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Dear Brewers, After realizing my relationship with beer is a little too one-sided, I've decided to hang up my mash-paddle and cash-out my hobby. What's the best way to list my stuff? Here and craigslist? Also should i try to bundle as much as possible, or piecemeal everything? As an example...

Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season. I thought i'd share these gifts that i found on the information super highway recently. These texts show how information was disseminated in the past. How passionate brewers and beer lovers communicated in the days before the world wide web. In...

Dear HBTers, I am formulating a spiced ale and would like some thoughts on this recipe. Koala Ale This is for a 5-gallon batch Grain Listed as percents to compensate for variations in efficiencies 76% pilsener malt 11% caraamber 5% chocolate malt 5% Amber Candi sugar (exclude from mash) 3%...

Dear HBTers, Thanks in advance for your time and thoughtful responses. I am going through a bottle of CO2 every 4 weeks or so, and I'm thinking i have a CO2 leak somewhere. My setup: CO2 tank > dual gauge 2 port regulator > T tubing (one side to manifold the other for a better bottle filler)...

Hey HBT, I used to carb at my serving pressure (5-8PSI). This meant that for some styles (@40F) the carbonation was a little low (~2 units) Can I carb a keg with one CO2 tank to get to say 15PSI (2.8 units) and then put that keg on 5-8 PSI serving pressure and still maintain 2.8 units of...

Thanks for taking the time to visit this thread. I live in Gwinnett County, GA. My water is allegedly this: 6 ppm calcium 7 ppm sulfate 1 ppm magnesium 1.3ppm chloride 3 ppm sodium 22 ppm bicarbonate the pH is 7.6 Base/Balanced Regardless of beer style, i am looking at adding the...

I might not have been doing it right.

is there anything i can add to get the sour/tang out of it? It is not an infection - it is obviously an overuse of acidulated malt. Ended up with about 5% of my grist as acidulated - i can drink this, as long as i tell myself its a different beer than it is. Can i add a tsp of baking soda?

Suppose that for some reason or another the broad spectrum of ingredients was not available to you anymore. Which ingredients would you choose to continue to brew the wide variety of beers you brew? Arbitrary limits: 8 grains (assume we are doing AG brewing) 4 yeasts 8 hops ----------- For...

Anyone think this is a disaster in the making? Amt Name Type # %/IBU 16 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 71.9 % 2 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 2 9.0 % 1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.5 % 1 lbs Carared (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 % 1 lbs Melanoidin (Weyermann) (30.0 SRM)...

I am intending to do something along the lines of a 'Florida Weisse.' Or at least my interpretation of one, which is a Double Berliner Weisse with some fruit in secondary. My question is about the method for getting that tangy sour/tart taste. I have read a variety of opinions and threads and...

I am getting ready to rack an IPA onto hops in a secondary. I was thinking that i would do a quick and dirty cold-crash the primary to get it to clear out a bit, then rack onto hops in secondary. I was going to let the secondary warm back up in a fermentation chamber set to 67F. Then after 4...

Dear Brewers, I have to admit, that i have fallen off the wagon. It has been 4 months since my last brew-day. I find that my methods are too time intensive to also allow me to be a daddy, as well as the domestic chef/gardener/plumber/auto-mechanic/cleaning maid/dog-sitter/general...

I want to use a filter to remove all yeast from beer before it gets into the final keg. I don't want to turn this into a discussion about whether or not it is a good idea, or let it get sidetracked onto any other topic aside from the best methods to filter yeast completely prior to consumption...

I'm the proud dad of a 1-year old Centennial Hop Bine. It took some time for it to root and show growth. Once it started growing it was going about 1 foot per week. Now it has a bunch of cones on it. I've heard/read/seen that the hops are ready for harvest when the cones make a...

Can i get some thoughts on this recipe? 1.048 OG 54% german wheat malt 39% 2-row german pilsner malt 4.5% carapils 2.5% acidulated malt Mash at 148F for 75 minutes Boil 90 minutes 5.1 IBUs with Mandarina Bavaria at 60 minutes 5.1 IBUs with Mandarina Bavaria at 15 minutes 1.0...

I have been having a hard time making hoppy beers. Malty beers have all turned out wonderfully. The last two IPAs have turned out awful. I added bittering hops at 60 and the usual suspects at 15, 5, 0 and dry hopped. Did all the right math to get the right IBUs. Followed a sound process...

Its been a long time since i last bottled, having switched to kegging. I did a 1 gallon batch of hefeweizen and decided to bottle it. When the beer went into the bottles with the carb drops, it had some bubbly foam on top. Per the instructions on the bag of carb drops i used 5 for "well...

The people at my LHBS are nice, friendly, and helpful; however they can be a bit chaotic and sloppy at times. I was interested in brewing an Australian Sparkling Ale and asked them for a yeast - they said they didn't have any, but they would take the yeast packet from one of the Cooper's kits...

Is Cooper Ale Dry Yeast the only true option? Or can we use something offered by Wyeast? Link to style guideline: Australian Sparkling Ale FWIW, my recipe below (took some significant liberties with respect to stye): 72.5% Maris Otter 20% 6-row 2.5% acidulated malt 2.5% caraamber...