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That's true. When I started the 170-190F whirlpool/hopstand technique I was SURE my IPAs were smoother and more aromatic/flavorful. More than likely when I started I did t have a great grasp of whirlpool utilization and the range of isomerization temps, also to make a great IPA you can never...

170 is a good temperature though since its still in pasteurizing temps so if any sneaky little bits of dust get stuck to the hops and something is living on that dust it should still die. Wort at 100F, even a highly hopped beer, is a wonderland for bacteria. Those that no-chill are usually...

One thing about warmer hop stands in the 170-190F range to keep in mind. The hotter temps help dissolve the oils by making them more liquid. Throwing a piece of butter in room temp vs. body temperature bowl of water, room temp the butter stays relatively solid, body temp water the butter...

This was my second attempt at a black IPA and used what I learned from my first attempt, the original turned into a RIS after 3-4 months when the hops started to drop out. I wanted to land a beer in time for the 2016 Minnesota Mash Out and settled on a black IPA, the beer was 4 weeks old 2...

https://mashout.org/2016Results.pdf Results are in folks!

I am planning my first large beer without partial mash, 1.100 Belgian Dark Strong Ale. Why? I caught a deal on an 11 gallon kettle with a mash tun so I can do greater than 12lbs of grain comfortably, figure with this I'll try First time 16lb grain bill.

If we're going for brewing related, all of the Brewing Network shows are interesting and some even have good info. Non brewing related. History on Fire and Hardcore History with Dan Carlin are really interesting to listen to if you like history and they try to stick to contemporary accounts of...

Anyone going to the raffle/silent auction? Contemplating going but weather rolling in and don't want to get run off the road by someone speeding in inclement weather.

+5.5 roggenbier = 1461 total

Hopsploitation will only die out when we as consumers stop buying them. If we keep buying them they are gonna keep brewing them and keep breeding new varieties of hops. I wouldn't welcome this, I'm not a huge hop head, I'll make an IPA every 3 months of my rotation, but without the huge...

Well if we start seeing a bunch of breweries closing it might be the bubble bursting. Even then though it may just be the bad breweries or bad business practice that's sinking their business, not because the market for craft beer is imploding. Also the craft beer business doesn't have massive...

No. Definitely no. Seriously, no. We haven't even seen a leveling off of new breweries opening. We might hit a saturation point in the next decade and the bad breweries will die off, and the good will stay on. If beer was dying would the accountants for whoever bought Ballast Point, would...

(Packers Fan crying about our season below) He definitely has the talent but having a boss defense with healthy players surrounding you can make any quarterback look really awesome (not that Cam isn't really good). True test of a QB is when his offensive line is dogging it, and he's missing...

Its a very Superb Owl.

I have some 14 month old chinook hops that sat in the fridge (not freezer) with the original packaging lightly wrapped around them and a cheaply ziplock bag. They smell completely fine. I forgot I had them and saw them digging through my other hops and decided they would be good aged hops for...

About 30% is in 22oz bottles and the rest in long neck 12oz. The 22oz bottles are for personal enjoyment and bringing to homebrew club meetings. 12oz are for testing carbonation early and then later for competition and again personal enjoyment.

Zero. That number doesnt tell the whole story though. Any beer that didnt hit the mark or wasnt great falls into two dump categories. 1. Drink it when I just wanna get drunk. The Belly Dump Category. 2. Use it for some other culinary purpose. Freeze distill it so it takes up less...

I was waiting for Han to pull out a thermal detonator and blow Kylo up, but then we'd have to argue if Han was going to blow his son up before or after being stabbed.

Sorry, I didn't intend the second part to be in response to your dislike for pooping in public. It was more meant as a general response to the question of pooping at work or not and the economics of having a lot of employees pooping. (I think not pooping in a public bathroom is a perfectly...

I guess I have a hard time considering 24 dollars of hops being the same as 24 dollars of caramelized sugars. The hops I generally couldn't grow the same varieties when it comes to varieties like citra and mosaic. Also I'd have to go and wait an entire growing season for those hops if I...