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Hello all There are a few beer traveller shows on that have a guy travelling the world and sampling beers. There is a "reverse" site on FB about bringing the beers to you, through homebrewing. check it out here...

Hello all Are there any good brewery tours in the Anaheim CA area? Any that are better than others, etc? Eric

Hello all I kegged an IPA with Notty yeast, then dumped apple juice and 1 lb honey right back into the 5 gallon carboy. 24 hours later fermentation is blowing enough co2 out the airlock it is hissing, at first I thot a keg was leaking. Anyway, the juice may be a bit overpitched. Will this...

Brewed a few beers and meads over the last 10 years but never a cider. Today I kegged an IPA (CDA), then poured 5 gallons of apple juice onto the Nottingham yeast cake, with 1 lb of honey for the sugar. update: very active fermentation this morning, blowing enough co2 thru the airlock it is...

Hello all I saw a variety pack of beers (online, havent seen in person) that used the same grain recipe, but used different single hops for bittering and aroma so one could taste the different hops, but now I cant find anything about it. Anyone ran across something similar? I remember one...

Hello all I am looking at the Love 16B or Auber SYL2352 and would like to know if either can connect to a laptop? I know it will need a program for the computer but can either connect? Love says it has RS485 communication whatever that is but nothing listed for Auber. I would consider the...

Hello all I am looking at ramp/soak controllers and have a question on outputs. Using the Love 16B series with 2 outputs as an example there are several different outputs available. Relay, voltage pulse, linear voltage, and current. Running a resistance heating coil what outputs are...

Hello all What else do you do besides make beer? I like mead myself. Off topic stuff is: Stained glass pic is window in our front room my stepson and wife did, I helped a little. Have quite a few model airplanes, boats, cars nitro and electric, we have a business in lapidary, do some ceramics...

Hello all There are a few beers I dont like much, I would like opinions on what the reason could be, yeast style, special additions, etc. Dont care much for trippels, NB Belgo, or Chainbreaker White IPA. I think it seems that coriander in beer is something that my body just doesnt care...

Hello all If 2 or more batches of beer made the same day are put in a temp control box, with say a light ale and a heavier double, will they be happy together in the same temp box, or will the most active one be too hot, and the less one too cold? Is it "optimal" to do one batch at a time, per...

Hello all Threw some porter-ish stuff in the pot last weekend, nice color in carboy, coming around nicely. But, what is it? Descriptions for both brown ale and porter have some similarities, at least to me. Here is what I made: 5 gallons 5 lbs light DME 1 lb amber DME 3 oz black...

Hello all I dont mind a bit of haze in my glass, but if I wanted a nice clear IPA, will finings strip out much hop flavor and/or aroma? Can finings be used after primary has slowed down, then dry hop? After dry hop? Eric

Anyone done an experiment to see how much pressure yeast can produce, say if you fermented in a sealed corny? What affect does pressure have on the yeast life cycle? Will it stop at a given pressure? Does different pressure affect flavor, byproducts etc? Does beer fermented at sealevel beer...

Hello all I made a couple batches on Sunday, the notty batch is doing the usual foam overflow, the Safale us05 has great bubbler action that started a few hours before the notty, but minimal foam. Are notty and safale us05 the same? Is it normal for great bubbler activity but minimal...

Hello all Today this found its way into the sorta porter pot: Sortaporter. I like that. 6 gallon batch, full boil 5 lbs light DME 1 lb amber DME 3 oz black patent 2 oz midnight wheat 5 oz choc 320 4 oz crystal 45 15 min add 1lb honey and 1 cup molasses US05 yeast FWH(...

Hello all Are there different sugars made during stewing whole grains for a crystal malt vs mashing, at same temps? If so is it from limited water and free amino acids, etc in whole grains relative to mash? I am reasking this question in this area because I would like to understand better...

Hello all I havent done an all grain yet, so I would like to ask, why add sugar to an all grain to get more alcohol, then add in crystal or carapils or whatever to get body back? Why not just add more grain to get the ABV, and mash at the higher temps to keep some body? What is/are the...

Hello all. I have read a bit and know some basics about mashing but have lots to learn. So, with mash temps, sounds like most mash on the lower end for IPA style, add some sugar to get more alcohol, then add in crystal or dextrine to get body. Why is this done? Why not just use some more...

Hello all I like IPA's APA's etc and would like comments on flavors of these hops, do they play nice together, why or why not? Either better for bittering, flavor, aroma? Eric

Hello all I believe I buggered an active fermenting mead when I racked to secondary after 1 week and left most the yeast behind. Recipe is 17 lbs of mixed store bought honey and one gallon of pure huckleberry juice, sulphited, frozen, thawed. Fermaid K was added at start only, rehydrated...