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So i'm going to vancouver on a family vacay. As I typically do, i'd like to make my way to some breweries/brewpubs that just so happen to be conveniently located near some other sight that we're seeing (e.g. "oh wow, there's a brewery around the corner from this boring museum, i never knew...

I just harvested my hops today, but I didn't have a chance to put them in the dehydrator. How long do I have b4 I have to dry them? I just put then uncovered in the fridge for the night

Going to Wisconsin tomorrow. Gonna bring back as much beer as I can. What are the best beers available in Wisconsin? Thanks!

Ok, maybe a really stupid question, but maybe a good one..... Anyone ever "rinse" their hops? Let me explain. I like to use whole leaf hops in my boil kettle with a false bottom (i just like whole leaf better). But the one major setback for me has always been the fact that the whole leaf...

I'm hop bursting with additions at 20, 15, 10, 5, 0 mins. How long after flameout do i let the hops steep before I start cooling? Thanks

ok, so i have been cellaring craft beers for 3 yrs now. And tonight I finally had my first vertical tasting with Nugget Nectar. 2012 vs 2013 vintages. I'll admit that it lost a good bit of the hoppiness, but it made up for it in an increased and evolved malt profile....and i actually prefer the...

I'm drawing up a recipe for an ipa that uses almost exclusively late addition hops. what do u think I'd get better flavor from at 20 mins, 1 oz simcoe or 3 oz cascade? leaf hops. (there's gonna be other late additions, just trying to figure if it would be better to do the simcoe earlier or...

So today i'm in my local craft brew store, its a saturday, so apparently they have some tastings and other stuff going on, that's fine. So one of the tastings was from AB/InBev slinging their Budweiser Black Crown and Becks Sapphire garbage. So i tasted some local, DuClaw, mediocre at best, then...

Out of the 100+ craft breweries that I've had, I can only come up with 6 that are truly "Great" breweries. I determined my 6 by only including breweries that I've had at least 5 brews from and seem to very rarely disappoint with their brews, that is, the brews are consistently great; if i try a...

IMO ST Pumpking is king, but who is #2? I've narrowed it to Weyerbacker Imp pumpkin and Schlafly Pumpkin. So by a nose, i give it to Schalfy b/c it's got something really really unique about it, but the weyerbacher keeps putting me on edge....with a little more harshness, it says "hey, damn it...

k, so i designed my recipe to specifically use Simcoe, Citra, and Cascade. Turns out, there is a shortage of both simcoe and citra at my LHBS, so i had to substitute and i picked chinook and galena. but originally i wanted simcoe and citra b/c of their very specific taste and citrus qualities...

Ik there are other threads that kinda answer the same question, but i just want to be a little more specific. I was going to brew 2 batches today, so i made 2 starters. I had a buddy come over and it turns out after 6 hrs of brewing and a long week behind me, i don't feel like brewing another...

Ok, so i've been drinking beer for a long time (not always good beer, but none the less), and IPAs were always my last choice. Not only that, but i had contempt towards what i thought was a national community that was just hopping on the next fad. To me, hoppiness was not a desire, it was a...

Brewpubs don't count.....unless you actually got a tour of their onsite operation. I hope to add to my list greatly within the next 5-6 yrs: Yeungling, Pottsville PA Heavy Seas, Baltimore MD Flying Dog, Frederick MD Outer Banks Brewing Station, Kill Devil Hills NC Next on my hitlist: Dogfish...

OG: 1090 FG: 1010 carbed w/WLP001 racked to secondary this brings my abv to about 9.2%. The last time i brewed a beer this big it took over 8 months to carbonate even at optimal temp. Can I just pitch a packet of US-05 in the bottling bucket, then rack on top of it, stir gently, then...

Anyone have any idea how to actually keep a hood thermowell on the carboy during fermentation? when i just fit it onto the rim of my 6 gal carboy, the CO2 just pushed it up enough to break the seal and release the gas. So then i got some electrical tape and taped it on, wrapping it about 6...

aside from american style light lager (a staple of BMC), which i think most people agree is pretty terrible, what is your least favorite style of beer. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Golden Ales....they kinda make me angry

heated my sparge water to 200F, 20 degrees higher than i wanted. Batched sparged for 15 mins, is this going to have a negative affect on my brew. Ik, i should pay closer attention, i'm a dumb@$$, yada yada...

K, long story short, some of my wort boiled over and therefore left me with less fermentables. right now, my SG is 1080 with 4.5 gallons in my carboy. How much DME & water do I need to add to maintain an SG of 1.080 for 5 gallons? Thanks

Does anyone know what the OG should be for the following grain bill for a 5 gal batch: 8lbs american 2 row 5lbs maris otter 4oz crystal 20 6oz crystal 80 4oz carapils 4oz torrified wheat 2oz honey malt 1/2 lb. dark brown sugar I'm not sure how much WLP001 starter to make, 1 vial or...