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Sorry to bump this old thread. I am going to attempt this but I am doing extract. Could anyone update their attempts at this or critique my recipe below? 3.5 lbs Muttons Light DME 2 lbs Muttons Extra light DME Steeped with Carapils Safale US-04 yeast .5 oz Nugget @ 60 min .5 oz Columbus @ 20...

I brewed a homebrew double IPA from a kit with LME, columbus and cascade hops, and safale US-05. Im getting a pretty strong plastic smell. More specifically it smells like melting plastic and takes over the entire smell of the beer. I can taste it too allthough not nearly as strong, the beer...

So I took another reading and it hasn't moved. Should I be worried and trying to find a way to get it going again? Still has a krausen and the samples taste good.

I'm brewing a hefeweizen with Wyeast 3068. I brewed it Saturday, the OG was 1.049, I didn't make a starter, I pitched at about 2 pm into around 68 degree wort and left it in my room which was also at around 68 degrees. I left for a while and came back around 10 pm and the airlock was going nuts...

So it's possible to cold crash prior to bottling and still get carbonation from bottle conditioning? I do have the space to bottle age in the fridge. When leaving a little sweetness how long do you usually age?

Hi I am currently fermenting my first batch of Cider and even though it's going to be a while still I want to get a plan for back sweetening and carbonating which is a little confusing since I will be bottle conditioning. Recipe was 4.5 Gallons TreeTop & just under a pound of corn sugar with...

Has anyone followed this exact recipe but used Centennial instead of Amarillo? I plan on doing 2, 2.5 gallon batches of this using Centennial in one and Amarillo in the other. Since they will be 2.5 gallon batches I will be doing full boils but other than that I will follow the recipe exactly...