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I've been trying to brew a hazy New England style IPA for several months now. Typical recipe of 2-row/flaked oats and lots of late/whirlpool hops and massive dry hop. My last 5 batches have all oxidized within a week of bottling. Went from a beautiful bright yellow/orange color at bottling...

Just bottled a 3-gallon BIAB batch of the Fort Point galaxy dry-hopped today. Smells like pure pineapple/grapefruit. I did a huge galaxy dry hop. The recipe I used from is from BYO with a few tweaks. Surprisingly little hops in the boil and whirlpool. Most of the flavor seems to be coming from...

Finally sent away for a Ward Labs kit and got my results. What do I make of this? What would I add if trying to brew a hoppy east coast IPA ala Heady/Tree House? Any help is much appreciated thanks! ppm pH 8.1 Sodium, Na 10 Potassium, K < 1 Calcium, Ca 3 Magnesium, Mg 1 Total Hardness...

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So I dry hopped an IPA with Columbus for the first time. Three gallon batch and I dry hopped with .6 oz. simcoe, .6 oz chinook and 1.4 oz of columbus. Also did late hop additions with same hops. I bottled today and my kitchen smelled like a tropical fruit paradise. Very excited to...

So I brewed a 3-gallon IPA yesterday and got 76% efficiency which I was super excited about because that's highest I've gotten thus far. However, at the end of my boil my OG was low. I use Brewer's Friend for all my brewing and with this recipe I was supposed to be at 1.073 but only came in...

I accidentally looked at my bucket during fermentation. Is my beer ruined???

Brewing this up BIAB style this weekend. Any thoughts? Looking to get a bight fruity pale ale along the lines of Trillium Fort Point Ale. Boil vol: 6 gal Batch size: 3.5 gal IBU: 31 OG: 1.063 4 lb American - Pale 2-Row 45.3% 4 lb American - Vienna 45.3% 6 oz Flaked Barley...

Been brewing BIAB for about 6 batches now. Have been doing a 3-gallon boil with 2-gallon pour over sparge at 170. I've been getting 50-60% efficiency until today. Tried my first dunk sparge making a Zombie Dust clone and got to 72% efficiency. Very pleased with the result. Did the same...

Looking to brew this up next week. Any advice would be appreciated: 3-gallon BIAB with 4.5 gallon 60 min. boil OG: 1.052 30 IBUS 3 lb American - Pale 2-Row 42.9% 2 lb American - Wheat 28.6% 1 lb Canadian - Honey Malt 14.3% 1 lb Flaked Wheat 14.3% 3-gallon mash at 152 with 2...

Saw something on a here a while back about taste testing hops so I thought I'd give it a try. Drop around 6 pellets into each bottle and sealed back up tight. Going to let them sit for a few days and try them. Looking forward to trying to taste the difference between all these hops.

Brewing a 3-gallon batch of IPA this weekend. Would appreciate any thoughts on my hop schedule. (all pellet hops) 0.3 oz warrior 60 min 0.6 oz Amarillo 5 min 0.6 oz Galaxy 5 min 1.8 oz Amarillo Whirlpool at 170 °F 30 min 1.8 oz Galaxy Whirlpool at 170 °F 30 min 1.2 oz...

Hi everyone. Brewing up a 3-gallon BIAB IPA this weekend and was hoping for some feedback on the recipe. Thanks! Est. 1.073 OG and 97 IBUs. (according to brewersfriend) 7 lb 2-Row 1 lb American - Wheat 0.5 llb American - Caramel / Crystal 40 0.5 lb American - Munich - Light...

Hi guys. Washed my first batch of yeast on Saturday. WL California Ale yeast. Going to reuse it again this weekend for a 3-gallon IPA. I have about 400 ML in a jar. How does this look? Would I need to use a starter if I'm only storing it for a week? How much of this do you think I...

I have a recipe inputted using Brewer's Friend and am a little confused with the batch size and boil size entry. I'm aiming for a 5-gallon batch BIAB with 9 lb grain and 3 lb. DME. I'm mashing in 3-gallon of water with 1-gallon sparge and boiling 4 gallons. I entered 5 gallons for...

So I dry hopped my rye IPA with a couple of hop bags and some pellets. I put two shiny new sanitized ball bearings in each bag to weigh them down. And after three days this is how they looked. I guess I should have double checked to make sure they were stainless and not "chromed." Did I just...

Put together my first custom recipe for a 3-gallon all grain batch. Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks! Batch Size: 3 gal Boil Size: 4.0 gal Boil Time: 60 min 7 lb 2-row 1 lb wheat malt ½ tsp gypsum ½ whirlflock at 15 min. 3 gallon strike water 162 mash...

Hey Guys. Looking to start my first partial mash after brewing extract for the last couple years. Found this recipe on Northern Brewer. Any feedback would be great. SPECIALTY GRAIN - 3 lbs Rahr 2-row - 1.5 lbs Weyermann Rye Malt - 0.5 lbs Carared FERMENTABLES - 6 lbs Amber malt syrup...