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So, is degassing a mead daily during the first week of primary an essential "must do" kinda thing? Can anyone tell me of the benefits of doing so, or point me towards some reading? None of my homebrewing books talk about it ( mind you, their emphasis is beer-making) and haven't found anything on...

I'll be in Ottawa next sunday, only for a night.... just passing through on a road trip. Me and SWMBO have never been there, looking for advice on local watering holes within walking distance of the Lord Elgin Hotel?

Hello fellow HBT'ers! Looking for advice from Ottawa/Montreal folks.... SWMBO &I will be travelling through the area in 3 weeks and I'm looking for suggestions for good food and good beer. ( of course we've been looking around online, but that **** gets exhausting, and I want real, tangible...

It is best to get it down to pitching temp quickly to ensure you have a good cold break, promoting a clearer, cleaner tasting beer. The sooner you can pitch lessens the chance of bacterial or wild yeast contamination. I tend to use my food safety experience from being a chef to navigate how I...

Here be the Maple Chocolate Coffee Stout I quite literally just bottled on Saturday. I know it's way too early but this is all I got in the house and this cat needed a beer! After only 4 days it seems I've produced a gusher. Out of a 22oz bomber, probably a good 8oz foamed out..... hope it's...

@MadHomeBrewer, I'm familiar with that! Brooklyn Brew Shop published a recipe book not long ago that I purchased. Pretty innovative ****e that they do! I have not as yet tried any as all their recipes are all-grain, and I do not as yet have the equipment to do such. I'm in a transition phase...

I've been scouring this forum for a couple days, as well as other online resources and I have a rather simple question that I can't find the answer to. ... Both Palmer and Papazian agree on priming with 1.25 cups of maple syrup, but I can't find how much longer I can reasonably expect it to...

Hello from Thunder Bay, ON my fellow Canadian homebrewers! Started with and still am a predominantly extract brewer. Do the occasional partial mash. ... would like to step up to all-grain, but I don't have that much time, nor do I have the equipment yet. And going all-grain means mail...

This is fantastic! My HB Witbier tastes exactly the same as Hoegaarden!! 'Tis a lot darker though

This is fantastic! A little darker but tastes exactly the same as Hoegaarden! !

Witbier was bottled one week ago, finished at SG 1.008 ABV ~5.2%. It's a little early yet, but I'm gonna crack a bottle this evening after a Hoegaarden, just to see how it compares with the style standard

Doesn't have the "snap" that I look for and love in a heff. Not the worst beer I've ever consumed though.... no no no, that was the HB Nut Brown Ale courtesy of Black Rock..... Left me horrified and outraged! And drunk, it was strong and I still drank it..... I seriously considered dumping the...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=527492 Quick attenuation?

12:50 EST HB Kolsch to commemorate the unofficial start of summer in my neck of the woods. Canadian May Long Weekend!!

So, Thursday I brewed a BB Belgian Witbier fermented with Safbrew WB06. I had the starter doing it's thing for 24hrs, where I usually let it go about 6hrs. Like I say, this was brewed, cooled and in the carboy by 1pm on Thursday, and by Friday at 9pm when I get home from work, I see the...

So, when I leave for work yesterday morning, it's churning wildly and looks like the photo above. When I get home yesterday after work, the krauesen has subsided, and I've got flocculation and yeast rafts! I was a little surprised, I'm only 10 batches in, but I haven't seen an attenuation...

This might be on topic as we are talking about cold breaks and beer clarity.... I've never cold-crashed before, but would like to. I understand it's purpose and how the process works, but my question is, is there an upper limit to how long you cold crash? Cuz in my mind, if you allow...

Corrected OG on your stout, or my Witbier? I was actually expecting it to be taller, the last BB kit I did ( a kolsch btw) was spitting out the blowoff tube after 12 hours....

The view when I got up this morning

Ain't that dogs for ya!