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Okay thanks!

Hey guys I need some help, what do I do with crazy long side vines? Should I trim? Should I train them? Or should I just leave them? Take a gander at the pic.one vine is growing out of the box and others aren't far behind

Why yes! You can. You may have to change a few things around. Your first mash out can be one big beer, your sparge run offs can be another weaker beer. You can see where there would be adjusting for sizes of the batches but that is how you can create 2 beers with one huge grain bill. I don't...

Why yes! You can. You may have to change a few things around. Your first mash out can be one big beer, your sparge run offs can be another weaker beer. You can see where there would be adjusting for sizes of the batches but that is how you can create 2 beers with one huge grain bill. I don't...

Well with my opinion would lead me to believe that if your caps are in we'll condition then somewhere in your process you have killed your yeast, it could be chemicals on your bottle or it could be from the transfer. If you want to test how effective your caps/capper are. Then holding the bottle...

I have placed them in a cool place so it will halt fermentation in the bottles. The primary was finished there was no movement in the liquid or the air lock and the hydrometer hit the target gravity, I can promise you I am not trying to deny your answer it sounds very probable. I am thinking...

I usually freeze my fruits, or buy them in frozen bags, its hard for bacteria to grow in thoughs temperatures, you also boil your berries in a small amount of water or purée them and then boil them for maybe 10 minutes. Theses all would help your chances of beer survival :) I hope it turns out good!

Okay well thank you guys! :) ill let you know that I tried some just now tonight and its very delicious, it hasn't cleared the bottles yet but dang! It came out just as good if not tastier than the others, it's surprisingly over carbed and holds a cap without any issue, I'll send a picture soon...

Well why did previous batches work before? I'm not trying to frustrate but I like collaborating, I like the multiple answers!

I'm not trying to deny just collaborate why did the other ones work then?

Oh hunnay :p this ain't no kit. This is a recipe from yours truly, but of course I took it off of a family member but I had worped the hops the mash and sparge process along with grain load and that doesn't explain why other batches have worked

I do not have an issue with the aroma. But you are correct that I may be mistaken that harsh bite for these flavors. And yes any yeast has that effect but harvested yeast has a greater effect on the aromas. Also the brews I have tried had left bits of hops in the brew similar to smutty nose so...

Well the recipe said it should be bottled in 7 days, if you look above you'll see I have my explanation to someone else that thought similar to you :)

It did take a while to cool the boil, almost 50 minutes i ran out of ice :/ ...q. 65-70 is my pitching , primary, and secondary temps. I did not use kettle fittings before and it came out clear, I never crash cool and it comes out clear. It's just this batch and I noted what is different up...

I have never made a brew where I had to dry hop, but the beers I have tried that were had quite a bite I think it's because the hops used in the brew, used Hops with a higher cohumulone content than the more pleasing hulumone. I don't like the bitterness that forms from cohumulone. Harvested...