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This was supposed to be a New West Coast Style IPA. Well damn, this is most disappointing. I tasted a hydrometer sample of this beer directly from the fermenter a few days ago, just prior to dry hopping. Both the aroma and flavor were excellent at that point in time. I then pressure transferred...

There isn't a whole lot of real world homebrew-level info on Spectrum hops that I've found, so I'm throwing this out to suss out any info I can. I'm planning a brewing my take on the New West Coast IPA using Bru-1/Citra this weekend, and I want to include Bru-1 Spectrum hop oil. I'm leaning...

Since MoreBeer has moved out of California, and my only LHBS in the area lately being very slow at restocking supplies, I've been looking for somewhere to get my brewing ingredients and other supplies. Williams Brewing is an option, but purchases seem to take up to 4 days for me when ordering...

I have a 1.050 nut brown ale currently in the fermenter and am using CS English yeast for the first time. I think it's supposedly the CS version of Safale S-04. Anyway, prior to pitching I re-hydrated one pack, following the instructions, and pitched it 36 hours ago. So far nothing. I have a...

Hard Raspberry Lemonade 6 gallon batch @ ~6.5% Needed: 4+ gallon kettle 5 gallon Homer bucket with lid Racking cane (auto siphon) Mesh strainer or hop sack 6+ gallon fermenter Hydrometer Ingredients: 13 cans generic lemonade, *containing no preservatives* 1 lb. light DME 1 lb. corn sugar...

At this month's brew club meeting we each blindly drew a beer style to brew to bring in for July's meeting. I selected an Ordinary Bitter, a style I've never brewed before. After a little bit of research I came up with the following recipe and entered it into Beersmith. I'd appreciate your...

I'll soon be down that way for a few days. I've done a little research, and some of the smaller SD breweries have piqued my interest. We'll be staying over at Mission Beach, so I've concentrated my efforts on the smaller breweries nearby. Does anyone have any comments on the following, and/or...

Just like the subject indicates, I'm looking for an approximate conversions. More than a few threads here reference commercial brewery hop amounts in lb/bbl amounts. I just want to be clear what that equates to at the 5 gallon HB level. Here's what I've come up with. Am I close? Please update if...

I've scaled a Coffee Amber recipe that calls for 12 oz. of Caramunich I, but my LHBS only stocks Caramunich II. So I'm considering going with 8 oz. of Caramunich II and 4 oz. of Crystal 10 as a substitute. Since 12 oz. is only 5.8% of the grain bill it would seem to me that makes a reasonable...

I bought rhizomes through Adventures in Homebrewing last year. Apparently they contracted with a hop farm in Maine and when they finally shipped it took nearly 10 days to reach me in California. Not only that, they looked sickly when they arrived, all limp, no growth, they looked like black...

OK so, I'm fermenting an Irish Red Ale that I've brewed several times and love it. I thought this would be a good beer to test out my new Blow-Tie spunding valve since it's a beer I've quite familiar with. Fermenting 4.5 gallons in a 5 gallon corny keg. Connected to the serving keg with a...

I want to brew a quick easy drinking Pale Ale for an upcoming party using Lutra Kveik yeast fermenting on the cooler side @ 70-75°f. This will be my first time fermenting in a corny keg. I have a bunch of different hops I can use for whirlpool and dry hop and just looking for ideas. My plan is...

So I recently retired and am looking for a way to help curb brewing expenses without curbing my brewing. Regarding water, I generally stop at WalMart or other nearby grocer to buy gallon jugs of distilled water off the shelf, usually priced around 99 cents to $1.19 per gallon. Last week I...

So I thought I'd play around with fermenting in a keg, and in a moment of weakness ordered a CBDS with screen. But while I'm waiting for it to arrive I'm thinking of different ways I can use it. I usually ferment 5 gallon batches in my Speidel 7.9g fermenter with my NorCal oxygen-free transfer...

Bought a pack of liquid Voss Kveik back in July 2020, made a starter, and used a small amount in an IPA. I put the rest into small mason jars and stuck them in the fridge. Wondering if it's still viable, I'm currently spinning up a starter with all of it. This is what it looks like after almost...

I've never brewed one before, but I do remember drinking and enjoying Ithaca Beer Company's Apricot Wheat beer when I lived in NY. I'm planning on brewing one over the weekend and haven't settled on a recipe yet, but this is something I've been playing around with in Beersmith and am...

Back in July we bottled my wife's first ever homebrew - a one gallon 10% Imperial Coffee Stout. After a 28 day fermentation we siphoned from the fermenter to a bottling bucket and gently stirred the beer. We added one level tsp of table sugar to each of 7 bottles prior to filling them with beer...

So, making a starter with WLP002 and I wanted to try using Proper Starter, the canned concentrate. Assumed I knew what I was doing, but I obviously gave myself far too much credit. Poured 2 cans is the concentrate in and added the yeast. Spun for 36 hours and then refrigerated overnight. This...

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I'm thinking about trying this and am looking for pros and cons from those that do. Has anyone tried this with neipas? If so, how successful were/are you? A couple thoughts - I have an extra dip tube, ordered and on the way, that I plan on shortening a bit to be used for moving the beer to...