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Im kind of torn between becoming a Certified Cicerone or BJCP judge. I work in the beverage industry so Cicerone is more in line with that but BJCP is cheaper.

I meant how long from the time you started pursuing being bjcp certified till you got certified.

Congrats! How long did it take you to get certified?

Green food coloring.

I entered this beer in a local club competition. It scored a 32. Not bad but not good either. Judges said wasn't hoppy enough for an america pale ale and would of done better as english pale ale. Using pellets instead of while hops might have helped as well. I ordered my all grain setup and...

Neva Parker was on the brewing network a few weeks ago and tasty asked her what brewery WLP090 came from and she said it was from a SD brewery but wouldn't name which and went pretty quiet.

WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast has been rumored to be Stone's strain.

It sucks when everything comes together and you produce a GREAT beer but only have 5 gallons. I brew 5 gal now but in a year hopefully I will have the ability to do 10 gal batches.

Hillcrest Pale Ale

OC I live in Fallbrook haha. Small world

I prefer using while hops and i haven't had an issue getting them in and out of the carboy neck. I put them in a large mesh bag sanatize a few marbles and throw them in the bag, then push the bag in. Thats the best pic I have

I will defiantly be contacting you for some rhizomes. The ones i ordered from more beer seemed dry by the time i got them.

Anyone here have success home growing hops in Southern California, ideally North San Diego County? I started this year with three varieties. Cascade, Centennial, and Fuggles. The cascade got about 3 feet tall with no hops, Centennial got about 1 foot then a damn cat dug it up, and the Fuggle got...

I get my xmas bonus around dec 31st. If everything is still available I will be highly interested

If I wanted to FWH an extract batch do I add the fwh after steeping grains while Im bringing my steeped water to a boil?

Here is the finished product! Excellent pale ale! It has a piney aroma, clean bitterness with notes of grapefruit. I just entered it into a local competition.

The best sours are usually limited releases from a local brewery. I'm blessed to be in SD county and The Lost Abbey has EXCELLENT sours like Red Poppy and Cuvee de Tomme.

I bottled this yesterday. The FG was 1.011 coming in at 6.1 ABV. It had a great fruity aroma. It wasn't as bitter as I expected. If I use whole hops again I will probably do 25% more. We'll see in a couple weeks once it's carbed.

I've read that corn sugar is more of a pure dextrose (sugar) and will prime quicker with no added flavor. I would dry hop with cascade or a combo of all the hops you used is good too.

I steep at 150 in 5 gallons of water for 30 minutes.