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Man, my best homebrew to date. Huge hop aroma and nice juicy profile. I went with Citra, Simcoe, Amarillo, Cascade and Chinook in the whirlpool and dry hop based on what I had. Would like a little more body from the malt but this is still awesome. Would love to have real Heady to compare it to.

Have a DIPA that's been capped and carbonating for a week (since last thursday evening). I am anxious to test one out and see how things are going so I pulled one out of the box to stick in the fridge to have with dinner tonight. I noticed there are visible bubbles inside the bottle. Cap seems...

Bottled up a partial mash version of this recipe last night. Used YB's version of the yeast and subbed out the hop variety for what I had on hand (Amarillo, Chinook, Cascade, Citra). Smelled awesome in the bottling bucket and the sample had a nice crisp bite. My trash smells incredible where I...

I have a vial of this and planning to try it on some peaches as well. Real curious how yours turns out.

sounds good, thanks.

I've had my slightly altered "clone" in a swamp cooler since pitching the yeast on Sunday evening. Temps stayed between 65-72 the entire time and now down in the mid 60's as fermentation is pretty much done. Is it safe to remove from the swamp cooler at this point? Used Yeast Bay's Vermont Ale...

Tried my rye saison last night that I brewed back in mid-August with 3711. I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of liking it now that its a little older. The spicy peppery notes have taken over and any of the tart fruity notes are gone. Could be the rye, could be just a phase, could...

Want to get a starter going tonight for a Sunday brew (plan on a two step starter to harvest some for future batches). Whats the optimal temp for the starter. Do I need to be in the mid-60's like primary fermentation or can I have this at room temp 74 for a couple of days?

Just bottled this. Real interesting flavor. Equal parts apple, beer and wine with a nice tart zip on your tongue.I'd expect this to have even more bite once carbed up. FG was down to 1.000, undercarbed in case the yeast knock it down another point or two.

Just ordered this strain, looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with. I probably won't be brewing anything with it for a month or two but wanted to have it in my stable.

Book purchased, looking forward to reading up and starting my first sour beer. Love reading the blog. Great work Mike.

Mine is still doing the same thing and I'm on Day 10. Used S-04. This has taken a lot longer for the yeast to drop than I'd have imagined. Krausen fell after Day 2.

On day 6 now and after an obvious krausen from primary with the S-04, it looks like I've got a secondary fermentation going. Could this be malolactic fermentation? It resembles the bubbles and foam you get when making wine. No off smell or anything, but still bubbling away. I don't see anything...

boiled .5oz of Cascade in about a half gallon of honey wort. About a pound of honey used. Smelled quite interesting, like hoppy honey tea, and tasted fine. Added to carboy with 3gal of pressed cider. Its happily fermenting away with some S-04 right now about 12 hrs after pitching the yeast

Yeah I need to see how strong the OG for the cider is before figuring out how to overcome diluting it too much. I also considered using honey with the water to boil with the hops in lieu of regular DME. That will provide additional sugar to prevent dilution and add some complexity

First cider attempt here. Going to try to make a gluten free hopped cider that my celiac friends can enjoy with a goal of making it "beer like". Plan on making a 3 gallon batch using local pressed cider. Using S-04 or one of the other GF Dry Ale Yeasts. I'd like to hop it as well and was...

my chinook have a few clusters that look like this. My cascades did not. Both 2nd year plants in pots.

I have a saison suffering from the same problem, but its very strong. I'm not too optimistic

Thanks for the feedback. Hoping to brew asap. I think my next batch will involve the following corrections to see if things turn out better. 1) Use bottled spring water to see if my friends tap has "bad" water 2) swamp cooler for first two days to keep temps manageable. 3) Use a smackpack of...

UPDATE: So I popped my first beer. Fully carbed, still smells awful. Straight up bandaids. Taste is fine if you can get over the smell. Damn. I don't know what to do with this, dont want to dump it.