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How many pints do I pitch down the drain before I have a decent pour? I hit the keg with gelatin 4 days ago in the upper 40's and then dropped it to 34f since then. Tastes like **** and it's really hazy but I don't want keep throwing it away if it just need more time. Sent from my iPhone...

Doesn't happen every time but a few times a year I'll get a cold that messes up my taste for ipa's. Nothing like cracking your favorite ipa and having it taste like **** and realizing its cause your going get sick. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I have done nothing different with this batch than previous batches except try more clearing techniques. I use moss in the boil, I added gelatin to the keg after it was chilled, and cold crashed at 35f for almost a week. It's still cloudy as heck, it's just a bitter so it's not the hops. What...

I already brewed this but wanted to see what people think of the recipe. 10lb 2row 1lb Rye malt 4oz Honey malt 4oz c120 1oz centennial 60min .5oz. Chinook 20 .5oz. Amarillo 15 .5oz. Chinook 10 .5oz. Amarillo 5 1oz. Amarillo 0 Mash 154 OG 1.059 51 ibu Wyeast British...

I did a starter from a washed batch of 1332. The yeast in the starter didn't smell off to me but after I pitched the flask had a saison type smell to it. The beer has been fermenting for 4days now and still going strong and haven't noticed any off smells from the actual beer. When I went to...

Out if nowhere one of my gas side ball lock connectors is leaking. Is there any way to determine how this happened?

I've had a starter going for over 24hrs and it's at serious krausen still. Can I crash for 12hrs in the fridge at this point to decant and pitch?

Does anyone see anything wrong with this? Im using the honey malt for the first time in place of munich or Vienna. This is also the first time im using mostly late hopping for my bitterness. I estimated my total efficancie at 80% but last brew I hit 85% so im being conservative because it was...

I decided to give a better bottle a try over my glass fermenters. I bought it new and was wondering if I should hit it with some oxy clean or can I just sanitize and go for it and if I should clean it what ratio of oxy to water should I use? Also, does anyone know if the wet Tshirt cooling...

My source for hops doesn't give me the exact AA% for the hops I get. I figure I'll use the average for the strain to figure my recipes. Is this an I'm idea or what would you suggest?

Am I the only one who, after washing yeast, can only taste yeast in beer after being exposed to a concentrated amount. I don't mind it at all, in fact I love smelling a freshly opened smack pack lol!

I am washing yeast for the second time today and wen I racked my beer to the keg there ended up being about a half gallon left. I tried to decant the remaining beer off of the cake but it mixed up quickly and probably only got a quart out. My question is will the washing process still work with...

I was wondering when I should worry about my water chemistry. Im sure there are some things that are essential for generally acceptable brewing water and others that are more geared toward achieving certain styles. Im not worried about getting a certain style at this point but want to get the...

Is it a bad move to use chocolate malt instead of roast malt for an amber ale?

I used gelatin for the first time on a batch I'm about to rack to the keg. I used 1/2 tsp in 1/4 cup water per morebeer.com's instructions. It's been about 5 days and I don't see that it has done much of anything. Should I use another 1/2 tsp in the keg?

I go through half a keg before it get a decently clear glass. I use Irish moss at 10 left in the boil and try not to pick up trub but its every time. Any tips or common screw ups on kegging I can look at?

I know selling home brewed beer is illegal and have no such desire but I have a scenario I would like feed back on. At work every year a group of my coworkers out on a chilli feed and silent auction to raise money for a charity. The items up for auction are gift baskets, one is always almost...

I want to brew a belgan pale with stuff I have on hand. Here is what I have so far... 9 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 85.7 % 1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 2 9.5 % 8.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.8 % 0.75 oz Centennial [8.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 21.6 IBUs...

I just tapped a keg of my latest attempt at an IPA. My last ipa's have fallen short in bitterness. I upped my late additions quite a bit but didn't go nuts with ibu's. The beer warm and uncarbed tastes great but after cold crashing and carbing its way to bitter. Any explanation as to why this is?

I got some mosaic hops and wanted to do an ipa with them. I want to be able to harvest the yeast and keep the abv down a little so I want to keep the og 1.054. Please tell me what you think of the recipe I came up with, thanks! 5 Gallon Batch 9.4lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)...