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Hey all. I have 2nd year cascades and centennials that have done horrible this year. Last year (the first year),they did great and I actually got a pretty good harvest for first year,despite a very veggie flavor. I dont have pics, but I have them in huge plastic planters and think that the...

Just thought I would see what some others perfer as their yeast of choice. I have been using smack packs of wyeast and making starters and the whole deal. My opinion is what a pain! Ive been doing this because I thought liquid had to be better than dry because it just lloks and smells healthy...

In researching nc,it looks like most guys use plastic cubes to let the wort cool to room temp. While I have an immersion chiller,cooling 7 or 8 gallons of boiling wort takes a while,and not to mention uses alot of water,so why not try nc? My question is,has anyone used a corny keg to put the...

I saw that there have been alot of discussions on spruce beers on here,but I thought I would bring it back up and try to get some good AG recipes. I dont see any in the recipe section. Im looking for a summer/lawnmower ale. Anybody got some ideas?

Can anyone shed any light on why I cant get any flavor or aroma to stick around by dry hoping? I usually only do ales and dont do a secondary. So I leave in the primary for 3-4 weeks,and rack straight to the keg,and use a hop ball for my hops. Then I put the lid on,hook up the co2,purge out the...

I would like to use some pacific gem hops in a brew because of their blackberry,woody profile. I havent found any recipes using them. They are about 13% alpha acid I believe,so I would use them for bittering. Anyone have any recipe ideas??

Hello everyone! I made my first order thru Brewmasters Warehouse Tuesday,and my order still says pending. I usually go thru Northern Brewer or Midwest,And have had excellent,fast service with both.So is BW just so busy they are slow getting orders out or what?Anyone else had this problem?

Ive been using ic,and Im thinking of switching to a plate chiller.The ic takes so long with 5 gal.,and I just hate it.My question is are plate chillers all theyre cracked up to be?I found reasonable prices at kegcowboy.com.10 plate for 34.99 and 20 plate for 54.99.Any info? do these really work?

Hey all! Im new to this forum,so a big hello:rockin:I have an amber ale in the fermenter that will be 2 weeks on Christmas day.I put it in my basement to ferment,and fermometer read 58 or 60.It started fermenting after 8 or 10 hrs.Oh,I should mention I used wyeast 1056 with a starter.Ok,so it...