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Out of curiosity, why the Golden Promise? I'm just intrigued. I used A04 on a Heady Topper clone and wasn't all that impressed with it. In fact, it barely got going. Luckily I had a slurry of harvested yeast from a couple of Heady cans and it took off after that.

That looks on point generally speaking. For yeast, I've used US05 and US04 and they've all worked. As for grain bill, I think you could probably just go all 2-Row, 1# flaked wheat, and I usually add 8 ounces of carapils/dextrine (for head retention), and between 12 oz - 1# of C-10, or C-15 if...

I've been wondering about this. I have noticed a few "0 IBU" IPAs being sold in area bottle shops and craft breweries. I figure this is how they get to that. In the latest Brew Your Own magazine, Brad Smith makes the case for not adding any hops toward the end of the boil or at flameout in...

That article is old, from 2015. The law was updated, or re-interpreted I guess, in 2017. Here is the actual advisory from the MA ABCC: http://www.mass.gov/abcc/pdf/2017Advisories/5-24-17AdvisoryRefillingGrowlers.pdf

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In Massachusetts up until last year (if I remember correctly - it may have been 2016) you could only fill a growler from the brewery you got the growler, with that brewery's label on it. Now you can fill a non-labeled growler pursuant to a new regulation (or more accurately a "new" reading of...

Patriots 48 (i.e. 31-17 - finally a Super Bowl that doesn't cause me to have a heart attack!)

I think Maine Beer Co are bottle-conditioned.

Or Arbor Fabricating: http://arborfab.com/. I believe they make some of the items that Utah Biodiesel sells. I believe they also stock for lots of online homebrew shops. I contacted Arbor Fab to get some info on some of the hop filters and they were very responsive. I'm sure if you give them...

Yeah not to not answer the original post but I first used a foam stopper but it got all gunked up with starter krausen. It seemed the only way to “fix” it was to chuck and buy a new one. Instead the guy at my local store told me he just uses aluminum foil with a spray of Star San losers...

In addition to all the above (great) advice, when I first kegged, I kept losing co2 rapidly, like once a week. When I brought in the tank to my local gas supply place to either get it refilled or to see if the tank itself had problems, he gave me an o-ring to connect between the co2 tank and...

I believe it is an add-on. I found it when I was trying to brew up a Heady Topper clone and Beersmith did not have Thomas Fawcett malts listed. I think the add-on might be something like "Fawcett malts" but its in there.

I have the KAB4 and a 10 gallon kettle and it works great! I used to use a turkey fryer burner from my dad's kit and the difference in noise level is remarkable. You can barely hear the KAB4 at a nice rolling boil and it does have some wind protection. My kettle has gotten some soot and/or...

I follow that same procedure; its great! I usually make a 1.5 L starter, decant enough to fill an 8 ounce mason jar we have and use the rest for the next batch. I've used the same overbuilt strain of US-05 for close to 18 months and I haven't noticed any issues with it.

Like PADave says, you can use any hop, but it might not be as cost-effective to use something like Citra or Galaxy as your bittering hop since most (if not all) of the flavor and aroma will be boiled out. So I like to use a hop like Warrior or one of the CTZ hops for bittering. Another...

I haven't cold crashed with my most successful NEIPA recipes and I've found that when I dry hop in the keg (with one of these) I get the best overall aroma, flavor, and mouthfeel. Then again the ones I have cold-crashed haven't been too shabby either. I haven't found them to get very...

Nah, rack without cold crashing or clarifying! Leave it as hazy as possible. To be honest, I have no idea how much you'll drop out with cold crashing, but I figure that cold crashing adds an extra step; why not just get to the deliciousness earlier! FYI that's a good looking recipe there.

Yup, I agree with this! Our water authority (the Greater Boston area) prints out a really detailed annual and monthly water reports, but does not separate the bicarbonate and carbonate levels and instead lists the total alkalinity and pH and I kept banging my head against the virtual wall...

This is what I was thinking unless the OP was going to ferment it with an ale yeast and just lager it post-fermentation. I had not had a Baltic porter until this season and I've really enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm not a huge stout fan generally speaking but I do like the way the Baltic porter...

If you're using an airlock, do you have enough liquid in it? For my very first brew, I had virtually no noticeable activity and when I looked at the three-piece airlock I used, I had put too little water in it. The little dome piece in the middle was above the water line so while CO2 was...