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im kinda feeling like making a hopless beer, and although i know that before hops, they used gruit, and i know that gruit contains mainly bog myrtle(sweet gale), yarrow and wild rosemary. WHERE CAN I BUY THEM!?!?!?!? ive checked my usual first try's google shopping and ebay. and even...

they are no older than 6 months tops

ok heres a simple question for you experts. i recently cleaned out my fidge and found that i have two yeast samples taken from previous batches of beer and applewine respectively. to take both of them , i swirled the yeast cake at the bottom, let it settle a little and then poured off about...

centenial is going to give you more citrus/grapefruit flavors. at least i think it will, not sure if i got my hops right

i would say substitue honey for the table sugar, but i find that table sugar makes it taste cidery. oooh a hoppy honey red, that sounds yummy

i only want to add this, leaving dead yeast cells to break down in your beer can do one of two things, and ive seen both. either way, once fermentation had ended, there is still plenty of live yeast in the beer to do ester cleanup, but the big difference between using a secondary and aging in...

i have bought both, and i must say the if you are looking for consistency from brew to brew, use pellets, they are almost always the same alpha acid wise from brew to brew. "fresh hops" tends to lose IBU's faster than pellets since they are not rendered and pressed to small pellets. i like...

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good job on cheaping out. i guarantee you will be in brewing for a while. the startup cost of brewing is the only limit on who can and cant homebrew. as far as the starsan statement goes, maybee im confusing it with something else, but i recall reading the starsan label on my starter kit...

ok, i admit that there is a CHANCE of bottle bombs, but if you taste it before you bottle it, you can see if you still have to much sugar in the wort. i take hydrometer readings, but i can also taste when its done too. i recomend sampling the beer during fermentation, but that could just be...

*chokes* AAARGGG you spent WHAT? im glad youre happy, but for the others reading this thread, i would like to introduce you to the world of CHEAP brewing. first off, fermentation buckets. go to the bakery of your favorite mass market grocery. ask for any icing buckets that you can get. they...

i dont know if anyone has added this yet, but all i do is use a 7lb bag of ice in the fermentor and pour the boiling hot wort over it. it usually drops my wort to pitching temp before it even reaches the correct dilution. i know someone is going to say that that can cause an infection, but...

that would be the best idea for you to go with. with all that yeast in the bottom of your fermentor, you'll get some funky tastes if you leave it to long. by racking it to secondary you remove most of the dead yeast and you will still have plenty of live yeast in the beer to allow any...

It depends on how much you want to know about your beer, i like to be able to tell people not only what it is but how much alcohol is in it. hydrometers really arent needed if you are willing to give ample time for fermentation to finish. hydrometer readings will allow you to bottle much...

i find that instead of the s shaped airlock if you use the double cup airlock style it is MUCH quieter, i only know because i want it to be loud. that way i know when its done, in my house i cant hear the bubbling from the brew room without an s-shaped airlock. and by double cup, i mean...

sitting here tonight and by complete accident found a way to pour a bottle of homebrew with no yeast getting into the glass. i had to put my bottles in the fridge on thier sides, and after sitting in there 2 days i see that if i turn the bottle so the side the yeast has settled to is up, i can...

ok, i know im stupid for asking but, im bottle carbing my beer, and i just realized tonight that my current batch has a quirk. if i dont completely chill my homebrew in the fridge, my beer explodes! its like i shook up my beer before i open it, but it only happens if it even slightly warm...

normally the crazy fermentaion doesnt return if you arnt using the blowoff now id say your safe

is this all extract? if so, just watch it like a hawk to ensure you dont scorch your extract, other than that youll be fine. if your doing anything with grain, you will leave more sugar behind in the grain if you dont use all the water required