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How long do you usually wait? I find beers seem better if you wait two weeks... But I will say that the IPAs I have done seem to be OK a little earlier I agree.

Cider noob here, not so much a beer noob anymore... This is one of those questions that has been asked before, I know... Curious as to what the reasons are to have cider that ends up being very lightly carbonated? My cider, while not horrible tasting, is very, very lightly carbonated 15...

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Interesting enough I have never been to any of those! I love covered bridge brewery, behind the pale, and clocktower is a good brew pub. We are lucky in Ottawa to have a decent craft beer scene.

1. I agree infections are harder to get than what you expect if you are reading these forms... You would think infections are easy to get, they are not, sanitizing isn't that hard and it seems like if you do that, you are fine... Even adding frozen fruit won't give you an infection. Im almost...

Citra hops are the best eh! What breweries did you guys go and visit?

I have also used "frozen raspberries" in a wheat beer, racked onto the raspberries in the secondary. I did not treat them in any way. Friend told me just go for it and it will work and it did... who knows... I will say the extract from brewers best is STRONG I find 2 oz is good, 4 oz is strong...

When you say "extract" you mean the brewers best extract type stuff? I have used it a bunch of times, its not as good as real fruit but not bad... and no you do not have to treat it or boil it ect. I just add 1-4 oz of it in my bottling bucket with my priming sugar to get an even mix. Then...

Yeah citra is great for a dry hop, not so much bittering

Ha-ha... Drinking 1 old extract dextrose beer makes you sick eh? You don't say...

Yeah bottle the whole batch. Get more PET bottles... They work OK ... Play some music and view it as an activity ha-ha. As time goes by you will get better at it and it will go faster and smoother. I was in Prague for a wk once, you can buy awesome beer there for like $1 a 500ml bottle at the...

I've learned if you like hoppy IPA beers its hard to go wrong. Citra is my go to for dry hopping combined with centennial in the boil for bittering. Citra and galaxy is also a good combo... Or Columbus and citra. Warrior and citra ect... I tend to stick to the USA variant s

If you are telling me this is better than the typical OBK extract kit, ie. the real "kits" with hops, quality yeast, steeping grains, DME, and LME... you convinced me I will try it when I want an easy brew day.

Ah it tastes great? If it honestly tasted great I would be curious about trying it maybe... I think it was $45 for the kit tho at my LBS.

I always go dry for Jan, lots of holiday drinking... just lay low in Jan and dont drink a drop.

Excellent! Thanks! Now I know what I can steep or not... great list. Does "Dark roasted malts" include chocolate malt?

I just cant understand why someone would brew one of these even in Canada. Twice the price of ordering a good extract recipe kit from Ontario Beer Kegs (they send you the DME. LME, Yeast, specialty grains and hops) just saying. If they really do taste amazing I would be interested to know. Cheers!

So you can steep it with some results but mashing is probably better?

So I know this question has been asked before, but there didn't seem to be a clear answer and I figure enough time has passed to ask it again... So... does carapils need to be mashed in order to achieve its benefits (head retention) or can it simply be steeped? I have seen instructions saying...

Would that be for the entire fermentation?