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Hi, So, I just got a job at a brewery. I am essentially a paid intern. I have homebrew experience but have only bottle conditioned. Also, I am horrible at science/math, I'm very much left-brained and have always struggled with these things. I really don't have a grasp of CO2 and it's role in...

hi guys, i have an AIPA at 1.008 in a secondary right now and i am planning to dry hop, add mango pulp and cold crash. here is my question. do you think i could add the pulp while still frozen along with the hops and then cold crash it just like that? i know that the hop aroma wont be as...

Hi guys, So I have had this American IPA with Omega West Coast liquid yeast in the bucket for 3 weeks. It is generally my policy to leave my ales alone for 3 weeks, I don't usually check the gravity before then. Well, I may start checking at 10 days because I discovered I have a stuck ferm. My...

hi guys! ok so i am ready to pull my hair out. please help this noob. can someone explain to me the estimations that beersmith is coming up with in the bottom right corner of the second screen shot? i have entered my equipment profile with boil off rate. it's set for biab. what else can i do...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone here has attended the Siebel Concise Course? While I would love to drop $20,000 on the full program, I don't have those kind of resources. My goal is to find work in beer production. I currently "help out" at a brewery but they don't have the budget to hire me let...

me again! batch number two was a disaster. i couldn't keep a consistent mash temp and the tannins are out of control. fortunately, it's only a 1.25 gallon batch, probably down to 1 gallon minus trub. i'm thinking there's no saving it. i tried by dry hopping and adding some whiskey soaked...

hey, i bottled this pale ale 20 days ago. used priming sugar in bottling bucket for carbing. ran out of bottles toward the end of bottling so improvised and used a growler. kept the growler and the bottles at 68 degrees and out of the light. i thought that it might be better to drink the...

i tried to brew a 1.5 gallon biab batch in my 64 qt. kettle using just under 4 lbs of grain. i will never attempt this insanity again. 3.5 gallon batches FOREVER. because the grain was just barely submerged, it was absolute hell trying to keep a constant mash temp. first it was too hot...

hi guys, i've successfully brewed my first biab all grain brew, which was my first homebrew in general. :rockin: got bottles hanging out in a dark spot at 67 degrees. i have a question regarding cold crashing before bottling, which i did. i know that fluctuations in a bottled beer's temp...

hello again everyone, just checked on my session ale, which has been sitting in the primary for 3 weeks at 66 degrees with us-05. added a sack of hop pellets and am planning to bottle on friday. however, it's really cloudy and there's a bunch of sediment in it that to me looks like dehydrated...

attempted to check my gravity today which is day 9. i didn't pull enough liquid :drunk: i don't want to expose her any further so i am going to just leave it alone for another 10 days and then i will dry hop in my primary for 3 days. i wasn't going to secondary. these were my observations...

hey guys, it's a bit late for me to ask this as my batch has been in the bucket for 3 1/2 days now but.... i had to put my fermenting bucket on top of a box to keep it off the floor so it's not at cat level haha however, it just dawned on me that a.) the box is made of cardboard and b.)...

hello again, i am days away from brewing my first biab, which will be a 3 gal. batch. i searched high and low for a recipe that was simple but still appealed to me. i couldn't find one. i decided to try my hand at making my own. i was able to develop a recipe by tweaking a few that i've...

hello everyone, after reading about beer-making, taking an all-grain one day class and becoming a cicerone cbs, i am FINALLY ready to attempt a brew. i am torn about what to purchase and would really appreciate some advice. here are some factors: -i live in an apartment in chicago, so...

hi there, glad to have found this forum. i am planning to brew my first homebrew next week and am feeling a bit overwhelmed. i'm 3 days short of 33. recently married. live in chicago. future brewster, cicerone certified beer server. planning to become a cicerone and certified beer judge next...