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I'm wondering what can cause your hop aroma to not show up in the final product? I used 4oz of hops to dry hop in my secondary and felt I would have an okay nose on my pale ale but once I sampled it I get nothing.? What can cause this?

Okay so i just bottled my home brew today, an american pale ale using zythos hops. But i didn't get the aroma i was thinking i would. So heres the details, used a good amount 4oz in pellet form and left them in my secondary carboy for a week. I placed them in a one gallon paint strainer bag...

So i brewed a pale ale and its looking pretty hazy. I did two weeks primary and transferred to my better bottle carboy to dry hop for a week. Im planning to bottle it in a few days. It clarified somewhat in the carboy while i was dry hopping but, I was wondering if i could do anything more to...

When heating my steeping water how much can I expect its temperature to drop when I place my grains in? I plan to steep them in a separate pot using 1.5-2 quarts of water per pound of grain. Just wondering if I have to heat my water to a higher temp then my steeping temp.

So I am a newbie to homebrewing only have 3 batches in but I made the jump a while ago and bought a chest freezer for my new hobby but of-course it didn't have a temperature control and I found out I had to buy one in order for my new freezer to be useful to me. So I went online to northern...

So I know a lot of brewers don't do this and still have successful batches but I am choosing to rehydrate my dry yeast the next batch I make... So tht being said I've seen different instructions for this I have John palmers how to brew and read his way and have seen other ways as well online at...

I decided on brewing a pumpkin ale for my next batch. I opted to go with actual pumpkin not just pumpkin spice or canned pumpkin. I would like some advice on what type of pumpkin is best to use when brewing. I'm not sure the importance of the choice in pumpkin but I'd like to give my self the...

Do you guys recommend this?? I've seen videos on YouTube and I'm thinking of doing it for my second batch. I bought a northern brewer kit tht came with safale US -05 ale yeast which on the packet says PITCHING: sprinkle into wort. Does this mean I can't rehydrate or shouldn't?

Just cracked open and tried first batch of home brew after it sitting for 2 weeks. Some bottles carbonated well others not at all.. And taste very flat ? What Can I do to avoid this next time.

So being tht I'm new to home-brewing I just recently discovered northern brewing company's site when i found out they have their kits recipes Available to view, thnx to this forum.. So as I was on their I was looking at all they had to offer and saw tht they had DVDs available on pretty much...

New to brewing and not experienced enough to really build my own recipes. I do have a good idea of the styles I like to drink and would like to make. I'd feel more comfortable getting a detailed and tested recipe. What source can I find on the web outside of here.

So I'm new to the forum although I've lurked for a while and new to home brewing less then a batch in waiting to see the results of my first batch which is a extract with some specialty grains, nothing fancy just a kit from my local home brew shop. My interest in home brewing came from just...