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Please tell me where I went “wrong:” So, I brewed an American Stout (based on a Zainasheff style profile in BYO). For me, it’s a “big” beer, but I think it’s also relatively big for the style: Targeted OG = 1.072 (which I hit). I pitched with WLP007 (instead of WLP001), mashed (accidentally)...

First, let me state up front that I am NOT proposing that using refined sugars (e.g., table sugar or corn sugar) as adjuncts in a recipe will necessarily lead to appley or cidery flavors. When I started encountering these off-flavors in my own beers, my research at first produced such...

First, let me state up front that I am NOT proposing that using refined sugars (e.g., table sugar or corn sugar) as adjuncts in a recipe will necessarily lead to appley or cidery flavors. When I started encountering these off-flavors in my own beers, my research at first produced such...

Hey all, Just recently, with temps at a stable mid-upper 50s in my garage, I thought I'd try my first lager using Fermentis S-23 (seems to tolerate slightly elevated lager fermentation temps). Anyhow, I followed the Brewing Classic Styles recipe for Bohemian Pilsner and hit my targeted OG...

Hey y'all, I realize there are several posts about this sort of question, and I apologize in advance for the redundancy. I guess I'm just hoping for up-to-date advice about my particular situation. A week ago, I brewed about 5.25 gallons of American Stout at 1.070. I made a 2 liter starter...

I suspect the answers to this will be, "Go for it, no problem," or "Why Bother? Just use one packet," but I'm curious...: I'm brewing a 1.066 OG IPA tomorrow and kinda threw the recipe together while at the LHBS. Anyhow, they had a 10g (not 11.5g, like Safale) packet of dry yeast called...

My first ever opportunity to share my beer with anyone other than my close friends and family is approaching on April 26, and for whatever reason, I brewed something a bit outside my usual repertoire for the occasion—an extract Citra pale ale with a 30-minute boil. I brewed on March 12, and my...

Hi All, Eight days ago, I brewed two beers (extract w specialty grains) on March 12—a Citra pale and an ESB. Now, I know it’s only been 8 days (and I won’t consider racking the beer for at least 2 weeks, total), but I pitched S-04 into each beer and was really surprised by how quickly it took...

I brewed a California Common on February 2, and I have to say it tastes great thus far. It sat in primary for just over three weeks and for a variety of reasons (time, travel, other logistics) went to keg on February 23 and has sat under pressure since then at 40F. Of course, I've sampled a...

Hey all, Just brewed by first California Common yesterday afternoon and pitched a 2L starter of WLP810 into a 6.5 gallon carboy with my 5 gallon batch. I used one of those orange carboy hoods for the first time, with a blowoff tube into a container of sanitizer. Wow. I've never had an active...

OK, I'm mostly just experimenting here, but I've always wanted to harvest yeast from my homebrew bottles or bottle-conditioned commercial beers for use in future brews. Well, next up for me is a 1-gallon batch of Arrogant Bastard clone (my wife got me an appropriately sized fermenter, and I'm...

Hey, All. First, since this is my first post on the forum, I wanna thank everyone for the amazing knowledge and shared experiences that I've benefited from since I started brewing 5 months ago. I'm having a blast, and couldn't/wouldn't have started were it not for this site. Thank you...