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If they are pellet form they are about a year past their recommended date but still may work if they were kept cold and were vacuum sealed. If they are whole hops they are way past their prime. I'm going by industry standards from Hopsteiner not personal experience. I think the oldest hops I...

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All three have their time and place. It really depends more on the beer styles you prefer. If you like ipas or stouts I would say the Columbus. Tettnang works well in beers with more delicate flavors such as a white ale. Perle is a great clean bittering hop that works well in a lot of...

Do I believe aliens are visiting just to shove metal rods up our collective arses? No. Do I believe that intelligent life exists in this universe capable of creating forms of transportation far more technologically advanced than our own? Yes. As to why aliens may visit the earth I can...

hope for the best expect the worst.

Just come to Iowa and you can find as many field rats as you want. I remember a few years ago Iowa City hired sharpshooters just to thin out the in-town population a bit. If I remember right they killed about 3000 in one year then had them come back the next year to thin the herd a bit more...

I would probably forget to look at whatever I put the damn reminder on...unless it was on the taps which may then lead to forgetting it again :drunk:

Most of what ao125 posted is what you should expect atm. There are a lot of people trying to get into this industry and not that many paid positions. Even with formal education (highly suggested) you will still more than likely end up in an entry level position where you will gain intimate...

Hello all, I've been in the background watching threads here for a while and thought I'd finally introduce myself. I have been an all-grain brewer for about ten years now brewing five gallons at a time. This website has been a wealth of knowledge and inspiration when I try out new recipes...

Simcoe and crystal also work well together. We do a blend of simcoe, amarillo, columbus, and crystal at knockout in a fairly hoppy ipa.

Just a suggestion on the yeast but I've had fairly good luck giving the yeast an extra shot of oxygen the day after initial pitch. The yeast is still more than active enough to scrub all of that o2 back out and just keeps it healthy longer to keep it from throwing off more high alcohols instead...

For banana out of a dry yeast go with Fermentis WB-06. I have brewed commercially with 3068 before and after talking to wyeast and a little experimentation we learned you can get pretty good results fermenting around 68 F and you may want to underpitch the yeast a little. It does well at...

Sounds like a brew from the minds at Furthermore. I wouldn't call it crazy at all as I could see this turning out pretty well except for maybe the cilantro extract. I would probably add that late in secondary and only add small amounts until the desired level has been reached. I would...

I'm not an expert on lp gas overseas by any means but the issues I know of that can cause sooting like you are talking about usually indicate improper oxygen to gas ratio, wet gas, or wrong gas pressure. If it is wet (dirty) gas then there is not much you can do about that. More or less...

Dry yeast works very well commercially for smaller breweries that do not have the ability to repitch immediately and want to run different strains of yeast through their brewhouse. I talked to a couple brewpubs that used them for those reasons. One of them did occasionally propagate up some...