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I had also read they were terrible for the boil but good for dry hopping, guess i'll have to investigate. I noticed the bottles i filled yesterday have hops floating around the top and such, should they pull to the bottom over the next 14 days of conditioning or will i have to filter the beer in...

I've seen my supplier carries a thing called a "hop ball" It claims to stop this, do these work well? or could you use a muslin bag to the same effect?

Hey Brewers, I just bottled a batch of pale that I was experimenting with to learn more of the process, either way i noticed some trace amounts of hops floating about. The only thing i did was add hop pellets to my batch. Is this common? Did I go about it wrong? and how can i prevent this...

Well thanks to everyone for their input.....it's helped tons. I'm very excited to learn more via HBT!

so looks like 11.5 be fine, whats worst case.....higher abv?

I see the safale-05 comes in 11.5 gram packs is that to much yeast for this recipe?

Salt was just in a few recipes I'd used as a base...my water is fine, so maybe i'll avoid any salts...abv isn't an issue so round 5% is fine. As for the hops....I'm thinking of bittering with German northern brewer, and aromatics Chinook. possibly even dry hopping as well...I've been using...

Hey Brewer's, I'm working on my first recipe and was curious if it would work! My current Pale Ale Recipe: 3.3lbs. Light/gold LME (unhopped) 1/2lb. of crystal or light malt (maybe Caramel 20) 1/8tsp. salt 1/2oz. Bittering hops 1/2oz. Aromatic hops Water to 2 - 2.5gal 7g Ale...