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I had a lot of pests on my tettnang and centennial last year. First of all I had damson hop aphids, a spray of soapy water seemed to get rid of them. Then I had flowerbugs, I think they were praying on they remaining aphids. I ended up getting quite a few flowerbugs in the kegs from dry hopping...

I have hops ready for harvest but no great way to store them. I'm thinking of picking them and using them as a flameout addition. I'd also like to dry hop. Should I leave some on the bines for another week and pick them when I'm ready to dry hop? I have a dehydrator so I could dry them but I...

I'm looking for a basic explaination of reducing alkalinity by adding an acid to the water, lactic acid for example. From what I remember from school chemistry, a salt will form in this process. Is there a precipitate that needs to be removed or does it stay dissolved? My water profile is the...

Just did a small batch pilsner smash and noticed it bubbling in the demijohns for a very long time. Did a gravity reading and it had definitely finished up but it was still bubbling like crazy, this is over a month in primary. I bottled and primed with dextrose today. I got a mentos and coke...

About to bottle a few demijohns. I've currently got them lagering at -1*C (30*F). Should I raise them to room temperature first or bottle them as they are? Does it matter?

I'm thinking of doing a quick and easy crowd pleaser beer, sort of pilsner inspired blonde ale. 23L batch 4Kg Lager malt 40g Tettnanger (1.9%) 60 mins 80g Tettnanger (1.9%) 20 mins 80g Tettnanger (1.9%) 6 mins Mangrove jacks M44 1.047 OG 1.011 FG 25 IBU 4.7% not sure if I'll...

Hi all. I'm useing a pretty standard looking helix shaped counterflow chiller and it works great. The problem with it is that it takes up a lot of vertical space, meaning that my kettle is very high and slightly impractical because of that. Has anyone made a flat spiral shaped cfc? It would...

Hi all, I have a couple of bottled beers (helles and an aletobrefest) that have been in the bottles for nearly a year and most of them have started going flat. They had a nice carbonation level after a few months but it's definitely decreasing. I have a mix of glass, capped bottles and coopers...

Just got my water report: calcium:72 magnesium: not measured (said water hardness is mainly from calcium) carbonate:180 (bicarbonate ~220, correct me if i'm wrong) sulphate: 110 sodium:19 chloride:19 ph: 7.5 I want to brew mostly pale ales and lagers. I don't fully understand what...

Just curious about others experiences with handing out your homebrew to acquaintances, work colleagues etc. I have always kept bottles for close friends, guests or gifts if I'm invited to a party. Some colleagues have been asking to try some for a while but I wouldn't say that they're not close...

I've made a few light and malty beers that have various amounts of wheat in them, it gives good lacing and some head retension in my experience. They have come out with an astringent taste, I think astringent is the correct term. However the taste is covered if it is a hoppy beer or has esters...

Its back to the beginners forum for me, after this blunder! Just bottled a half batch of kolsch using a full amount of dextrose to prime. Comes out at 4.2 volume of co2. What now?

Just curious, who tastes their green beer and how much of an indication is it of the finished product? Is it a better indication with some styles than others? My helles is in its diacetyl rest at the minute and it tastes very like becks, hard to tell yet but I think 20 ibu was too much, I...

my favorate ipa, I haven't tried many as they're hard to come by here believe it or not, is brew dog's punk ipa. I like it because I can pick out about four distinct hop flavours. any of my ipas are not like this, the flavours all sort of blend into one and I wouldn't be able to identify them by...

Average temperature in my garage at the minute is about 7*C-8*C (45*f-46*f). Great for the batch of helles that I've got started but I wonder if It will do anything at all for the lagering stage, given time. I have a small batch of kolsch lagering at the minute, I can put some very cold salt...

I'd like to reduce how much I spend on liquid yeast by reusing it. the thing is, I probably wouldn't use a fairly specialist yeast like kolsch very often. so what are my options for long term yeast storage? can I freeze a washed yeast?

I attempted to brew a low alcohol beer a few months ago. 50% pale rye 50% maris otter OG: 1.022 FG: 1.011 11 IBU of galaxy from one 20 minute addition and a whole load of galaxy for dry hops. 1.5% ABV It's too not bad. There's not enough body, and the bitterness is just right for what...

what's wrong with my efficiency calculations? I pitched 15.5L of wort on top of 2L of yeast cake, from an ipa that finished at 1.011 using mangrove jacks british ale yeast. Grainbill was 500g maris otter and 500g pale rye malt. I measured the OG as 1.022. I'm attempting a low alcohol beer...

I made this recipe expecting 85% efficiency and apparently ended up with 96%. 12L batch 2.5Kg maris otter single infusion 67*C BIAB expected og 1.053 measured og 1.060 measured gravity after pitching pitched at around 16*C. could anything be wrong with my reading? is anybody else getting...

Winter is coming up so i'm hoping to use this opportunity to make a batch of helles. I haven't made this style before and I have not used pilsner, munich, vienna, carapils or melanodin malt before, either. It would be great if it turned out something like paulaner helles. I've heard other...