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I used some old crystalized honey to kick up the ABV of a brew a week into primary. My approximated increase was from 5.4% to ~ 7.9% which is cool. I actually got down to 1.008 on this FG. But I wonder how much sweetness I might be getting from the honey. I used Jasmine, chamomile, prickly pear...

I do split batches whenever I brew to keep it interesting. I have an ale with early addition Newport and Northern Brewer and late addition Willamette and Crystal hops. I have some overripe nectarines and wanna throw them in once I've reached and bottled half of this guy. Any suggestions on...

After almost 7 weeks in bottle, I have only a slight chill have and a very mellowed out flavor profile. I feel like this beer went from sharp to cohesive over the last 3 weeks.

I don't hate the beer. I just thought after brewing a beer with 7 year old LME, then a SMASH with Pilsen malt and high AA hops with little flavor or aroma... I was like, I'm gonna design this beer with 5 hop additions, using 3 hops, serving 3 purposes. A little steeping grain can go a long way...

I was thinking I was doing well. Now I wish I'd done X, Y & Z to this before bottling. ...and I have 30 bottles. It's not bad, but I wish I would've built my malt profile more. GDMFing hindsight. I thought it was going to be great before carbonating. Super juicy. I used Centennial and Northern...

I have done split batches with 3 beers so far, each time adding something to the second half. 1.) Pear, clove, allspice 2.) Earl Grey tea, lemon zest 3.) Chamomile, Jasmine, orange peel, prickly pear, hibiscus, passionfruit, green tea. I noticed when checking ingredients, lecithin in the tea. I...

I had a dream last night that I couldn't find Arizona Green Tea w/ Ginseng and Honey. Weird dream, but you know I bought some today. Damn right! I just bottled beer 2 days ago and while thinking about my next brew day, drinking my delicious tea...I thought... So, what do we think? It Saturday...

Tried to go yesterday, but we pulled up and they said they were closed for construction. So we went to a spot in downtown Milford with pretty good food. My wife had a Wachusett blueberry wheat ale, I had a Duvel and the Lagunitas Newcastle. Usually I do local stuff, but I haven't tried either...

I am a bit of a sipper. If it's in my hand, I'm sipping. And then it's gone. This is why I'm not a fan of liquor. I just keep sipping. I learned I needed a water, a soda, a beer and a whiskey. That way I was always sipping. My wife balls it my sippy cup syndrome. Sip, sip.

Looks like our ABV is showing, boys. :bigmug:

HB extra pale ale with Earl Grey tea and lemon zest.

My wife, son and I are gonna grab an app at Dockside tomorrow. It's been packed and is close to home. Hopefully it's good. I heard their head brewer was from Stony Creek, which I don't love, but the beers seem like they'd be up my alley.

There's a difference between the normal session IPAs and these new low cal ones. A bunch of breweries are doing them, and I think they are trying to cross into the hard Seltzer but still beer territory. None of them are very good. I'd rather have a salad with a good beer than a burger with a...

After my last brew day, with groundwater getting warmer, I'm looking into building my own immersion chiller. It beats a bathtub full of water overnight.

Wipe from front to back. Never back to front.

I can't tell if you're taking about a boil over or drunken incontinence. :drunk:

As someone who started brewing during quarantine, I was going to say WEBSITE My "Local" HBS had an awful online store. Someone on here said he wants to call orders in because its so bad. It feels like a website from '98 and has very broad results when you click on Beer Brewing. No...

It could be a few things, from what I understand of beer. 1.) Oxidation. Sunlight can ruin beer very quickly. 2.) Water chemistry. Carbonate or carbonic acid. Could also mean you primed or carbonated too much for your taste. 3.) Fresh hops can't be vegetal or astringent. Some people can describe...

I've only used Baker's yeast with my limited Homebrewing. I couldn't find brewer's so I got Fleischmann's instant yeast. I have made 3 5.5 gallon beers and a maple wine/mead. I've found nothing sour or avrid about any of the beers. If anything, I've described the flavor as leaning toward...

NB has after-pay available, also. That was helpful as someone who'd been temporarily laid off. If any other sites offer the ability to pay in smaller increments over a couple weeks, that would be nice to know. NB is good, but it's nice to shop around and spread the love. Little as it may be...