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Everybody likes Cascades. Centennial gets a bump too. And I've never done it, but maybe Williamette?

Depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to dry hop, I think you'll find a lot of people leave the beer in the secondary for 7-10 days (or more) and dry hop for between 5-7 days. If you don't want to use the secondary, you can also just leave the brew in your primary for 3 weeks...

So you want a really strong smirnoff ice to mix with hawaiian punch basically? Girls will like it, and that's good. Other than that, I have no clue how they make that kind of stuff. Sorry...

Alright, I'm really asking more for reference, but how is a malt liquor made, and can it be made at home? I don't really want to replicate Colt, Olde English, Mickey's or Steel Reserve, but am curious. Is it just a ton of low-grade malt in the wort? Someone is going to get home-brew iced.

Hey guys, I've got a few extract kits making their respective ways through my fermenters and I have got to thinking maybe I would like to start branching out and making more mistakes along the lines of "I don't know what I'm doing with ingredients" as opposed to "I don't know what I'm doing...

+1 for the How To Brew. I think the idea of brewing 3 of the same base and just changing the hops is a good one. I would say just make one batch have williamette, or cascade, or centennial, or saaz or whatever you want be both flavoring and aroma hops. Just take good notes as to the total...

Or get a stainless steel thief... I don't have a link, my LHBS has them.

Meh, it could be fine. You aerate when you stir during the boil right? (or does boiling remove all the air?) So why would aerating at 170 cause that much more harm? And a lot of people cool without a chiller or ice bath. Re-pitch.

What is the highest temperature possible to pitch yeast into the wort - White labs vial. Buddy threw yeast in at 110. Dead? Thanks guys!

Probably just cost. If you can afford it, and the freezer cooperates with the temperature you set it to I would say you're golden. A lot of people would probably be jealous of it even.

Getting a little ahead of myself here, but was wondering if it is at all possible to cold crash in a swamp cooler? How cold does it have to be, and for how long for a cold crash to be effective? Was thinking it would just take a good deal more ice for say 12-24 hours. Is this feasible...

Hey there guys - newbie question... What is the best way of sanitizing a carboy? I've read that in order to sanitize something the object should be exposed to, in this instance Star-San, for 2 minutes. Seems like a lot of sanitizer is to be used to get one carboy sanitized if I had to fill...

The microbreweries around me all use growlers to sell their beer. Some of the beers you can only get in a growler... conveniently enough it's those growler selling guys that got me interested in this hobby. As for how long beer can last in them, from a keg I've been told 3 days is really the...

I know I spelled them incorrectly, but can anyone tell me what these things mean, or point me in the right direction. Rookie... Thanks!

Hey guys, Beginning brewer who has yet to really embrace RDWHAHB just yet... I was on my second brew last night, an APA kit from Brewer's Best, with upgraded yeast to Wyeast 1056 - American Ale. I unfortunately did not buy enough ice this time around to sufficiently cool the wort in the...