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hey all, when planning your recipes, especially for hoppy pale ales, @ approximately what percent of your total bitterness do you like to get from your first hop addition (usually at 60 or 90 mins)? ive been seeing varying numbers. some people like a 60/40 split. this means 60% of your...

A music booking collective here in Burlington, VT (just around the corner from the alchemist cannery -> heady topper) is hosting a big start of summer outdoor cookout/show and I want to brew lots of beer for it! Hop schedules are identical. Stats are identical. Only difference is the malt...

A music booking collective here in Burlington, VT (just around the corner from the alchemist cannery -> heady topper) is hosting a big start of summer outdoor cookout/show and I want to brew lots of beer for it! Hop schedules are identical. Stats are identical. Only difference is the malt...

It seems as if nearly everytime I weight out my grains at my local homebrew shop (which i do accurately!) and then measure the crushed grains afterwards, it always measures short. seems very trivial. i guess my question simply is, does milled grain weigh less than whole grains? i dont...

"We also made a minor adjustment to the hop utilization to account for batches with large trub/chiller losses – this generally will change your hop estimation significantly only if you have large trub/chiller losses relative to the batch size" This has been bugging me for a long time now...

After a bunch of AG brews under my belt, I was pretty certain I had all my numbers dialed in, for the most part. Inputting a ~68% mash efficiency into Beersmith allowed me to hit my numbers pretty spot on. I was a happy camper. Yesterday I brewed an oatmeal stout. Used 67% efficiency for...

Been searching around the forum for more specifics on how you guys determine how much of your washed yeast to add to a starter? A lot of people seem to not care and just throw in the entire contents of their harvested refrigerated pint of yeast into a starter (which surely must be well over...

hey everyone, while this may be my first ever post, this is absolutely not my first time to homebrewtalk. ive been frequenting these forums for months and months for sound advice that have made me lots of excellent homebrewed beer. i love forums! been searching everywhere for a solid...