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Hello All, I recently attended CBC with my company (we were exhibitors) and came back with a few pounds of assorted hops. I'm looking to brew a NEIPA this weekend and plan on using some of the 12oz of HBC 630 that I have, and am wondering if any of the hops below might go well with it. I...

Hello all, I'm looking for some clarification on when to add the lactic acid called out in the Sparge addition in cell L31 in the Brun Water 1.18 Water Adjustment tab. I brewed a batch of NEIPA on Saturday and adjusted the water using gypsum, CaCl2, and lactic acid in the mash, per the...

I've got my first batch, a bohemian pilsner with Wyeast Bohemian Lager, fermenting in my new 30L Speidel with the spigot on the lower port. Once this batch is done and into the keg, I'm planning on brewing a dunkel and tossing it onto the yeast cake. I've never re-used yeast this way, I've...

Not my post, but wanted to share this: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/496310584187103/ The owner of Cross Culture Kombucha is switching over to commercial kegs and has a bunch of ball locks for sale at a good price - $45 each, discount on 3 or more. I'm picking one up this weekend...

Hello All, I'm looking for suggestions for my Christmas list (my dad likes to start early!). I have a basic 5 gallon AG setup (powerade mash tun, 10 gallon pot, outdoor burner, etc.), a temperature controlled fermentation chamber, two serving kegs, and my latest purchase was on oxygenation kit...

What does everyone think about Founders Solid Gold? They're making a pretty big play to go against the big brewers to the point where I've found this beer retailed next to Bud and Bud Light with a sign that says "Why Not Try a Craft Lager?" Personally, I love All Day IPA, but Solid Gold isn't...

Hello all, I have a bottle of a homebrewed beer that was brewed using yeast harvested from a bottle of Brouwerij 3 Finteinen Oude Gueze Vintage 1997. The beer was brewed in 2016 and I finally opened it to celebrate the birth of my son! I'm trying to grow up the dregs from this bottle for a...

I'm only a year into water adjustments and have made mostly IPAs and English beers this past year, but I'm planning on brewing a German Pils and would like to know if I can use my well water or if I'll need to either dilute or use all distilled and build up. My water chemistry is as follows: Ca...

I had some 2nd gen 1318 that was washed from a brew back in February. I thought I'd use it sooner but haven't gotten back to it yet, so I threw it on the stir plate with some starter wort last night. It's definitely active but the starter is a bit of a murky brownish color. It's got a nice...

Hey All, Due to a high water table in my area, my well head is filling with water, so when I use a lot of water quickly (like watering my lawn or chilling 5 gallons of hot wort, for example) the rusty water in the well head seeps into the well and turns our house water brown. So I need a...

Two months in, I'm curious how everybody's brew years resolutions are going. Are you sticking with it, have you lapsed, or have you changed course? I had two resolutions, one specific and one a little more vague. The first was that I would run a mile for every beer that I drink...motivation to...

Hello all, I'm getting down to the bottom of my first batch that included any significant water adjustments. After getting a water report, I used Brun Water to calculate additions to an all Mosaic IPA (5.5 gallon) that I brewed. I've attached images of the Water Report, Grain Bill, or Water...

Hello all, I've been brewing all grain for a couple of years using my well water without any adjustments and finally got a water test from Ward Labs. I'm just starting to learn about water and how it affects brewing, so I'm looking for some initial help as I figure things out. Below are the...

Hello All, I recently harvested yeast from a can of Sip of Sunshine and grew it up into enough yeast to get a pretty vigorous fermentation going on a gallon test batch (running side-by-side with 1056.) This was my first time harvesting yeast from a commercial beer, so it was more for the...

Hey all, I harvested some yeast from a can of Sip of Sunshine just to see if I could do it. I was planning on using it in my next Pale Ale then reusing in an IPA, but I don't need it immediately for anything. This is my first time harvesting, so I might not have stepped it up right, but more...

I have a few cases of de-labeled bottles that I haven't used since I started kegging. If I were going to use them, I'd run them through the dishwasher and sanitize them, but they shouldn't need any scrubbing besides that. They're an assortment of 12oz bottles...I can probably part with about...

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I have a big bag of unused wine corks that measure about 7/8" in diameter. My wife and I brought them home from a winery with the hopes of making cork boards, but we barely used any of them. I'd guess there are a couple hundred. If...

Hey all, I wanted to share a label I'm working on for my Oktoberfest. I'm planning on giving bombers to my brothers in law for Christmas, so I renamed it Oct-bro-berfest. I wanted to play off of the traditional blue and white diamonds of Oktoberfest and this just sort of happened as I was...

Hi All, I have a leftover gallon of Oktoberfest brewed in March that has been lagering all summer, so it's pretty clear, and I'm going to bottle it. Two questions (which I'm sure have been asked a million times, so please forgive me...) Do I need to add yeast at bottling, or will the layer of...

Hi all, I ended up with 6 gallons of my Oktoberfest this year after lagering 5 gallons in a carbon and the last gallon in a 1 gallon glass jug...same exact beer. I kegged the first 5 gallons and now that the 5 gallon keg is about half full, I'm wondering if I can rack the last gallon into the...