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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGlyFc79BUE Unfortunately when I found it last night, and planned a blissful day at work blocking out EVERY conversation around me....I didn't realize youtube had put in adverts....sigh. That really messes with the OCD. Going to test how many hours of this...

So, yesterday I did a back to back brew day and I was AMAZED at the difference between mashing Marris Otter (MO) and 2 Row. MO was used for an Heady Topper clone and the first smelled sweet and bready and relaxing. Even the GF wanted to come downstairs once in a while. Right behind that was...

Mashed in a Heady clone with marris otter, place smelled wonderful. Second batch a Stone Ruination clone with 2 row that that stuff smells like fish market! (Compared to the nifty smell of the marris otter.)

I was trying to set up a recipe for a Heady Topper inspired (No apollo at my HBS.) and there appears to be no category for IIPA anymore? The only thing I am finding is 22A Double IPA. I guess that is close, but is it accurate under the new guidelines? I am guessing it is a bigger bucket...

...and I found out through Robocall! I mean the nerve of them, to not even give me fair warning and then to leave a random voicemail from some random KS phone number. I guess I better call that number they gave me, they said it was urgent and I definitely do not want an IRS lawsuit. Can...

I am on my second attempt at a 1% version of Nanny State from BrewDog. The first one was WAY harshly bitter, but also very thin. This time around I redid the hops a lot going from 112 down to 89 IBU, but the final wort still seems very thin. Since I am changing up the hops this time, I kept...

I attempted to make a clone of Brew Dog's Nanny State. It is a <1% beer that is well over 100ibu. Turned out that it is WAY too bitter to drink on its own. Not bad at all, just WAY WAY harsh bitter. So I started to try to mix with a couple other beers I have around. First - a barleywine...

Hello, I watched a Chop an Brew recently that made one of the most clear statements about over pitching. It resembles some of the stuff I have brewed...watery tasting. The comment was that the worst thing you can do is over pitch an IPA because you strip out all the hop flavors and even...

So I finally have started brewing consistently and I have figure out the gas issues (was getting compressed air instead of CO2) and now I need to actually pour a nice pint of beer. My taps are right in the door of the keggerator, so about 1ft above the 3gal kegs inside. I like my beer on...

I had a few bottles of O'Dell's deconstruction from a couple years back. Loved it so much I wanted to 'remind' myself to try to grow up some culture from the beer and see what I get. Well....here we are, last bottle is drunk, and I have that thin layer of beer sitting over the bottle dregs...

Let's say, I didn't have a chiller, and I forgot to buy ice, so I only have ground water at the moment..... ....if I chill to 150F, will that warp the carboy? ....do I need to get under...120F? (Trying to squeeze in two brews today, so need to get into carboy to start the second....no, I...

On the way home I passed a dog in the road. Looked like it had been recent, and the dog had a clearly visible collar. Too many times I have been flying by on a highway, this time I could turn around and head back. I got the puppy out of the road before anyone else could run over her. Tags...

Hello, I am just wrapping up a kegorator build, and I will have to work around the broken parts of the fridge I pulled apart. It seems that the fridge parts have a broken temp sensor, as none of the settings ever turn off. I tested that the new box is getting cold with a cup of water and...

Trying to get a pic of my JOAM meads up, but both firefox and chrome are erroring. Chrome's error - The website encountered an error while retrieving https://www.homebrewtalk.com/newattachment.php?do=manageattach&p=7404382&qeiajax=1. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly...

I have built a new kegerator and finally getting back to having kegs of beer ready to go. (In the past, just leaving the kegs in the basement ambient was too hit or miss on carbonation, so really hoping this makes things better.) Anyway, now that I have a keg sitting under pressure again, I...

Deleting....seems this made people upset for reasons I do not understand.

So, I finally took my first sample of my first ever attempt at a lager. The plan was a Tmave Pivo. The recipe is basically a combination of what mad fermentationist had and what was in the hops book. I got the saflager s-32 as the basic dry recommendation. Fermentation was at 50 for 10...

...I do not think I am a fan. It actually smells almost skunked and had a modestly harsh bitterness with not much else. Some vegative and a grassiness. Way in the finish is a hint of citrus, but still sharply bitter. Trying Green Flash single hop Hop Odyssey of pacific gem. Anyone like...

Wow. I have made through the entire day will all my personal walls in place. Then I saw this pic, and I remembered, I meant to run a play list of his today.... http://luckovich.blog.ajc.com/2016/01/11/0112-mike-luckovich-major-tom/ First song and I am bawling. As a grown assed damn...

Hello, I thought I had done all the research I needed for my first ever czech pilsner, but now I have two data points that are outside the 'accepted' instructions. The original decoction mashing with a protein rest seems to be due to under/poorly modified malts. Every current recipe says...