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Can anyone explain this? I checked my stout FG with a hydrometer directly in the bucket at 62 degrees and the beer was at 1.018. I then raised the temp to 70 and left it for 3 weeks. I just kegged the beer, and checked it with my ATC Refractometer. It is now at 1.043. I just confirmed my...

Just moved to Fairbanks, AK! Are there any local homebrew clubs other than the Zymurgist Borealis? I'm looking for one that meets monthly.

Is everyone using tap water, or are you going with RO/Distilled water around here? I seem to have semi-hard water here at my house, and I need to start brewing. Outside of that I really don't know anything about the area's water source just yet.

I just moved due to work (PCS), and I left my kegerator behind for a future renter. I just bought a GE 10.6 cu ft chest freezer to turn into a coffin keezer. However, I am going to be moving again in February, and I don't want to damage the woodwork while moving. In the interim I am going to...

I mashed in on an APA at 160, allowed the temp to settle, added ice, stirred the temp down to 150 after 5 minutes. I just popped open the lid at 1 hour and 10 minutes to find the mash at 158. After my 40 plus batches I have never seen this. I just dropped the temp down to 144, and I plan to...

So, I have 4 ounces of AU Summer hops, and my Girlfriend is going to make a SMaSH APA with them. Based on what I can find I don't have enough for a 5 gallon batch, so I am cutting it back to 3 gallons. Anyone have any experience with AU Summer hops to either approve or recommend change to this...

I just pulled a sample of my Triple IPA, and I get a slight oily texture as it hits my pallet. It has been cold crashing at 33 degrees for 6 days, and I pulled the sample with the dry hopping still in the keg. I just did a forced diacetyl test, and I neither I nor my girl get any buttery...

My girl let this one go for a year, as she forgot it existed. The SCOBY is dark brown with light tan intermixed not black. It is darker than the photo makes it out to be. Is it safe to use again?

Why do people post recipes that they have never brewed, so that others can brew them? I am browsing the internet for some clone recipes, and I keep finding people posting a recipe that they came up with yet they have never brewed. Do they expect others to brew them for them? I get it if you...

I pitched the yeast on a Pumpkin Ale with WLP008 Wednesday, and it is fermenting at 68 in my fermentation chamber. I want to brew a Session IPA with WLP090, but I want to ferment it at 67 with a pitching temp of 57. With it being 80 degrees outside right now will I be able to put the Pumpkin...

What is it that specifically produces the black tar flavor in a RIS? I am curious if there is a certain type of grain and grain percentile combination that produces. I am guessing just a high percentile of Dark Roast Barley of around 10%? If that is the case, what ABV do you need to start...

So my girl and I are turning 30 this year, and we are wanting to make a stupid high abv beer for our birthdays. I plan on using WLP099. I originally wanted to just use a hopped up version of my basic barley wine that I just made, as I am maxed out at 24 pounds of grain in my mash tun...

I kegged my first true to style hefe with a speise mix 8 days ago. How long should I wait for it to carb up? I have it setting in my closet at 70 degrees. I am thinking about putting my CO2 on it just to see where the pressure is. I can most definitely just hit it with CO2, and drink it...

So I made a yeast starter for a couple of brewers that was brewing some extra gallons of Baltic Porter for my club's barrell project. Our communications got crossed, and they made a starter for the extra brew as well. The question is, what do I do with 6.5 billion yeast cells of WLP862 Cry...

So, I'm brewing a Robust Porter for a competition, and as luck have it I have many different things going on right now. Phone calls, flight scheduling and house heater being serviced all while brewing. I'm in the boil process right now and just realized that I added my half campden tablet to...

I am going to make my first Barleywine tomorrow, and I need some feedback. I have all of these ingredients just sitting around my garage, so I need to use them. What better way than to make a Barleywine for fun? I feel that I will get great flavors from this hop schedule, but the bitterness...

So, I just started carbonating my Strawberry Wheat and my Raspberry Wheat last night, and I had an idea. I am curious if anyone has ever tried adding strawberries, raspberries and blueberries in a wheat? The challenge would be to get the flavors balanced just right, but do you think it would...

After 25 batches of various ales I have taken the plunge to make my first lager! My club is doing a Whiskey Barrel Aged Baltic Porter, and I decided to take part. It will be an estimated 9%, so I also decided to try to parti-gyle this thing and bought some extra grain to bump up the ABV and...

Is it just me or is a lack of information on Gambrinus Malt? I cannot find any data on Gambrinus White Wheat, nor any website for their malts.

I cannot figure out some of this info so that I can input the data into Beersmith. Anyone know what these specs are? I can understand Color, Coarse Fine Difference, Protein and Moisture. I need Potential, Yield, and Diastatic Power. BEST MALZ Light Munich Malt STANDARD MALT SPECIFICATIONS...