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As far as i know, Citra is only meant to be used as a flavour/aroma hop and not a bittering hop because it produces those tastes. I would recomend dry hopping with it or maybe add with 5 mins or at flameout to get the real charecter of the hop. Say a pale ale with cascade and citra dry hop?

Hey all so i have been reading up alot about ice cider which is the process of freezing the juice, concentrating the juice AND FLAVOUR! you can use a low alcohol tolerant yeast and obtain something somewhat of an ice wine flavour from it. just wanted to know if anyone has any...

How did this turn out? I am thinking of making a batch of something similar in about a month or so. Also a random question. How acidic was the juice? I have read that when pressing the frozen apples malic acid (the main acid in apples) percipitates out at around -2 deg C and that it stays...

Hey Im a student in microbiology and ive worked with yeast a bunch and done some of the same things. I have used UBA - universal beer agar for a few lab samples which we as a lab then used to make beer and it turned out alright but we were also making 20G batches so if there was any sort of...

Fermentation temperature is one of the most inportant things to monitor and can have a profound impact on the beer. Like stated previous yeast grow best from 10-37 degrees celcius with 37 being the optimal growth temperature for some strains however it is not usually a good temperature for...

Hey guys I am hoping t make an electric boil kettle and have been doing alot of research and it seems like almost all builds call for a 240V stove outlet. I was wondering if there is a way to convert this to a normal wall outlet since i do not have access to a 240 V outlet. I dont know if...

I havnt read everything here in this thread but has anyone ever tried bottling with watermelon juice instead of using it in the 2ndary....or both ? cheers

Hey Guys Im thinking of making a HERMS Rig and was wondering if you can solder things in place instead of welding them and what the advantages would be or if anyone has done this with succsess? I do not own a welder or know anyone who owns one and the guy near by wants a fortune for the...

THIS IS FANTASTIC its essentially exzactly what i have been wanting to make for a while, ive just been getting small parts n etc before jumping into it. Just wondering, do you know how much it has run you? im just wondering how much i should be looking to sink into this thing:) cheers

Hey guys just thought id give you a quick update SORBATE CAN BE OVERCOME! I added about 500mL from a culture of chico yeast and it has taken off! Its not as fast as a normal fermentation but its going at a good pace Sorbate can be overcome, i do not have any off smalles develop but...

Hey All Just wonted to get some feedback from people expierience with types of carbination and what is best? Say either bottling, kegging, casking etc etc I was hoping to make a boddingtons clone and was wondering if anyone knows how to get that nice creamy head that lingers. (kinda like...

Thanks guys Just wondering have you had any issues with scorching or carmalyzation on the steam injecters?

Hey was just wondering if anyone has ever hear of or driven there systems with this? I know alot of microbrews drive there systems with steam due to efficiency, was just wondering if anyone has ever found a homebrewing version of this? I will post the one I am drawing up now when its...

Hey all Just a quick question i cant figure out. I read a while ago about someone having there HLT for a HERMS set up at boiling while recirculating with the wort going through heat exchanger in the HLT. I was just thinking, since the amylase enzymes are water soluble they would go...

It might be a bit more work but i bake mine at 450 for 1 hour to sanatize them all a day before i brew. havnt had any problems with it yet and your not messing with chemicals which is what i like. Cheers

Looks good to me pilsner malt is a must but i might want to turn down some of the DME, too much might bring the alcohol flavour forward to much but that could just be me. all the best, happy brewing! let us know how it turned out

Hey all Just a quick question So i made a half cider half beer last night (dont know what you would call that) pitched the yeast from a started ( i am using a strain i cultured from duvel). I was just cleaning up this morning and realized that the apple juice contained potassium sorbate...

I found out what had happend..... Bret got in it, so the hop flavour was there but all of the bottles developed a nice white film on them which neutralized the flavour of the hops for the most part, the flavour did come back but with an underlying dirty infected taste :( Anybody know of a...

Hey All So I am looking to make a HERMS build and was looking up some stuff on the HLT of the build and ive seen some using a propane burner and others using electricity. Just from my own thoughts i would think that a water heater element would be more efficient than a propane burner...

Hey in 2005 when he posted that keiths was actualy pretty good (hard to beleive i know) it was an IPA back then instead of the watery pale ale sin that it is today. If you are looking for a clone of what it used to be try a IPA with not a lot of hops but say 60-70IBU's worth (i honestly...