple of years and I have a question about Wyeast American ale II 1272 yeast. I usually use US05 in pretty much everything, as I mostly make ipa's. I just made a karma citra all grain recipe from northern Brewer. Everything went good, got an OG of 1.055. It's...

So I brewed a hop head IPA kit from Midwest last weekend and the directions say to ferment it for 2 weeks and then transfer to a secondary for 10 weeks for conditioning. I don't have a secondary. I usually leave my beers in the primary for 4 weeks then bottle condition for 3-4 weeks. My...

This is just something I've been noticing with some of my beers. And it only seems to happen with my extract batches. My all grains taste great. At bottling time, I of course try some, and they all taste and smell great. However, after a weeks in the bottle, they seem to develop this certain...

Well, thinking I knew what I was doing, I dumped an oz of centennial whole leaf hops into my primary, and my initial reaction was, " oh ****". One oz of whole leaf looks like a whole lot more then 1 oz of pellets. I have dry hopped with pellets before, but always used a bag. No bag this time...

Just got my ryePA extract kit with specialty grains from Midwest. Really excited about it. Anyone brew it yet and have any advice? Particularly in regards to the rye malt. I have never used it before. I really want the rye flavor to shine through. Directions are the typical, soak the grains...

I usually clean my bottles in the dishwasher, but after a few batches with bad head, I decided to soak them in a starsan solution before bottling. Long story short, I dunked the clean bottles in the starsan solution, drained, and shook as much out as possible. Then I bottled. My concern is...

So I have been brewing for almost two years, mostly extract, and I just started doing some all grain kits. I've been noticing that my all grain beers have little to no head. And they have also been taking longer to carb. My extract kits all had good head and carbed fast. I'm thinking I am...

So I am in the middle of mashing my simcoe IPA. Started mash at 151, went to stir at 30 minute mark, and I'm at 149 now. Is this ok. I'd imagine it is going to drop a little lower by 60 minute mark...

I have a coffee stout I bottled 2 weeks ago that I just popped one to check on it, and its barely carbed at all. Almost no carbonation. I primaried for 3 weeks, then bottled. I know it's really early, but how long should I expect to wait? I've read dark beers take longer to carb. I just...

Had a few of these a couple weeks back, thought they were delicious, so I want to attempt to make something like it. I can go either extract, partial, or all grain (less then 12 lbs of grain). Anyone got a recipe?

I am going to brew a simcoe pale ale all grain kit next week. Hop schedule calls for 1oz of simcoe @ 60, 20, and 2. No dry hops. However, I want to dry hop it, so what should I use? Is simcoe a good dry hopper, or should I use something else? What goes good with simcoe? I've never used it...

I just planted some rhizomes of cascade, centennial, and nugget. There are a few bines that have been growing for almost 3 weeks. They are planted in the ground. I live in north florida. Lots of bugs, lots of parasites. Something has been chowing down on my poor little hops. Is there...

I have some grains that have been milled. They are sitting in a plastic bag, in a box, on a shelf in a dark closet. How long until they become stale? Should I move them?

I bottled a coffee stout last weekend. I cold steeped the ground beans in a French press for 24 hours in the fridge. I used starsan on French press, coffee grinder, etc. I used purified bottled water. The only thing I did not sanitize were the coffee beans. So what is my risk of...

Just got my rhizomes, plan to plant them today or tomorrow. Should I trim off the little shoots sprouting out, or leave them? I live in northeast florida.

Hello everyone, I brewed a coffee stout 2 weeks ago, just popped open primary to take a hydro reading. Went from 1.060 to 1.020. I used 1 11oz pack of safale s-04, rehydrated. It was supposed to get to 1.010. My question is: should I add a 5g pack of muntons ale yeast, or let it ride...

So I just got my rhizomes. Wondering what kind of soil to use. The instructions say to use sandy, dry soil. Other posts on here say they use pitting soil. I have some local farm dirt, which is a mix. It would it be best to plant them in the ground? I was thinking of using a pot. I am in...

So I read on here, somewhere, that when building my mash tun to put a spring in my stainless steel braid to keep it from collapsing. This back-fired on me. I got a stuck sparge and found that the spring had rusted. Now I'm reading its not required. So should I have something in there to keep...

So, after brewing today and getting a stuck sparge, I disassembled my mash tun to check it out. I had put a spring in the stainless steel braid to keep it from collapsing, and it looked pretty corroded/rusty. Though this was a stout, and could have made it dark? This is only my second mash...

So I just finished my second real all grain batch. Got a peace java coffee stout from Midwest. I mashed for an hour, everything was fine...until the sparge got stuck. So, long story short and struggling to save my beer, I got as much wort as I could out without completely fugging everything...