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Alright, I guess I'll be the next to start a never ending argument thread. If I win the lottery and I'm looking for a contractor to build my dream house, and the contractor mentions that he's working up the plans on a new program called HouseSmith, I'm going to snatch the homebrew from his...

I'm brewing a 15 gallon batch of IPA hopped with Simcoe and Zeus/Columbus, then I'm going to split into 2 fermenters. I'm going to make a 2-L WLP-001 starter to split between them, then I'm going to dryhop one with Simcoe and the other with Zeus. This is the recipe. % LB OZ Malt or...

I should have used my buddy's keggles, they were sitting right there, but I'm used to my setup, so I went with it. For future reference, 18.5 #s of grain is the absolute max when mashing in an 8 gallon pot. It was so full I had to stir air out of it to get it all in the pot. I used 6 gallons of...

Okay, I asked yesterday about the extreme cloudiness of my all pilsner malt kolsch with Wyeast Kolsch Yeast 2565. A couple of people reassured me that this is par for the course with this yeast, and my gravity sample (OG 1.050 FG 1.012) tasted fine, except for maybe a very slight green-apple...

I'm going to be racking and cold crashing a Kolsch tonight. It has not cleared up a lick in a month (~64 F). I used Wyeast Kolsch, which is labelled low flocculating. Is it normal for this yeast to make the wort opaque until it's cold conditioned, or am I likely looking at an infection?

Has anybody used these other than for bittering? Hope they are good - I've got a # of each.

For anyone interested: I had a batch - Vienna/Hallertau SMASH - going at a buddy's house, knew it had started strong, didn't look in for 15 days. Checked it yesterday, noticed that the internal cap piece of my 3 piece airlock was missing - it had been open the whole time. Grabbed a sample with...

I brewed a stout in early October, bottled at 5 or 6 weeks. It was just okay. I thought I'd overdone the roast barley, my brewing partner thought it was to sweet, so I'd decided that I'd tweak the recipe, cut back on the caramel and barley. Last night, just for s@#tz and grins, I got one of...

I've got a mid-gravity (1.050 OG) brown ale that's been sitting on this stuff for a month as of today. I haven't taken a gravity or otherwise disturbed it. I'm planning on bottling it soon, after use of a clarifier and maybe a short cold crash. This stuff is reputed to be extra quick and...

I just got a # of Magnum leaf. I'll probably use it mainly as an extremely efficient bittering hop - 20% AA! - but I'm thinking of an all Magnum ale. What can I expect aroma and flavor wise?

My brew partner picked us up 10#s of Saaz and Hallertau a few weeks ago at the old St. Louis AB location. I've got two batches in the fermenter, a Kolsch made with the Saaz, Sorachi Ace and honey, and a Vienna-In Bev Hallertau smash I brewed a couple of days ago. Thanks to whoever it was that...

Has anyone figured out the total volume of the 6.5 gallon acid carboy that they sell at Northern Brewer? I'm talking neck and all. To put it another way, how far down from the neck do you hit the 6.5 gallon mark? I guess if nobody knows I'll have to do the work and post the info - but I'm lazy...

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An article in the last BYO recommended no-sparge brewing as a way to purposefully lower efficiency in order to extract fewer tannins from the grain hulls. Is there any reason why a person couldn't sieve some or all of the hulls out of the grain, replace them with rice hulls for lauter flow...

Has anybody used this? From the description it looks similar to Cali lager yeast. Guess I'll find out - got some ordered. Is this stuff top fermenting or bottom?

Has anybody tried this? It's brewed in Weston MO. It's made with corn and saaz hops. I've alternated this stuff with heavily hopped IPA and it actually holds it's own. I liked it so much I'm going to try a 6-row/corn pilsner myself. It will have to be with Hallertau though - I've got a pound of...

I've been brewing on a friends equipment until now, and I'm getting ready to buy a boil pot. I've found a decent deal on one, but I have a decision to make - I can get it with one welded tube (I don't know the nomenclature) or two. I like to use a grain bag, so I won't be able to use a...

I've been on this site for a few weeks now, and I've noticed something odd: old posts, I mean years old, appear as if posted yesterday. I just responded to a post on the Recipe board about Anchor Steam, then noticed it was from 2007. What gives?

Rogue Brewery packages their Dead Guy Ale in a 1/2 Gall. growler. Does anybody know if this beer is bottle conditioned? Do they use a special seal or process in order to use a screw-off lid? What I'm getting at is, can these be used for bottling homebrew? I've been thinking of getting some...

I just tried both of these the other night. Not bad beers. To me they both have a very distinct tangerine/orange taste. The Shlafly flatout tastes like orange soda - in a relatively good way. Has anybody else tried either, and if so, what do you think? Reason I wonder, I googled both and found...