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My local club has chosen Baltic porter as the first competition beer style for 2012 and after some research I am realizing that this beer is either a tough one to find much info on and/or is just not a popular style these days Have any of you brewed a good Baltic porter and care to share your...

Made this starter 9 hrs ago and I'm not getting any real signs that it's taking off. No foam no real smell and it's a 2L starter w/ 2 vials of 005 yeast. Now the yeast was past date kept in a fridge which could just be slow starting?

You'll have to let me know how yours turns out with a week or 2 on the gas!

My goal is to get all the color and some good roastiness but i want to be careful not to make it overwhelming.

I am going to make my first ever black IPA /winter warmer in the very near future and I really want some roast flavor to show through without being overwhelming like a stout. Everything I read points to carafa III special in the last 5-10 mins of the mash but then I wonder if I'd get any roast...

I'm sippin on the finished product now and I actually think I got more aroma out of pellet hops the last time I used them (citra hops)

Curious to hear from those who have brewed pale ales or any beer for that matter without crystal how the turned out? Is it a much dryer session beer? I'm interested in brewing something like this with 30-40 ibu's: 90% pale malt 8% munich 2% victory I've just never really brewed anything...

I just cut the flame toss them in and periodically stir during that 15 mins. The hops create a very green vegetable soup like appearance throughout the whirlpool. This tells me that the lack of a heat source keeps them from fully breaking down which is why, im guessing, you get great flavor and...

I just got finished brewing an all grain pale ale that I'm pretty excited about so I thought id share it. 12 gal batch - 81% eff OG 1.055 FG 1.012 Abv 5.6% IBU 31 (will seem like much more) SRM 9.7 Grist 20lbs 2row 12oz crystal 80 8oz crystal 40 8oz crystal 120 8oz victory Hops .5 oz magnum...

I am just trying to get a better understanding of what the 002 yeast strain will give me? I do a lot of pale ales and IPA and have always done them with the Cali Ale 001 yeast strain but I'm not considering 002 as a change in pace. What will the 002 provide me with? Does the higher final...

Interested in brewing a pale ale with C hops but using english base malt, crystal and yeast. To those who have attmepted this beer, do the bold flavors on both ends clash or do they blend together nicely? Im not against using cali ale yeast but I have always used it and I'm looking to...

Just wondering if anyone has ever been too strapped for time to complete a brew day in one sitting and mashed thr grain on the first day then set it aside and boiled it the next day? Not really planning on doing this but don't see why it would be that big of a deal if it was covered and was...

+3 Citra = punch you in the taste buds mango flavor - can probably be easily overdone its so intense

I am interested in buying a stir plate and want to know from others who have purchased them where I can find the best possbile stir plate for the money? Austinhomebrew.com has a $50 plate but has bad reviews about it listed directly on their site (I commend their honesty). Obviously if I'm...

I fold a shirt many times and then tape the probe (with the shirt covering it) directly to my fermenting buckets. This helps insulate/prevent the probe from reading the air temp and only the bucket itself. Depending on the type of yeast strain used, I will typically place my wort in my...

I'm glad I posted here to get feed back from you all. I had only used one of my kegs and the seal was perfect, air tight and liquid tight without gas so that's what I was expecting from every keg from that point forward. After posting here and realizing that liquid tight may not be the case I...

I ordered a 2 keg starter kit. The first keg I used is working great and I have been drinking off of it for a week now. I just went to get the 2nd keg ready, filled it with starsan and tipped it upside down only to find the liquid pouring through the lid!!!! I'm not saying they new it was...