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My package from @HopsAreGood arrived safely! Sorry for the late reply guys. I was out of cellular service disconnecting from the world for a couple days. Excellent packaging and quick shipping - with awesome beers to boot! Now someone get @HopsAreGood some brews! He's next on the list and...

If they smell okay then use them. The alpha acid (AA) levels will have decreased quite a bit, but they should remain usable.

Pictures can be tough, but I don't see anything bad that jumps out to me. Looks like a bunch of yeast rafts.

Adding a campden tablet to your water while it's coming up to strike temperature will eliminate your chlorines and/or chloramines present. Super simple and inexpensive.

A quick glance at the hop varieties sounds pretty good to me. I think you'll have a tasty ale on your hands in a month or so. I use BIAB also and generally shoot for 14 days in the fermenter as a rule. I test the FG a couple days before and on day 14 also. Sometimes I'll go over or under a day...

That was my thought, but it seems you're already fine there... I might be inclined to agree with @Norlz about pitching 2 packets, especially if your OG was 1.075. If that's not the issue then like @VikeMan mentioned it's possible the recipe is slightly differing from your expectation?

Are you measuring your gravity with a hydrometer or a refractometer?

Gingerbread ale is bottled up. We'll see how it improves with time. Luckily I have some bottles I can sample as time passes. You know, for science. I've seen some photos of bottles from the previous year's collections and I definitely feel the pressure to come up with a clever label before they...

This is my first kegerator and kegging setup. She's seen 4 corny kegs worth of brews so far and is keeping up like a champ. I drilled and mounted the tower myself and got the fridge on CL used.

My first ever mead. 3 gallons. Should clock in around 14% ABV. I'll separate each gallon out for a secondary with three different fruit versions. Crossing my fingers!

I have the same ones. I tried to find used ones for a good price, but after shipping most were nearly the same price as a brand new one with shipping included. I haven't had any issues with mine at all.

Congratulations! It's a great feeling. Now get working on filling up your fermenter again!

Tried BeerSmith and didn't like it. Used Brewer's Friend. The website works okay. It's a little slow making selections, but sometimes when I return to a recipe it adds random malts and stuff. Not down with that. Tried and purchased Brewfather and love it.

Oh dear lord you're right. I used one last time and I FORGOT THIS TIME. Ugh. Haha well I still didn't see any airlock activity but we'll see how it is after the conversion. Thanks! 6 brews in and I'm such a noob still! Edit: My sour clocks in at 4.1% and the IPA at 6.25%. Never stop learning haha!

That's what I thought too. Used the same style of yeast last time too. I have a refractometer with auto temperature calibration. I double checked with one of my sours I just kegged and that was fine (FG wise) and test with my distilled water to be sure. Seems fine.

I pitched at 70 degrees F.

On April 25th I brewed v2.0 of my IPA. I only tweaked the recipe slightly from before (addition of Cascade hops paired with Cashmere) and kept a better eye on the temperature. It is now May 16th and the FG is still not what I was expecting. On Monday of this week I opened the fermenter and gave...

Just dropped off @wstbrewing's box! For the next up granting me I live in Humboldt County, California. Way up north. I like pale ales, IPAs (traditional WC and NEIPA), stouts, barleywine's, sours, and I'm trying to branch out into some nice lagers also. I'm open for most styles!

I'm originally from Riverside and I guarantee there must be a homebrew club in the area. Facebook would be a great starting point. Try asking your LHBS. That's how I found out about my current local group.

Things generally run pretty cool here at my house. This will also come in handy for my sours and kveik yeast based brews.