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So I made an fresh-hopped IPA the other day. I used 1oz dry simcoe and 0.5oz dry centinnial at 60mins, 6oz wet cascade at 10mins and 6oz wet cascade at flameout. When I make this recipe without wet hops I usually dry hop for a week or so before bottling. My question is would it be okay to dry...

Several months ago I brewed a 5.5G batch of Bell's Two Hearted Clone courtesy of eschatz. Recipe here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/bells-two-hearted-ale-clone-close-they-come-91488/. Everything went pretty well and I got a bewhouse efficiency of 67%. Since then I have really dialed in my...

So about a month ago I brewed a 5G batch of boulevard tank 7 clone. Recipe below https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f71/boulevard-smokestack-series-tank-7-farmhouse-ale-clone-250256/ I used the infamous wyeast 3724 before I knew how much of a pain it was to use. No starter, just one smack pack...

If a recipe calls for dextrose as part of the grain bill (i know its not technically grain but whatever) when and how do you add it? Just add it to your grain in mash tun? Add to wort before boiling? TIA

Okay so I am a little confused about my efficiency #'s, and how they seem too low. Using beersmith2 and here are my last two brews: 1: 2 hearted clone Brewhouse efficiency: 72% Est Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.053 Measured Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.050 Est Pre-Boil Volume: 7.89G Measured Pre-Boil...

So i forgot to take my pre boil gravity until my wort was almost to a boil (~190F). I took the sample but as it has cooled a lot of break material has setllted at the bottom. Should I just take the sample as is or try to siphon out the liquid, leaving the break, and then take the reading? Thanks

Well, as my strike water is heating up I'll start this post to tell you guys that I'm taking the plunge and doing EdWorts Haus Pale Ale all grain! Hopefully everything goes well and there aren't any huge disasters. I'll take pics throughout the process and post them up when I'm done (if my...

I am thinking of purchasing the following mash tun but have a concern BEER MASH TUN - 2 Manifolds Will the fact that there are 2 compartments mean I'll lose a lot of temp due to the head space? I don't have the volumes of the compartments yet but assuming that the main compartment is large...

I am thinking of purchasing this mash tun from the local CL... BEER MASH TUN - 2 Manifolds Should I be concerned that since the mash tun has 2 compartments I will lose a lot of heat due to the dead space of the 2nd compartment? I don't have the volume of the compartments yet but assuming...