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I just bought a new, 10L, charred, white oak barrel and was thinking that my rye porter would be a great beer to barrel age. What I really desire is to have the flavor of using a used whiskey barrel. My companies pilot brewery did a Russian Imperial Stout aged in used barrels from a local...

Do you crumble up the fresh hop flowers to expose more of the oil or throw them in the boil whole?

Excellent video HF! It is actually looking like I will get a really good yield out of two vines on a first year planting. I was really wondering what that "papery" sound and feel was. This deserves to be sent back to the top.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the suggestion was to add the frozen fruit to the primary, and allow it to thaw in the carboy with the airlock in place.

Pick me pick me! please...

Well, my Raspberry Hefe went down the drain. I learned two things though. I may have gotten an infection while letting the frozen fruit thaw in the bag instead of a closed/sanitized carboy. Also it was due in part to the yeast I was using W.L. Hefewiezien IV; after going back to the supply...

AAGGGHHH! I just racked my Raspberry-Hefe into the secondary, and it tasted almost putrid and rancid. Fermentation temp was a little high (72-74), but cooled down to about 68 once the Krausen went away. But there remained this thick foam "head" on top of the raspberries which I though was...

Well, if the finished product will have less fruit aroma then if I would have put it in the secondary, then I will be happy. I don't prefer fruit beers, so maybe with the combination of the different malts I used to make it "less wheaty" and with the lessened fruit flavor it will be something we...

I guess I should have read this forum first before I went over my head, but need to ask anyways. For my 4th batch, (2nd all-grain) I made a Raspberry Hefeweizen for my fiance, I got way over confident with the success of my first 3 brews, including my first all grain going excellently. I used...