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Salutations! I had ordered the Mosaic IPA kit from NB a few weeks back. But upon opening the box, I saw that instead of 6 oz of Mosaic, there was 6 oz of French Aramis hops! NB corrected the mistake and sent me the Mosaic, but now I'm wondering what to do with the Aramis? Anybody have any...

Hey everyone! I hope all is well! So I’m looking to brew a pale ale for the summer, and I'd like a hint of apple to it. I’ve heard that Calypso hops imparts an apple/pear aroma, and I’m thinking I might take a stab at adding some to my recipe. I’ve pondered adding some apple cider, but I...

Hey everybody! Okay, so I'm only just beginning to get into treating my water. I know next to nothing about it right now, so please bear with me. I got a water report, and now I'm plugging numbers into Brewer's Friend, getting a feel for how this stuff works. I put in my water report numbers...

Greeting, and happy holidays to you all! Haven't been able to brew in awhile, and I want to take a stab at a breakfast stout. Just playing around on my own, and I was hoping for some feedback on a recipe before I go ahead with it... 1.079 OG 51 IBU 42 SRM 13 lb 2 Row 8 oz Crystal 120 1 lb...

Morning, folks! So for anyone who has bottle primed with brown sugar, did it take longer than usual? I have a pumpkin ale that I'm thinking of priming with brown sugar. I'm normally quite patient, but I was hoping to have it ready in time for a camping trip coming up in a month. This...

Not terribly worried, but I'm curious.... Prior to bottling last weekend (Saturday night), I harvested the yeast from the batch into mason jars, and stored it in the fridge. Last night (4 days later), I made a starter from one of the jars... Nearly 24 hours later, and there's probably an inch...

Hey folks! So I'm working on an all-grain recipe for a smoked porter. I'm fairly new to coming up with my own recipes, and the process typically starts out with pen & paper and a calculator, browsing the web for guidelines on % of grains in typical styles, what hops might work best, etc...

Good morning, folks! Here's a question... Can anybody recommend a reason why I should NOT just put a thin piece of metal under my entire kettle while it's on the burner? Does anybody else do this? So it's not the worst thing in the world, but when my brew day is done and I'm cleaning...

Greetings, and happy new year to you all! So I brewed up two 1 gallon BIAB batches over the past two days. The first one went well enough, but the second one, not so much... The second batch was a pale ale intended to have an OG of 1.055. Beersmith predicted that the BG would be 1.028. I...

It is a known issue that BeerSmith treats lactose as fermentable, when it shouldn't. I have it listed in my ingredients and the OG would be 1.064 with the lactose. Without, it should be 1.058. I intend to add it at bottling anyway, so it's NOT currently in my batch. So here's the thing, I...

Good morning! I brewed a batch whose BG was estimated in BeerSmith to be 1.048. I poured a sample into my hydrometer test tube, and it said that the BG was 1.030 and the temp was 102 degrees. Adjusting for calibration, it would have been 1.036 I then put the hydrometer in my boil kettle...

Morning, all! So hey - I bottled a Honey Tripel about 5 months back, and I've checked in periodically on sample bottles to see how carbonation is going. I opened a bottle this past weekend, and I swear I've heard bottles of water hiss more than my beer did! It's completely flat, burns of...

Hopefully this will add some new questions to the mix! Or at the very least, spark a "why is everybody only interested in talking about pumpkin beers?" Thread :) Anyway... I'm new to formulating my own recipes, and I recently brewed my own pumpkin ale. So far, I'm happy with the results...

Here's a question for ya... I brewed a pale ale 2 weeks ago. I second guessed the volume and boiled longer than originally planned because I thought I was going to have too much. That turned out to be a poor choice, as I came up 1/2 gallon short of my post-boil volume. However, my OG was higher...

Hey folks! So here's a question for y'all… I mashed about 2+ pounds of grain in a 5 gallon cooler (I'm doing a 1 gallon batch). I heated my water to strike temp, poured it into the cooler, and added my bag. After watching it for a few moments, the temp was not coming down to mash temp, so I...

Good day to you all! So like many people 'round this time of year, I'm brewing a pumpkin ale. This is the first time I'm brewing an all grain batch of my own recipe (last year I had Northern Brewer's extract kit) This time around, I'm planning on making a separate tincture for each pumpkin...

Hey folks! How's it going? I'm currently beginning to work on devising my own recipes. Thus far, I've brewed a Pale Ale that I intend to bottle sometime this week. So far, so good, I think! The numbers were pretty much spot on, so I was happy with that. Now I'm looking to put together a...

Hey folks! Okay, so I had brewed up a honey tripel awhile back. After being in the primary for about a month until the bubbling stopped, I racked to 2ndary. Let's say that it's been about 6 weeks since then... Anyway, multiple other projects around the house are in between me and bottling...

Hey folks! So I had brewed a Belgian Tripel two weeks back. I waited maybe 4 days for the bubbling through the blow-off to slow down before I added honey (in lieu of sugar in the boil). The bubbling picked back up, and hasn't stopped since. There has been a consistent burping through the hose...

Greetings, folks! Okay, so here's the situation: I'm aiming to brew a 5.5 gal batch of tripel this weekend. So far, I suspect that the OG ought to be about 1.083. I bought 2 vials of yeast, and added them to a 2 L starter (calc said I'd hit my pitch rate with 2 steps, in a 2L with 2...