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Just used my first hop crop of Cascades today in a pale ale. Haven't used fresh hops before, was just wondering if the yellow lupilin globes are supposed to have dissolved after use? Used in a nylon hop bag for fifteen minutes and five minutes with plenty of room in the bags, not packed tight...

This week I had training in Denver, and found Applejacks off of I70. Finally got to try Rochefort 6 and 10, (mindblowingly excellent) Orval, (not quite what I was expecting) Duvel, (also love it) Karmeliet (great) and still have an Abt 12 in the fridge. Also got to go to the Falling Rock tap...

If I may rant a bit, Just tapped my Octane IPA keg that I had sitting at 37 degrees F for a week, only the second keg I have hooked up. After swearing a bit due to a trickle coming out of my tap, figured it was the valve being screwed up as it was a used keg and looks like a universal...

Anybody else brew Midwest's Hopstache Black IPA this year? I thought it was excellent again, didn't tweak the recipe at all just followed kit directions for the most part. Different hops this year from last year, but I am enjoying it!

Hello, I'm planning on tinkering with Midwest's Irish Stout kit and adding some roasted barley to the steeping grains, anywhere from a quarter to a half pound more than in the original recipe to attempt and give it more "roasted flavor." 5 gallon recipe and extract kit, with ingredients...

Hey guys, Just brewed and my first time with Star San, read all about it on here and thought I would try it out. Was sanitizing with bleach before, and had no problems, but Star San sounded so much easier, plus no rinsing sounded awesome. I mixed a little less than 1/4 oz with a gallon...

Hey guys, Just thought I'd drop a line and thank everyone for the massive amounts of info on HBT, I started brewing a year ago and don't have many posts, because usually I only have to do a search and my questions have been answered already. You guys kick ass! Stevo

Hello, First time making mead last night, and bought some local unheated, unfiltered honey in a 1 gallon bucket. Put the bucket in hot water in the sink to make it flow better like I usually do with malt extract, and found that the honey was more a waxy solid than a liquid. This I did not...

Hi, Just thought I'd say hi, from Wyoming and just got started about 3 months ago with 5 gallon extract brewing after about 7 months with Mr. Beer. Have learned a lot from this site already and read it quite a bit before joining up. Just started late extract from reading the posts on it for...