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Hitting about 2.5 weeks since brew day today, sat longer than id hoped, going to bottle asap - hydrometer sample hit 1.002, my only concern is the hop flavor seems to be mostly missing! At least in the warm sample I wasnt picking up too much, I did use fresh hops from my yard but figured I had...

what carbonation levels does everyone use? (bottling)

so! status report, bottle No. 2. Opened - Aroma! -ish, this wasnt present in bottle 1 from my recall Poured - Half or less as much head as the one yesterday, though i may have poured more slowly. Retention about the same Taste - First sip was decent. After that the bad flavor became more and...

my capper is fairly new, i figure the caps must be good still since I got a nice pop - still at N=1, wont get a chance to taste another til later tonight but I did check the used up bottle - there was some residue on the inside of the neck from crappy washing that wasnt previously evident. Cue...

I never use bleach. I have starsan and pbw. Typically for bottles I will rinse with h20 at time of use, shelve, then PBW soak for indeterminate time in a big tub to remove the labels (maybe not all the bottles internals are getting pbw though!! - I should probably mix the pbw first and then add...

I used campden tablets in my brewing water, so i dont think it was that! but i may have missed one of my two sparge additions, i cant recall exactly. so maybe? I feel like it wouldnt be so very different only a week or so later if that were the case. My water is pretty clean to begin with, ive...

Made my first IPA - ZD clone with vermont ale, and it tasted fantastic up until dry hopping, with a great aroma. After dry hopping (7 days) and crashing, etc, I didnt really taste it again but the aroma was still there and fantastic. I bottled about 12 days ago. i couldnt resist trying one...

Sams units and volume as the Main post, probably just something weird in beersmith. 8 ibu probably not a big deal anyway. I thought last night it was 21 ibu in the recipe post.

So im going to brew this tomorrow. PLugged it into Beersmith and the IBUs read way high compared to the listed front page recipe - like 35. with same AA and such. Whats the difference?

So maybe I missed it but I'm a bit confused on the actual ratios... If I'm using oxyclean free /tsp90/sun cleaner? Some comments had ratios different than implied in the op

Not to mention a $33 discount for cosmetic defect, putting it at $296

Here is 2014's report! I found it online but I cant find the link anymore - but this is what was emailed to me. In Bru'n water it doesnt quite balance out, but if you add the 3 ppm K that is present in some other reports Ive seen (i think from nordeast brewers alliance) it gets pretty dang close.

Would love to try this but not a real coffee fan, how big is the coffee flavor? Should I alter the roasted vs chocolate malt? And if I were to put it over some coconut how much for a 3-4 Gallon batch? Like 8 Oz? Less?

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I just finished my fermentation chamber build and am in the process of setting up my black box, I was looking to see if anyone else has recommended temperature profiles - i was just going to use these http://brulosophy.com/2014/07/23/the-black-box-is-beyond-cool-and-hot/ but im not sure if...

Hi My GF has an old mini fridge collecting dust at her parents house and I want to use it to make a fermentation chamber build, the only problem is that I have plenty of vertical space but not much horizontal space. I know youre not supposed to use a fridge on its side, is there any way to...