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Hi Fellow Homebrewers, In my pursuit in trying to brew an authentic "oldschool" German/Munich Helles, I have come across a few questions during my beer style research that I wanted to bounce off of the homebrew community for the experts and experienced among us. If I have read correctly...

Hello fellow brewers of the HBT community, I have been an avid reader here these past years and have learned a lot from reading through the forums however I now have stumbled across something that I could not find thus prompting a new thread. Everyone knows that a California Common needs...

Hi, I am looking to do an IPL recipe but with the focus on having a nice caramel malt background and a orangey-citrus hop character. To get the nice caramel malt background I've considered the following malt bill: 85% Pilsner Malt 7.5% CaraHell (~10L Crystal) 7.5% CaraDark (~50L...

Hello all and thanks for the great support and advice in the past, truly a great forum and community! I unfortunately have another crazy question: I have a competition next Saturday (21st) (dropping off beer day of) and brewed my competition beer (Red Ale) last Sunday (8th).I know this is...

Anyone on here have any???

Yeah, I have been searching all of those, just seeing if anyone here has any. Thanks for the tips though! I will continue my search!

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My college roommate and I want to embark on a glorious beer journey to Denver, CO to live the greatest beer festival in the US! THE GABF!!! :tank: Unfortunately we did know if we could make it work until a few days ago. Does anyone have 2 spare tickets they would be willing to sell? We are...

This is me last summer in Holledau, Deutschland in the middle of the Hops harvesting season enjoying the hops aroma!

I actually am in the same boat, well, kind of..... it is a secret ale that will involve hazelnuts, that's all I can say as of now ;) Here are a couple of links I have found with people using real hazelnuts. I do know about the oils and the head retention, but you have to try everything...

I'm in the exact same carboy man. Just brewed my first 2 beers with extract and specialty grains. I want to build my own wort chiller soon, and eventually start to build my kit to an All-Grain setup. I am fortunate enough to have the LHBS give a free demo this weekend on how to All-Grain brew...

I agree as well. Most to all of the information from ideas, tips, and recipe lists i have found on this forum! Great stuff! I brewed my first two, 1 brew at 17 days, the other at 10 days. Looking forward to both!

Go Blazers! Blazers win against the Rockets tonight at home in Portland! I also can enjoy a good pint of beer and some b-ball! Prost, Chris

Well, I am pretty new to all of this, but I have been doing some research on a brown I would like to brew in the near future: Other yeast strands you might want to consider: Ringwood Ale (Wyeast 1187) - malty, complex, clears well British Ale - (Wyeast xxxx) - malty, vigorous fermentation...

I am new to this, and I waited quite a bit for my first signs of fermentation, but not that long! Wow! I would recommend what someone recommended to me. You might need to oxygenate your wort. I was told to shake the carboy or bucket vigorously to get more air into the wort. This really helped...

I know that PBW will really need to be rinsed properly. That may have been your problem. The sanitizer shouldn't have affected anything. Gosh, that really sucks though with your beer. I wish you more luck in the future! Cheers, Chris

Yeah, I had the same question not too long ago. After researching a bit, I found out that the Star San is fine to leave foamy, sp you can leave it in there. Remember, it is 1oz for 5 gal so use it sparingly. I would recommend less, use 1 gal of water and swish it around. Less foam and probably...

Update: So this morning I went to check it out and saw small white spots of foam but still no bubbling, and after seeing the posts and talking to the homebrew supply store guy this morning, I decided to aerated the beer by shaking it after sanitizing my hand (gosh, that carboy with the beer in...

Also, adding more yeast I have researched, would make the yeast lazy, and reduce the banana/clove flavor to the beer. Any comments?

Plenty of air? ^^^ How do i do that? Just swirl it around with the air-lock on? Or leave the airlock off and give it some air? I'm probably going to the homebrew store tomorrow and will pick up another yeast pack, just to be safe.