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All, I have a second year hop plant and it is really taking off this year! I have a setup where they grow up a wire to my privacy fence and then I train them to grow on the wire horizontally along the fence. Anyway, i have bunch of vines growing and I am wondering if I should cut some of them...

Hi all, I bought a smack pack the other day from my LHBS. I noticed it was 5 months old and expressed my concern to the guy there who insisted it would be fine. Well, the packet barely swelled at all after about 8 hours but I went ahead and made my starter anyway. It does not look like the...

Hi All, I am going to brew an IPA next week. I have some leftover hops in the freezer. I am thinking of using some of the extra frozen hops for dry hopping. However, I am not sure if I would be better off using fresher hops for dry hopping. My gut tells me to use fresh hops although I have no...

Hi All, I brewed an Oktoberfest recently and it came out with an off flavor to it. I did a d-rest as recommended. I think it has a vinegary off flavor to it. However, my brother sampled it and he said he thought it had a buttery flavor. Do you think it is possible that my perception of the...

Hi All, I was wondering if higher fermentation temperatures later in fermentation affect the beer less than if the higher temps occurred earlier in fermentation? Reason I ask is that I had a Kolsch fermenting at around 64*F for about 10 days. Then the temps crept up to around 70*F for a...

Hi All, I just got done brewing my second AG batch and for the second time in a row, my mash temp was low (148 both times). Both times I used the formula below to calculate the temp of my strike water. I'm not even sure where I got the formula from :confused: I am brewing 5gal batches and...

Quick question, when you use rice hulls (say when brewing a wheat beer). Do you just mix them in with the grain bill and dump in the MLT with the rest of the grain when you dough in? Or do you keep them seperate and put them in the MLT first before doughing-in? Thanks in advance -Klink

Hi All, So I was cleaning out the 'beer closet' yesterday to make room for a new batch of apfelwein. I found 5 bottles of Pale Ale I forgot I had. I would say they are around 6 months old. So I put them in the fridge for a couple of hours. When I went to open the first one, I see a bunch of...

Hello all, quick question. Has anyone used a nylon paint strainer bag as a hop bag in their boil? I am wondering if the nylon bag will hold up in a full boil. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Home Brew mobile app

Hello All, I got a nice 10 gallon kettle for Christmas and should be brewing my first all-grain batch within the next couple of weeks :ban: Anyway, I have been doing a lot of reading to prepare and I think I got most of this. However, one thing that has me scratching my head a bit is boil...

Saw this article yesterday...made me laugh http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/brewery-responds-starbucks-letter-check-21385526 -Klink

Hey guys, I brewed an extract version of Ed Wort's Haus Pale Ale a couple of months ago. At first (after 3 weeks in bottle), I found the bitterness in the beer was a little 'harsh'. I let it sit a couple of more weeks and the harshness went away. The beer tasted pretty good. I about 10...

Hi All, I'm getting ready to make the jump to all-grain within the next few weeks. I have been doing partial-mash in a bag. At least I thought I was until i started reading about water profiles :( I am on well water water and currently have do not have a water profile for my water. It might...

Hi All, I know there are a ton of threads on this already but I could not find an answer to this specific question although I admittedly did not search all 10,000 threads on this subject :) Anyway, I am bottling my first batch of Apfelwein this weekend. I want to carb just a couple of...

So I brewed my first lager (3rd beer) back on June 13th. Well, we tried it today after three weeks in the bottle and holy crap it's good!! My wife, neighbors and brother all had some today and everyone was amazed, including me. I'm a little buzzed right now :drunk: but I wanted to thank everyone...

All, I'm hoping this attached picture is viewable. I have had my first batch of Apfelwein in the carboy since Memorial Day. I checked it about a week ago and everything looked fine. I just checked it today and see this white "stuff" on the sides of the carboy. Am I screwed? I did notice...

hello all, Ive been reading a lot about the affects of doing a partial boil on hop utilization and thd overall IBU of your beer. I am hoping someone could check my understanding of this. so if I have a 3 gallon boil that is calculated to be say 50 IBUs. Then I top that off with 2 gallons of...

All, I am going to try the PM version of EdWorts Haus Pale Ale tomorrow. I noticed in his recipe, it says "no hydration" in reference to pitching the yeast. Two questions: 1) Does this mean, just dump the dry yeast on top of the wort in the fermentor? 2) Do I need to stir (or shake) the...

Hi All, I will be bottling my first lager tomorrow and had a question. Does it matter what temp my beer is when I prime and bottle? Right now it is sitting around 4.8*C which is what it has been lagering at. My plan is to just prime and bottle it at that temp and then stick it in the closet...

So I've got this one lagering in secondary right now. I got the recipe off of another post in the recipes forum. But I was wondering if anyone had any idea what style lager you would consider this? 6lbs Pilsner Malt extract Partial Mash: 12 oz German Munich Malt (8L) 8 oz German Light...