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I'm considering brewing this in about a week and would love to have some constructive criticism ahead of time. The hope is to brew a somewhat traditional IPA, but something also a little different and pleasant for the summer months ahead. I'm also considering substituting the Vienna for Munich...

I am completely new to CO2 tanks and kegging, so I'm hoping I'm just doing something completely wrong, but I hooked my tank up to my regulator and turned the gas on and it started spraying out of the holes on the side of the valve on the CO2 tank. Was I supposed to do something first? I checked...

Has anybody tried a lager yeast on an imperial rye IPA? I'm looking for a good, clean finish and I'm considering doing something a little out of the norm. The IPA I'm brewing has an IBU rating of about 70 and an OG of 1.082. I was thinking of trying WLP800 or WLP815, leaning more towards...

I'm planning a 1.056 OG Munich lager in the coming weeks and I'm trying to decide on which yeast to use. The WLP820 (Oktoberfest/Märzen lager yeast) sounds like a good choice for the style, but I've read a few posts on various forums with people that have had bad luck the strain. Based on their...

I've been reading up on some different hop techniques. One of the methods that has caught my attention the most is delaying hop additions (even bittering hops) until later in the boil to improve hop aroma. I've been tweaking a Rye IPA recipe of mine that I've been really interested in trying...

I made a yeast starter about 24 hours ago and went to check on it to find black chunks of something floating around in it. I've never noticed this before. I sanitized all equipment (including the stir bar) prior to use, so I don't know how I could have gotten an infection, but I'm probably...

I just bought a new Blichmann Boilermaker (10 gallon), installed the HopBlocker and brewed my first batch with the new kettle. For whatever reason, I now can't get the dip tube back off to remove the HopBlocker. Like I said, I just bought the equipment, so maybe I'm doing something wrong, but...

I recently brewed an Irish Red with an OG of 1.056 using WLP004. I had pretty high hopes for this beer because it tasted great before I primed it with 2.5 oz of priming sugar for a 2.5 gallon batch. Admittedly, I only waited 10 days before cracking the first bottle open, but it now has a very...

I've been wanting to brew a winter ale with Marris Otter. I've never actually brewed with this malt, so I don't know much about it. I typically would use a 2-row, but thought I'd change it up. I was reading the wiki page on Marris Otter and it states, "its yield has been surpassed hugely by more...

I've done two batches recently with leaf hops and I have to say, I never want to go back to the pellets ever again. Sure, they take up more room in the fridge, but they're significantly easier to work with and don't make as much of a mess. I don't have a hop basket (should probably get one), so...

I'm thinking about brewing this recipe this weekend. It's my first attempt at a custom recipe, so please feel free to critique away. Batch Size - 5 Gallons 9 lb Pale 2-Row - 57.1% 4 lb Rye - 25.4% 0.75 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L- 4.8% 1 lb Flaked Rye - 6.3% 0.5 lb Vienna - 3.2% 0.5 lb Rice Hulls...

We had a nasty boil over Friday and it caked on the stove pretty bad. We wore out a few different sponges (even after all-night soaking) before I looked into something a lot more powerful. Ended up settling with EASY-OFF and it worked great. I had to let it sit over night, but it wiped up with...

We did our first all-grain last night. Despite the amount of research I did ahead of time, I missed one tip that probably would have helped --preheating the mash tun. The recipe called for a mash temperature of 154 degrees. We had 12.875 pounds of grain and used the recommended water/grain...