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And lower IBU since he had a higher than expected wort gravity during the boil. It'll still be good probably, 1.050 isn't excessively high for a wit and IBU is not too important for wits.

+1. Sierra Nevada Harvest ale is my favorite wet-hopped ale this year.

Haha - when I read your post I thought maybe it was a joke, that you were just planting it to get the logical response. Since no one else has done it yet, I'll post the logical response (the "You're not worthy" spiel from Stone's label - actually on Arrogant Bastard, not the IPA): “This...

The 1 lb simcoes on Niko are here (2nd page of the pellets): http://www.nikobrew.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=14&category_id=5&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1 They're $20 though (+$5 for shipping) and are 2007 crop. I don't mind buying 2008 crop...

You just need to move to a different state. : ) Here in Seattle I go to 12+ beer festivals per year (average 1 per month!). There are some months during busy beer seasons (May comes to mind) where I literally had my calendar booked with beer events for every weekend of the next month - a...

FYI, I just got this message back from Puterbaugh about their 2009 crop in pellets: The 2009 crop will be available in pellets by the end of December. Thanks! -T That's a ways away. :( So I guess I'll just go ahead and order some more 2008 pellets now. I want to brew Pliney in a couple...

My only pet peeve is that my main LHBS seems to have a little snobbery around dry yeasts. He doesn't carry Safale S-05 because "Wyeast 1056 is basically the same thing." Well, yes, except that it's more expensive and will require a starter if I use it for a high gravity beer. He's a super...

Uh, your hydro sample was room temp right? Warm beer brings out hot alcohol flavors, so of course it tasted hot. I've found that with strong commercial beers like an IIPA that are super well balanced when served at a proper chilled temperature, if you drink them at room temp they can have...

Yeah, I heard about the ebay guy on a local mailing list, but I'm confused as to how he got pelletized hops so early. According to ebay history he started selling them on Sept 30, and Puterbaugh Farms hasn't even started selling their 2009 crop for pellets yet. Puterbaugh says their harvest...

Just use a hop bag. Simple solution, for me that keeps all pellet trub out of the wort. A grain bag is not the same as a hop bag - my guess is your grain bag is a loose mesh, not fine mesh. http://morebeer.com/view_product/15685//Bag_-_6_x_8_Fine_Mesh

That has been my favorite beer, or in my top 3, for about a year now. There's a great writeup in The New Yorker on it: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/24/081124fa_fact_bilger It wasn't a couple million dollars, it was about $140,000. (According to Sam in The New Yorker...

Sorry, I meant to say LME. http://morebeer.com/view_product/18465/103552/Ultralight_Malt_Extract_ For some reason morebeer charges much more for DME. I just keep a couple bags of their LME in my fridge to have enough extract for my next month or so of brews.

I second that. Extract is potentially more consistent, especially if you're new to AG. Also, I disagree with the assumption on this thread that AG is cheaper. I think you're just using that as an excuse to upgrade to AG :) Which is fine, I won't stop you. On my partial mash brews, I've only...

Yooper you're crazy. At 8am on a weekend I'm not even thinking about getting up yet.

This doesn't answer your questions, but make sure they mean 150 attendees and not 150 invitees. That makes a big difference. Are they inviting 150 people or are they inviting 200 to 300 and expect the attendee rate to end up at about 150? 150 attendees is a fairly large wedding. Also consider...

Wow, those hops are burnt. You have a lot of browning going on. Looks like they were picked too late. You could still use them, but they might have less aroma (especially since you've already said aroma is not too strong).

You can still brew while sick. Human viruses and bacteria aren't likely to infect beer, and anyway if you have proper sanitation that will by far overwhelm any germs that are in the air. As long as you're not so sick that you're too tired to brew, I would still do it. Brewing could even be...

Yeah, the Roy Farms post is from 8/31/09. The hops are rotting by now. Now if they were giving them away dried / packaged, that would be nice. I'm heading out to Yakima this weekend for the Fresh Hop festival.

I thought they posted it at midnight EST. But since they're in California I guess PST makes sense. I've seen the deal up at 9pm PST sometimes. They only make a limited quantity available, so some deals probably go in a few hours. I think it's only worth getting if it's something you were...

That's because you're doing full boils. I'm doing partial boils (around 4 gallons usually) so I need to adjust the gravity to the fermentation volume. That's the only thing the math is for. It's an equation I pulled from another thread on HBT. I ordered a refactometer on ebay last night...