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Looking to make a pale ale with and Cascade and EKG. Small bittering charge at 60 then an ounce each of Cascade and EKG at 10 minutes and flameout. Anyone have any experience with this hop combo....do they play well together? thanks

Not sure as I've never used these hops in the past. 5 Gallon Batch OG - 1.059 IBU 65.42 SRM 6.98 11 LBS 2 Row (93.6%) .75 LBS Crystal 40 (6.4%) .5 OZ Magnum at 60 1OZ Nelson Sauvin @10 1OZ Galazy @10 1OZ Nelson Sauvin @0 1OZ Galaxy @0 Yeast - US-05

Posted this in the bottling/kegging subforum but it's probably best suited here.... So after 2 years of bottling batches, I kegged my first batch last night. About 20 minutes after I kegged and pressurized the keg, I realized that I forgot to rinse the PBW from the keg and serving line…UGH...

So after 2 years of bottling batches, I kegged my first batch last night. About 20 minutes after I kegged and pressurized the keg, I realized that I forgot to rinse the PBW from the keg and serving line…UGH! Before filling with beer, I put 2 gallons of hot water and a little PBW in the keg...

Made an all grain English pale ale beginning of August. Recipe consisted of 9 lbs of Maris otter, .5 lb of English crystal medium and 3 oz of kent goldings. Sprinkled Nottingham yeast and held fermentation at 64-65. One issue I had during the process was the hose clamp on my chiller broke so...

Brewed up my first all grain batch of American Wheat 2 weeks ago and got 1.050 as my starting gravity, took a sample last night and got 1.002….ended up bottling. I tasted the sample, it tasted a bit boozy and thin but not bad. I totally butchered my mash temps and ended in the 144-148...

Hi, I'll be moving into a new house in the next couple of months that has a private well. As part of the inspection we had a water test done. For past brews, ive used bottled spring water and do partial mash brews and have been happy with the resutls. For ease of use, Id love to just use...

Brewing up my first Partial Mash kit this weekend which is the Surly Bender PM kit from Northern Brewer. I opted for no yeast as I have a packet of S-04 on hand. NB suggests using Wyeast 1335 British Ale II yeast. My LHBS has the Wyeast 1335 on hand but I've never used liquid yeast, made...

I will be brewing the NB Brickwarmer next week and this will be my first time using US-04. My process for previous brews using US-05 is to cool the wort down to 60, pitch yeast and keep at ambient of 62. Is this a safe process for US-04 as well or should I pitch a bit warmer?.....or warm up...

Looking at this kit for my next (6th) batch. Has anyone made this one before, how did it turn out? Would you recommend it? Got some good reviews on the NB site but a lot of comments about people having blowouts which I'm attributing to differing fermentation conditions (warmer temps) and not...

I brewed up an IPA last weekend that I am planning on dry hopping in primary with 2-3 oz of Cascade. In the past Ive just tossed them in but this time around I'm experimenting with filtering the hop material out to make bottling a bit easier. For dry hopping, If I place them in a hop bag and...

For my 4th brew, I brewed up a batch of Brewers Best Summer ale this past weekend on 6/8. I'd like to take it camping with me in 5 weeks so I'm wondering....should I ferment for 3 weeks (my norm) and bottle condition for 2 weeks or should I ferment in primary for 2 weeks then bottle condition...

Hi, Just bottled my 3rd batch last night. It was a Brewers Best IPA kit and I ended up getting 28 16.9 OZ bottles...approximately 3.7gallons total. Unfortunately I lost some beer to the trub and during bottling. It sat in primary for 22 days OG was 1.061 FG was 1.011 I primed with 5oz...

Hi, Just brewed my second batch (extract) on Friday night - A Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale clone. Wort was around 60 when dry windsor yeast was pitched. Stored bucket fermenter in basement room with 68 degree ambient temp. The airlock was bubbling away on Saturday around 3PM about 14 hours...

Just brewed my first batch tonight...Northern Brewers American Wheat ale. Everything went as planned until just prior to fermentation. Wort was added to cold water in the fermenter and to top off the fermenter I grabbed 2 16 oz bottles of Poland springs water out of my fridge. Halfway thru...

First time brewer here with a few basic questions. I am brewing my first batch tomorrow which will be the American Wheat Ale from Northern Brewer that comes with their single stage starter kit. I'm looking to add some flavoring to the end of the boil....vanilla, orange peel and cinnamon. I'm...