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The reason we don't worry about dry hops is that hops are anti-bacterial. I would make a tincture and then just dose it in if I was planning on adding spices after fermentation. The one time I made a pumpkin spice beer however, I added the spices at the end of the boil.

The real question now is if the starsan I left behind is still good or if I need to whip up a new batch... Finally going home tonight so I can save this poor thing.

I don't necessarily have any direct advice for you, but I would try and find a stout recipe out and about or look to the BJCP style guidelines in terms of bittering. Whenever I make a stout, I just do a bittering addition as I am not really looking for hop flavor. I don't think you would need...

I have been using foam control instead and that normally does the trick.

That was my inclination as I have had to do this a lot with my hefes. I just have not done it in a while and definitely not when I have had to be away. First work trip of my first big boy job. This whole real life thing is weird haha. At least there is home brew!

I don't think I can talk her through a blow off set up unfortunately. I do wonder at what point it is. If it is still creating positive pressure, I have no worries.

The yeast was pitched on Sunday so I am pretty sure this thing is still going strong.

So, I am away until Thursday night for work and my dunkelweizen currently looks like this. This photo is from my girlfriend. She says that no krausen is on the carboy and it has just gotten into the airlock. What would you do? There is still a container of sanitizer there and I could have her...

I think there are a lot of people who eat with their eyes, or in this case drink. Presentation is very important in a lot of facets in society. I am finishing up a day at work right now where I am required to dress business casual. This doesn't improve my work necessarily, but it does add to the...

Ya, it still tastes great. The mouthfeel is really just something small ish in terms of the overall experience.

I get the can you make me x. Very flattering but difficult to explain that I don't have time even to brew for myself haha.

My bad dude, I totally read that wrong. However, I don't think there is anyway to misunderstand this guy haha.

I have had a mild on tap for almost a week now and have noticed that it has something similar to a chalky mouthfeel. It seems to be going away the longer it is on tap but I am not sure if that is actually what is happening or if I am just getting used to it. I took this beer grain to glass in...

I have never done it, so take what I say however you will. I think I saw a Brulospohy experiment that showed it didn't end up mattering. I would think that it may factor into my decision based on how high a gravity the IPA was. The hoppiness does not really scare me as you will probably be...

I have used rinsed Hefe yeast that was about a month old before. I would definitely do a starter if I was you and then take a sniff and see if it seems okay. If it just looks like yeast, my guess would be that it is fine. Any particular reason for not grabbing a new packet? You might want to...

Someone mentioned that Starsan or another sanitizer is not 100% necessary and I would put that before almost anything else. You could make a great batch of beer and be screwed by contamination. It's really not that hard to sanitize everything properly and you are giving yourself a better chance...

Haven't posted here or played as much recently. I still enjoy it, but my new job + studying takes time away from basically everything right now. No ditto yet, but I am on a shellder nest and will be evolving one today. The double XP thing is pretty sweet. For those that don't know, there are...

I need to up my level to the point where I have beers to pick from. I guess it isn't like the old days where you could enter tons of them, but I always find myself needing to brew for competitions, not having beer already ready.

This is a fun thread. I am of the warmer climate group as well. "Summer" lasts from about April through October or November around here. We can get a few cooler days in October and November but it was 85 very recently. This makes Winter the nicest time to brew as I am finally not sweating and I...

It's my only option as of now and it'll be better than nothing.