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Ugh! I thought I purchased two packages of Wyeast 2308 (German Lager) for the Oktoberfest I'm brewing tomorrow, but one pack is actually the Czech Pilsner yeast (2278). Was just about to make the starter when I noticed this. Ironically, both yeasts are very similar and both for the same kind...

OK, so I'm a pliny fan. I love the IIPAs, but I've realized mostly because I like that huge hop aroma. In fact, I get disappointed with so called DIPAs that don't hit me immediately with hop aroma/flavor. I don't mean I don't dig the bitterness too, but it isn't actually what I love about the...

I was talking with some of the expert brewing gurus at my club meeting (Maltose Falcons), and was told that you should probably consider testing your house water (if you use it for brewing) upwards of 3 times a year. The rationale being that (at least here in southern CA) the source used for...

Anyone find any wild difference in magnetic stir rods, or even defective stir rods? I just recently purchased a stir plate and am finding that while one of the two stir rods works fine, the other will stir for just a bit then stop, or not stop at all. Perhaps it is a weaker magnet??? Anyone...

So lately I've been using turbinado sugar to increase my OG, but always kept the amount substantially lower than the amount of malt extract I'm using. For instance, if a recipe called for 10 lbs DME, I might substitute 2 lbs of DME for 2 lbs of turbinado. How is this changing the overall...

I just transferred my second brew to the secondary fermenter and I was rather disappointed to see a gravity of .03 instead of .02. I sampled the embryonic beer and found I really enjoyed the taste, though of course, with a hint of sweetness. At this point, is there anything I can do to get a...

This has probably been asked but I can't seem to turn it up with the search engine. I went to a brewing class and asked a rather pointed question about the advantage of letting the beer sit in the fermenter after any activity was visible. I swore I had heard expert brewers say there was...

So I moved out to LA about a year and a half ago (job reasons), only to find that LA is the one place is California that sucks for beer. I used to live in Providence RI where we had an awesome brewhouse nearly walking distance from me. Their IPA was really a double, their Russian imperial...