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I'll be brewing an IPA on Sunday and was wondering how well Chinook and Citra hops go together for aroma/dry-hopping if others have tried it before. Here is my current planned schedule: 1oz Magnum (17%AA) @ 60' 0.5ozChinook/0.5oz Citra @ 15' 0.5oz Chinook/0.5oz Citra @ 5' 1.0oz...

Hi, I tried a wonderful beer last night that I really want to try and emulate. It was a Vanilla Porter by Vertigo brewing here in Oregon. I don't necessarily need a clone recipe, but I'd really like some help putting together an Extract recipe for a Vanilla Porter! I'm pretty sure I'll just...

I'm going to make a batch of Edwort's Apfelwein this evening and was wondering what the ideal fermentation temps are? I'm not sure if the higher temps in my apartment will affect the Montrachet yeast the same way it would an ale yeast. Is 75-80 way too hot? I can try to keep it in the low...

Bottling day is tomorrow! I was going to try sanitizing my bottles in the dishwasher on a Drying cycle, but then realized I don't have a way to check the temperature inside to make sure it's hot enough. So I checked my How-to-Brew page and saw that I can sterilize the bottles if left in the...

My American Wheat has been in the Primary for 10 days now and the gravity has fallen from 1.050 to 1.010. My estimated ABV is 5.24%. If my gravity is the same tomorrow and Wednesday, is it too early to bottle it? I'll be gone until next Monday, and having heard that Wheats are better young, I...

I brewed my American Wheat friday night (2nd batch is down!) and the instructions say Primary for 2 weeks and then bottle. However, I had a beer judge taste my first brew and said that one of my off-flavors could be fixed by leaving the beer on the yeast longer in the primary (so more like 3...

Does anyone else here make wine in addition to their beer? I'm curious about making a batch down the line but I'm not sure what extra equipment I would have to pick up. Would you just need the different bottles/corks and a corker, or are there other things you need?

For my 2nd batch I got an American Wheat extract kit from NB. The hops used are Willamette (60min) and Cascade (15min). Could someone explain briefly what the function of each of these are, whether it's bitterness, or aroma? I was thinking of adding another kind of hop to the mixture to make...

I was just curious if my next idea might be too weird in case anyone has tried it. I want to make a pretty aggressive Black IPA, but was thinking of adding 1/2 to1 cup of my favorite bourbon to the secondary before I rack it over. On top of the dry-hopping (not sure with what yet, maybe...

My first brew has finally been in the bottle for almost 4 weeks and it is DELICIOUS!!! I couldn't believe it. This beer went from an "okay" odd taste with 0 carbonation at the 2 week mark to a glorious 3-finger head and great taste/aroma at 3 weeks. So now that it's drinkable, is it okay to...

Well after wrestling with it for a few hours last night my first batch of homebrew is sitting in their new 12oz homes carbonating! I used Brewcraft carbonation drops so we'll see how they work. My siphon stopped working on the last 6-pack of bottles, so I got 42 12oz bottles and one 16oz...

Emergency! (Maybe). I just racked my brew to a secondary carboy, everything went perfect except that now my plug (with airlock inserted) won't seat around the mouth of the carboy? Everything is still wet from the StarSan solution, should I dry off the plug and carboy mouth with a towel and...

I'm racking to secondary today and want one of those plastic trays that are fairly long (like 2'-3') but thin so that I can keep all my sanitized goodies (plug, hydrometer, hosing, autosiphon, etc.) in a StarSan bath while I prepare. Does anyone know a good place to grab these, like Home Depot...

Which measurement do you use for calculating your %ABV? I just checked my brew 7 days into Primary and got 1.014 S.G. and 3.0 Plato. Calculating using both, I get slightly different answers: (1.042-1.014) x (131)= 3.7% ABV (10.5-3.0) x (0.42)= 3.15 (x1.25) = 3.9% ABV 0.2% seems like a big...

I was going to buy a bottling bucket this week, but then I came across these tablets (someone I know who brews loves them). Now my plan is, rather than spend my money on a bottling bucket, I can spend it on a secondary carboy! If I'm thinking correctly, I can bottle straight from my...

I brewed my first batch on 4/27 and now it seems that signs of active fermentation have stopped (there's no active bubbling in the airlock). I was thinking of checking the specific gravity to see how far it has fallen, but then remembered the protective layer of CO2 over my beer. If I take the...

So after thinking about my pot size and water situation, here is what I plan on doing for my first brew, please let me know what you would do differently or if there are any major mistakes: -Tonight, I will boil ~3 gallons of water for a while and then add it to my (sanitized) plastic bucket...

Well I bought the first round of equipment this morning and am planning to brew my first batch this weekend. :rockin: It will be an Irish Red Ale (Norther Brewer extract kit). I have an 8 gallon plastic bucket to do the fermentation in (no secondary) and am wondering about the bottling bucket...

I was thinking of buying a kit (and some other supplies) from Northern Brewer before their 10% off sale ends tomorrow. However, I don't have all of my gear together yet which will probably be another couple of weeks before that happens. If I get the liquid WYeast and refrigerate it how long...

There is an 8 gallon food-grade plastic bucket at my LHBS that they sell as a primary fermenter. If I'm doing 5 gallon batches will that much head room have any negative effects? I plan on using this as my only fermenter for the first batch or two until I get enough money to expand and get a 5...