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I've been a huge fan of harvesting and using Bell's House yeast in my beers for a little over a year now. A few weeks ago, I came across a sixer of their Oarsman Ale, and seeing as it is only 4% ABV, thought it to be the perfect candidate for harvesting up some healthy non-stressed yeast...

I'll be flying out to Phoenix tomorrow morning to visit the inlaws. They just moved there (Tempe area) in August, so this will be my first visit to the area. Any locals care to chime in on where I can go to get away from the madness and down a couple of good brews?

I've got about 10 AG batches under my belt in the last 6 months or so, and am almost completely in tune with the intricacies of my system. I've been noticing however that many (all but one) of my beers have been finishing ever so slightly on the high side of FG. I don't really mind, it's only by...

So my first real BIG beer is coming to an end soon, it's a 1.099 OG all-grain RIS. Primary for 5 weeks, secondary for 10 more weeks, finished at 1.027 and I'm leaning towards bottling it this week or next. It's a 5-gallon batch that I'd like to have at around 2.3 volumes of carbonation. My...

I have a friend who is about to harvest a TON of hops and had a few questions about using them fresh off the vine: -I already know that I'll need 4-6x the weight equal the same amount as dry, and seeing as I was planning on an IPA with around 65 IBUS, will there be any ill effects (especially...

Just brewed my first AG batch last night, and everything went smoothly except I only hit an OG of 1.040 instead of my targeted 1.058 (that's 48.1% if you're keeping score at home). I mashed 11.85# of grains with a 1.25 water/grain ratio at 154 for 0 min. Drained the MLT (48 qt cooler), then...

A friend just gave me a 15.5 gal keg (no clue what frat he could have drunkenly stolen this thing from), and before I just take it to the liquor store and get $30 for the deposit back, what are some ideas as to what I can use this thing for? Thought?