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I've been disappointed with lack of hop aroma on the last couple of beers I've dry hopped and was wondering if it was due to the conditions I've been dry hopping in. The last couple of beers I've brewed have followed the process below: I ferment the beers in a freezer with a thermostat...

I've been disappointed with the hop aroma/flavor from my last couple of extract brews. The bitterness is fine but the beers have been lacking in both hop aroma and flavor. When brewing extract beers I start with 2 gallons, boil this down to 1 1/12 gallons and then top up with water to 3.75...

I'm brewing a Fresh Hopped Pale Ale tomorrow and wanted to see what you guys thought about the recipe. It's a simple Extract based recipe (see below) which I've had a lot of success with when brewing pale ales, what I'm less sure about is the hop profile. Does the amount of fresh cascade...

I've been reading the forums regarding beer line length and the general consensus seems to be that 5' of beer line is too short. However when I look around at sites selling beer lines, taps etc most of them seem to sell 5' of 3/16" beer line with a picnic tap and claim it will serve foam free...

I've done about 6 all grain brews now and all of the recipes called for a 60 minute mash and a 60 minute boil. I recently got the the Stone Brewery book and notice a number of recipes call for very short mash times and longer boil times. For example the Stone Pale Ale is a 20 minute mash and...

I'm brewing my first beer using a 1 gallon kit from The Brooklyn Brew Store. It is the Everyday IPA kit. The recipe says to wait for 2 weeks after pitching before bottling. It has only been 1 week but I have not seen any activity in the carboy for a couple of days. I took a reading today...

I've just started brewing and am currently brewing my first 1 gallon batch. I would like to be able to use a Hydrometer in order to accurately determine when fermentation has finished but am concerned about the amount of liquid I need to retrieve in order to get a reading. If I have to do...