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What is everyone's opinion on purchasing hops from shops. Do they have to be packed in Mylar bags? Or if they were a little cheaper would you buy them if they were packed in food saver style bags? As when most of all of us buy hops in bulk they go from a Mylar bag to either a food saver style...

Here is my water report from Ward Labs pH 7.2 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est 277 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.46 Cations / Anions, me/L 4.2 / 3.9 ppm Sodium, Na 4 Potassium, K 3 Calcium, Ca 66 Magnesium, Mg 7 Total Hardness, CaCO3 194 Nitrate, NO3-N 4.1 (SAFE) Sulfate...

Ok here is the dilemma I have been wanting to brew a session ipa for a while something in the sub 4% abv range and I have tried 2x times 1st was: Tasty's session pale ale 3.9% abv 1.044 og 1.014 fg ibus of 40-50 43% 2-row 19% marris otter 14% pils 14% c-15 5% c-40 5% carapils...

Well the past 3 of 4 batches of homebrew have had a fairly strong to faint cream corn taste in the finish. The 1 that didnt was a centennial ipa that tastes terrible I think I got some bad centennials (they didn't smell cheesey at all). 2 of the past 3 batches were a take on a cream ale. 1...

Just wondering if any1 else has had troubles with washed Pacman? This is the 2nd batch that it has stopped high. 1st was Jamil's evil twin recipe that it stopped at 1.020 from 1.066 from a 1L starter on stir plate. 2nd batch is a cascade smash from 1.056 to 1.016 from a 1L starter on stir...

How important is the temperature for fermentation in the first 10hrs? I didnt get a good chill and pitched ontop of a cake and had activity with-in an hr and then it was stuck around 80 for 10hrs and i finally got it down to 62 this morning and got home and there is still activity. what i am...

I just did a wit beer again yesterday my 3 wit beer in about a yr. Well the crush went well after rebuilding the hopper/base for my homemade mill so I was happy there (as before it was a pain in the butt). Mash in went well with my paint stirrer for the drill. Missed my temp on my mash out...

I just was browsing over ebay for a temp controller and came across this and it looks good just need to be able to convert my temps to Celsius though here is the link...

I just did BM's cream of 3 crops with the following recipe 6.5# pale 2 row 2# flaked corn 1# flaked rice 1/4 # rice hulls i use a homemade mill with a gap setting of .40 gathered 8.75 gallon preboil boiled 105min (since got too much preboil) ended up with 6 gallon post boil og...

I have some hop bitterness trouble and maltiness trouble too with my beers most of them just seem eh nothing like a commercial beer. This is what I have gathered about my water from our generic sheet they send out to every1 and what I got from the engineer guy when I called. copper 0.08%...

I have been having trouble with my hops here lately on anything that I brew that is hop centered it doesn't turn out that way. As in I had brewed an imperial ipa with 8oz of centennial and around 9% abv and there is little to no hop aroma or bitterness to it. Also I have brewed an india...

I was wanting to hear from all of you out there that motorized your mills with a motor. I was wondering about the amount of torque needed as there is a huge selection of motors out there with a huge range of torque. I have my eyes set of a gear head ac motor so I can direct drive it to my...

here is what i think might become my house ale. tell me what you all think of it. Type: All Grain Date: 1/9/2009 Batch Size: 5.50 gal Brewer: Chris Boil Size: 7.00 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Cooler (48 qt) Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0...

i just brewed an American wheat a few days be4 Christmas. my brew house efficiency has been all over the chart anywhere from 54% to 75% (the last batch which was a Scottish 80 ended up becoming a wee heavy since i got better efficiency then i thought i was gonna get) this wheat batch was 65%...

i made a two hearted clone about a month ago maybe longer. its been in the keg for atleast 3 weeks. i dry hopped it in the 2ndary with 1oz centennial and 1oz cascade both pellets. left it on them for 10days then transfered to keg and hit it with 25psi for 2 days then lowered to 12 for another...

i was wondering if any1 has had this ipa and if they have any luck with putting a recipe together from it? i emailed bbc about it and got nothing in return. its pretty tasty i think as its 8% abv and got a nice hop taste and the price was very good i thought. 6.99 a 6er in louisville.

Hey guys i am looking for a pm recipe for a coffee stout. i have 7# of alexanders dark malt liquid extract i wanna use up and figured to do a stout since i haven't brewed 1 yet. i know i wanna use lactose too in the recipe and pretty much have the idea for the coffee down to cold brew a batch...

I just bought 3#'s of honey i got it at a really good deal so what to brew with it? any thoughts just throw them out there i am up for most anything. thanks

Hey fellow brewers I just recently finished my 3 Ag batch which was a brown ale got it cooled to 70 degrees in about 15 mins which made me very happy. went ahead and pitched 2 packs of muntons dry yeast then got to reading that it should really only be used for extracts so i dehydrated a pack...