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I just use foil on all my beers thru karausen . With airlocks when plugged create back pressure and yeast switch modes from creating alcohol and co2 to just co2 . Not including possible undesirable esters and the risk of having an airlock hit the ceiling . Now while using a blowoff tube works...

While I agree with your thoughts . If you and your friends like your beer that's fine . I'm sure there is nothing wrong with it. As for myself and being a certified judge IPA is a category I won't judge . Most beers are not balanced , old or overdone in certain aspects . In a perfect world...

I was lucky enough to find an amazing selection at a used book store . Some written in the 60s to semi current . Yes I bought em ! Must reads I think ... Brewing Better Beer , Brewing Classic Styles , How To Brew and Designing Great Beers . I'm not very bright so the noonan book was way...

Do you filter your water ? It could be your picking up some alkaline from your water . If you brought up gushing then I'd say infection from your plastic parts and replace those .

Hello All, I stumbled across this thread due to the bottle I am currently enjoying now. My wife picked up a few bottles for me on a recent trip. No date on bottle but Id assume fairly fresh. Its not as floral as west coast IPAs go but real clean malt profile with loads of the hops I love...

so what is the starting og and now final og? I usualy wait at least 2 weeks. Just make sure the gravity isnt droping still otherwise if your bottling you may have bottle bombs, and none of us want that.

here is how and what Ive done... I was at my local hardware store and as I passed the BBQ section I saw a bag of Jack Daniels Oak chips. My mind started ticking,, I have used these chips in several beers now with good results. how I did it, I brought one pint of water to boil , then add 2...

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15.5 lbs Pale 2 row 1.75 lbs Crystal 120 Single infusion mash at 153 deg for 1 hour 90 min boil 1 oz chinook at 90 1.25 oz Chinook at 45 1.5 oz Chinook at 5 min Added Whirlfloc at last 15 min after primary I added 2 oz oak chips (boil a pint of water , add oak then microwave for 1 min...

The maker of the Old Ale ,Don Oliver. He is a member of the Modesto Mashers HBC. We got to try his beer before it was announced and we had samples of the beer from SA. All I can say is that they treated Don like the good person he is. A super friendly cool all around guy! The samples we had...

I was in the Brewing Network chat room when a group of your memebers took it over.. Several hours and a few beers later I joined this group. Ive been brewing for 4 years now and Im loving it. Ive done mostly extract beers but within the last 2 years Ive graduated to all grain. Before I...