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Hi folks! I'm trying an extract only beer (no grains even specialty) as an experiment, and want to add oats. I have quick oats. Everything I see says I need to mash them, but that doesn't make much sense as you can just cook oats in water and be good to go. I'm looking for that mouth feel and...

Hey folks. So I've been brewing for almost 20 years, and have been all grain except when I started. I now have a young kid so don't have those long hours to do the whole mash thing. So looking to do extract. I recall that with extract I couldn't get as low a FG as with All Grain. Is that still...

Been brewing for 15+ years, and this is a first for me, though I have seen it posted many times. Following an old distilling recipe to see what it made; boiled water, dissolved sugar, poured into (sanitized) bucket. Added cool water, then put in sweet feed (corn, oats, wheat, and molasses blend...

TL;DR: Has anyone actually tried using sugar as a starter, and what was the results? Found myself without any way to make a starter that doesn't require mashing grain, and I don't want to deal with the extra time that would take. So I was wondering about using just sugar, or honey, or similar...

Hey folks. So I helped a work buddy brew beer at his place, third time so far (did a double batch this weekend). When I brew at my place I get that 75% efficiency target, sometimes better. I don't have a pH meter any more, but when I did I was getting in the expected range. At his place...

Any folks out there that have dealt with BrewJacket; do they have any online presence? I had emailed them a year ago when I got my unit, and there was an online community. Now the forums are missing, there is no email address on their site, their social media links are dead, their FB account...

Howdy folks! I have a CO2 regulator. It was working fine. Got a new canister of gas. Now, with the regulator closed, the low pressure gauge slowly creeps up and maxes out. When fully disconnected it reads 0. This is with the regulator not connected to any kegs so there is no back pressure. I...

So. I forgot to toss a Camden tablet into my strike water, and now I have that chlorophenal taste. Happens with every blonde I do with my water unfortunately if I don't use a Camden tablet. Is here any way to remove this as now the beer has fully fermented? Or am I stuck with an icky off...

ive been brewing for a while. Finally tackling a lager. Guides say after diacetal rest to slowly drop, then lager for several weeks. Why? Is the slow drop to reduce chill haze? Will that not clear over time? Long lagering time. Is this just aging like you would for a high abv beer to let...

Hey folks. I am trying to find a readily available product that can be used as a sanitizer for bottles and carboys, but NOT something that you just get from a home brew store. I'm talking about at your generic grocery store or the like. I know it is easy to order sanitizers online, but I am...

Howdy folks. Brewing something up using Pilsner malt, and trying to figure out the whole 90 minute boil to remove DMS. Is that actually needed, or is that something that people said a long time ago and folks have just stuck to it? I was a Brewer at a production brewery, and we never did a 90...

Howdy folks. I am wanting to make a beer that is similar to a Mexican Lager using Ale yeast, but still could pass for a lager. I have temperature control, brew all grain, and so forth. I just don't want to deal with the hassle and time involved with a lager. But I still want to make a crisp...

Howdy folks. Posting here to hopefully reach more people that may be looking at these products. Brewjacket, the immersive cooling/heating system seems amazing. However, their business sense is terrible. I ordered a unit, claimed 2-3 weeks delivery, and it has been 3 months. There is still no...

Howdy all! Couple questions about water adjustments; If I don't care about adjusting the pH during the mash from salts, is there any reason I can't just add the salts to the boil kettle rather than to my mash water / sparge water? I use calculators to figure out what my water profile will...

I am going to harvest my hops tomorrow. All I have seen is a guide stating to trim the bines 2 feet from the soil. But what do I need to do to keep the plant good until next season? Do I water it every day like before? Do I need to trim it or will it stay low on its own? Thanks for any help...

Howdy all! So I am brewing a 20 gallon batch of a high gravity (1.096) ale. I have only done 5 gallons before. I am planning on brewing a 5 gallon batch of a 1.060 ale with a 1.6L stirplate starter, and then using the slurry from that beer as the yeast for the larger batch beer. Does that...

Greetings all! When putting together a recipe, I can calculate the bittering hops for any volume. AA%, volume of beer, required IBU. Simple enough. But what about aroma/flavor hops? How do you know how much is required without just guessing? The reason I am asking is because I am going...

Howdy all. Working on getting an oxygen system, and found that you can't get a flow regulator with a gauge for that size. So really there is no way of knowing how much oxygen you put in. So when I hear "30 seconds of oxygen" from people, I have no idea if that is 0.1 LPM, 1.0 LPM, if the...

Howdy all. Is there really a point to late addition hops (5 minutes and under) if you are going to dry hop? Both are for aroma, and the strength you get from dry hopping seems like it would overpower anything else. Would hate to be wasting good hops and good money. Thanks for any thoughts.

Mash: 154F Grain: 4lb Marris Otter 4lb Pilsner 5.5lb 2-Row 1lb 10oz CarafaII 6oz Chocolate Malt Hops: 0.6oz Simcoe 60min 0.6oz Sorachi Ace 40min 0.6oz Sorachi Ace 10min 0.5oz Sorachi Ace flame-out 0.75oz Nelson Sauvin flameout Dryhop for 1 week: 0.65oz Nelson Sauvin 2oz...