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I just bottled the IPA for a competition next month and I didn't plan very well. 14B American IPA is 5.5 to 7.5% ABV and 40 to 70 IBU. 14C Imperial IPA is 7.5 to 10% ABV 60 to 120 IBU. My beer is 7.1% ABV and about 300 IBU. Suggestions for which catagory to enter?

I racked my IPA to secondary last week and added 5 oz of pellet hops to it. I want to bottle it tomorrow(Sunday) but there are still a lot of the hops on top of the beer. Should I rack the beer tonight to another carboy before I bottle tomorrow to make sure I don't' transfer hops to the bottling...

Yesterday my wife and I went to a friend’s house to help press several bushels of apples and pears. Since we were only going to make 5 gallons of cider or perry and after tasting both types of juice we couldn't decide what to make. We mixed both the apple and pear. The mix tastes good; the...

I just purchased a barley crusher mill. It came preset a .039. How do I know what I need to set the gap at for different grains? The homebrew shop where I go seems to leave there's at the same setting al the time. Do I need to change it or just leave it alone?

I saved the yeast from my last beer in case I brewed again soon. I'm going to brew in a couple of weeks. The yeast has been in a sealed, sanitized container in the refrigerator. The yeast will be about 6 weeks old when I brew again. Will the yeast be okay to use? Thanks for the help.