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So I know a lot of you are brewing some quarantine beers and thanks to the SecDef's stop movement order I guess I have some time to brew again I'm doing an amber ale with Cascade and Chinook. I wanna name it something befitting of the times but I'm drawing blanks. What are y'all naming your...

I brewed a stout last week with an OG of 1.050. I want to add some PB2 to it but wondering if I should wait til fermentation is completely done or toss it in now. Seems to be still actively fermenting, krausen just started falling yesterday. Also any tips on how much, how to add it, etc would...

So I was aiming for an IIPA today, forgot my 2lbs of sugar in the boil. Didnt realize it til I pitched yeast. Obviously undershot my OG and over pitched. Can I add this sugar after the fact? I've read about people doing this with stouts after fermentation has started. Advice please

So I brewed a great big stout this weekend and only had to use about a half gallon of my sparge water (batch sparge) to get to my boil volume. So once that beer was in the carboy starting it's journey, I ran off enough enough of the wort to do another boil...which was totally unplanned. I'm not...

What are people thoughts on hop spiders? I usually do IPAs that involve quite a bit of hops...about 10 ounces on my last batch. I do 5 gallon all grain batches boiled in a 10 gallon pot. Normally I use 100% pellet hops but on occasion will use whole leaf for part of the hop bill. I've read a...

I have an IPA on day ten of fermentation right now and I have a bit of a dilemma. I used a good bit of whole hops in the boil/ whirl pool and was not smart enough to use a bag. So now I have carboy full of beer and that has a 1" thick layer of hops floating on top. I want to dry hop this (w/...

Rebrewed my Irish Red today but on a whim decided to hop it up a bit with some late centennial to about 39 IBUs. What would this be....?

Brewed an Irish red today and hit about 1.055 OG, got just a smidge over 5 gal into the 5 gal carboy plus about 6 oz of rehydrated dry yeast. There's not much headspace here...I have a blow off tube but it's one of the wimpy little ones. Never used one like this before, I always use a large...

So...I feel like I've read somewhere that the kegs inside a fridge need to be lower than the faucets. Im setting up a system....is this true and why?

I got a keg set up for Christmas and recently kegged up an Irish red ale (6.4% abv)on Monday. I wont have my fridge until at least next weekend and then it will take a bit of time to set up. I've been storing this keg in the pantry with the co2 tank hooked up set at 12 psi. My question is...

Put together this recipe aiming for an Irish red ale ...its not as red as I intended. The app I use to build my recipes and track brew days is pretty awesome (Biermacht) , and it has a handy little color estimator Exhibit A: My beer however has turned out considerably less red than...

Im looking to get a 5 gal (or smaller) used whiskey barrel to age some brew in this summer. Couple quick google searches didn't turn much up. Anyone have a good source for something like this?

Not sure if this attachment will work but id like a little feedback on this stout im putting together. Im a little iffy on what yeas to use and the hop schedule as well. Is centennial a good hop for a coffee stout? I have almost a pound of it. Hopefully the attachment works, i used...

I had a bag of left over grains from when I put together a beer a couple months ago and its just been sitting in the spare room forgotten about since mid June. They've been in a sealed bag and my house stays a pretty even 68-70 degrees. There may have been some sun exposure through the blinds...

I used a stainless hot water heater hose to make a mash tun and haven't gotten around to using it yet. Decided to check out all the equipment today since ill be doing my first all grain batch next weekend. I had filled this with water after making it to ensure it wasnt leaking but apparently...

I'm looking at my first all grain; a simple SMASH. whats your opinions on chinook? I've read a lot aboutit being harsh.... What y'all think?

Im getting ready to do my first all grain batch here in a couple weeks, a simple 2 row & chinook SMASH, and I wantedto up my thermometer game. So I picked this guy up on sort of a whim. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B014DAVHSQ/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Anyone have experience using...

Can I use 550 cord for my second year hops? I used some cheap twine last year that had a hard time surviving the windy weather here and I have a ton of 550 cord

I'm getting ready to move up to all grain brewing soon. Ive done quite a few extract beers and one partial mash. What are your thoughts on this? Hows the grain bill look? First All Grain-5 Recipe specifics: Style: Imperial IPA Batch size: 5.5 gal Boil volume: 6.5 gal OG: 1.074...

How long does a typical Irish red ale have to age? I wanna brew up something this weekend that will be ready to serve by St Patties day but I'm concerned that I may not have the time. I do extract and bottle condition and I'm looking at dipping a toe into partial mash soon. Do I have...