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I JUST saw these in the store but didn't snag any...how would you describe them?

I just did a rye IPA where I used Equinox in the dry hop and I really really like it. I used only chinook in the kettle from 60-15 min and then 2oz of Equinox over 7-10 days of dry hopping in the secondary. I am really surprised at how much flavor came out of only 2 oz of dry hopping with...

Ahh...I missed your comment...that's exactly what I want...VJP+ I am going to base my recipe on yours!

So I want to brew this beer but maybe make it a little more robust. I like VJP but it is kind of...easy drinking and light. I am thinking that I want the final version to be like guiness vs. guiness extra stout. What would you guys do to make this brew a little more robust?

Yeah? I haven't snagged El Dorado yet. Did you pair it up with anything?

Whats up brewers. There are a ton of hop varieties piling up on the HBS shelves so I wanted to start a discussion about whats out there, what people like, what people don't like, what kind of combinations seem to work or don't work, and what kind of brews they fit really well in. I am...

Yeah I want to go for this on my next brew day. I would like to figure out Huma because I want to ultimately clone Liberator and I think Liberator is just the double IPA version of Huma. It will brob happen next month but let's see if we can get a solid huma down. One thing I am shocked over...

For me it is more of a general thing. Some breweries that are missing the IPA train are using older varieties that are floral and earthy. You can't make IPAs with these hops...they taste like sh****. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

After drinking IPAs for a while there is no such thing as too bitter. It either is or isnt. Yooper has the best advice...60 IBU can seem really different depending on how dry the brew is. A lot of people don't think about the body when considering bitterness and it is the most important...

That's a pretty slick idea. What kind of chiller do you have? The pump doesnt provide too much pressure? That's another problem with my winter brewing. I can't run water thru the hose for my chiller so I set the kettle in a giant bucket of snow / water. With constant stiring, it chills in...

Hey guys…I wanted to take a little poll and see what people do to keep warm for winter brewing. I brew out in my garage and in MI, it often gets cold enough to freeze my pints of beer! I hardly brewed last winter because it was insanely cold so that made me incredibly sad :( I am thinking…I...

This is a completely valid concern. You also have to consider that people don't follow directions and quite possibly could use too much urea and may have unpredictable amounts left. Yeast absobtion rates for urea IN YOUR vessle is a wild card as well. If you over dose with urea and have...

Here is one on nutrients that I could only find through google. http://hops.msu.edu/uploads/files/fertilizer_and_nutrient_requirements_for_hops.pdf Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

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Hey everyone. I ran across this really great page from MSU about growing hops. It is targeted for the Great Lakes States but has tons of great info on organic nutrients , pest management, diseases ect ect.... Hops.msu.edu Enjoy!! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Uh dry hops adding IBU?

Acid conditions will also favor isomerization I believe. Not sure if I ever mentioned this but there is a paper by Horst Koller (1968) that looked at more efficient isomerization in a magnesium chloride solution. I think you could easily adapt it to food safe stuff (using vodka instead of...

Your brew will prob have more esters than it should and maybe some more oxidation as it sits around waiting for the yeast to soak the O2 up. Did you aerate well? If not, you should throw the dry yeast in to save the day. If you under pitched and didn't aerate your yeast are going to be...

Cool article, thanks for sharing. I think it is interesting to use pitching rates as a tool to intentionally alter your brew. I need to pay attention to my starter sizes now!

Here we go http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61167&sid=71d363b2f27a082a9a1b7700865b58d6 I followed this guys work