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Hey all, I am brewing a Belgian Tripel and normally, I use White Labs WLP500 Monestary yeast but my local brew supply was out. So I went with the next closest, WLP540 Abbey. I brought it to room tempurature while I was brewing. My worry is, when I went to pitch, the yeast came out solid like...

I was fortunate enough to make the trek out to Kern River Brewing Co. to grab a case of their critically acclaimed Citra at their revent release. Willing to trade a few for some rare east coast beers. Let me know whatcha got!

I was fortunate enough to make the trek out to Kern River Brewing Co. to grab a case of their critically acclaimed Citra. Willing to trade a few for some east coast beers. Let me know whatcha got!

Aren't these two styles essentially the same? Both come in around 5% abv. Both are malted with 2 row and crystal malt. Both have similar ibu hop characteristics and both are similarly dry hopped. What's everyone's take? Btw, I am currently enjoying a delicious Kern River BC Gravity Check...

This may be a dumb question, but when a recipe calls for aging a beer (say 30 days), in what state do you age it? Leaving it in the secondary? Kegging it and storing it at room temp? Cold temp? Force carbonate and leave it in the kegerator?

In the process of brewing a winter Ale that has cinnamon and ginger at the beginning of a 60 min boil and 16 oz of maple syrup added at flameout. My question is how can I add more maple flavor since a lot of the character will be lost with co2. Should I add a bit of maple syrup in the fermentor...

After recently trying Stone's Mocha IPA, I was pleasantly surprised that I liked it. I'm usually not into flavored beer but this worked for me. Then I tried another local brewery's coffee IPA and it was amazing. From Second Chance Brewing also in Escondido, CA their Seize the Day Coffee IPA...

Being from the Southern West coast, I have had the privilege of having some amazing beers. Now I would like to branch out to the east coast and see what you all have to offer. I hear so much about Heady Topper. I'd like to try some. I'm mainly interested in IPA's. But if there's a phenomenal...

Being from the Southern West coast, I have had the privilege of having some amazing beers. Now I would like to branch out to the east coast and see what you all have to offer. I hear so much about Heady Topper. I'd like to try some. I'm mainly interested in IPA's. But if there's a phenomenal...