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I use oxisan as a sanitizer (widely available here in Montreal); my bottle caps, bottles, bottling bucket, want, autosiphon, tubing, etc are all wet with sanitizer when I bottle. This is an oxygen cleaner, right? Am I oxidizing my beer? Should I switch to Starsan?

I'm entering a mystery box showdown in my homebrew club. We can only use what's in the box. I'm going for a fruity IPA, since the hops they gave us are mostly nice big American stinky varieties. Normally I use something like Vermont Ale/Conan to bring out the hop juice in my IPAs, but I'm...

Brewing a "hoppy stout" in a week and need to get my starter going. I have WLP002 (English Ale), WLP005 (British Ale) and WLP095 (Burlington Ale) in the fridge (as well as some safale US-05, but that's my "emergency" yeast in case something goes wrong). I'm doing a side by side split boil: all...

Anyone out there ever brewed a hoppy American stout with stellar results? If so, give me your feedback! I'm thinking a standard oatmeal stout grainbill (MO, RB, Chocolate, C80 and Oats) with 1 oz bittering @ 60 min, 3 oz late hops (15-0 min) and 3 oz dry hops (4-5 days). Shooting for 1.060 OG...

Got my paws on some WLP095 Burlington Ale Yeast aka Conan / Vermont Ale. Any reason this wouldn't be awesome in an American Stout? I'm thinking dry, roasty and hoppy with Centennial/Chinook, around 70 IBUs.

Hi folks, I’m about to brew my first red ale (been serial brewing IPAs since I started AG last year) so I thought I’d get some input. What do you think the following recipe will give me? I like hoppy reds that are complex and spicy and that have some body without being too malty/sweet. Also...

Hi all, I’ve got a nice IPA (OG 1.072, WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast) fermenting away in the carboy at 19 C (66F). It’s summer in Montreal, and I need to drop ice packs in my swamp cooler (my setup is full ghetto) every few hours to keep it there. Here is my conundrum: I’m leaving town for...

Hey folks, Here’s the goods (see recipe below): mashed at 154 F (68 C), aerated by pouring from bucket to bucket a few times. I pitched one vial of WLP001 plus a vial of WLP007; I had both on hand, didn’t have time to make a starter before brew day, and thought it would be fun to try (since I...

Hi all, My next batch is a American pale ale, mostly 2-row with some victory, munich, vienna, and crystal 40. Something like 1052 OG, 5% ABV, and bittered to around 40 IBUs. I’m going with WLP007 yeast, which I find hits a nice malt/hop balance. My question is: I was planning on mixing WGV...

Hi there, Now that I’ve got a few AG batches under my belt (literally), I’d like to start looking at water chemistry. I’m going to continue focusing on IPAs and dry oatmeal stouts (currently my two favorite beer styles) for at least my next few batches while I get a handle on ingredients and...

I have three high-AA hops on hand: Nugget, Columbus and Chinook. Brewing in a couple of days. Which hop will give the smoothest baseline bitterness (60 min addition) suitable for a big hoppy IPA with high IBUs? How do they differ? I'm a rookie and haven't used any of these hops before. (I'm...

Hi! Newb here. I'm about to brew my first fall batch of brew (an IPA) since our scorching hot Montreal summer, when I obviously had to put my fermentor(s) in a swamp cooler (giant rubbermaid container full of water, with waterline halfway up the carboy) with ice packs to keep temps within an...

Hi there, This is my first original recipe, 3rd all grain brew. I want a relatively chewy, resinous, not overly sweet IPA suitable for winter: spicy, warm, dank, earthy evergreen (as opposed to citrus/tropical, crisp, light, etc) with nice malt backbone. Looking for some last minute feedback...

Hello, For my 3rd ever batch, I'm planning to try my own recipe (cliché rookie mistake, I know ) for a fall/winter IPA. I humbly ask, awesome howebrewers, for your thoughts: what kind of profile do you think I'll get with the grain/hop bills below? What might you tweak/chance/suggest? As a...

What’s up HBT? I’d like some input on my next IPA recipe. My last (and first!) IPA—an all grain Stone IPA clone I found here https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3125-stone-ipa-clone —came out pretty nice, though a bit muted in terms of hop flavour (LHBS only had whole hops) and a tad sweet for...

Hi all, I'm totally new to homebrewing. For my 40th this summer, my bro in law offered to help me brew my own beer, something I've always wanted to try. I jumped right into all-grain, mashing and lautering with my brother in law's old zapap, boiling on the stovetop with split boils (2 smaller...

Hi all, First off, what a fantastic resource. So glad to have found this forum. I'm a total noob about to start my second all grain batch (an IPA, which will also be my second batch of brew ever) with my first one already fermenting (a stout). My question is: can I use some of my leftover...