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It would seem that Saaz is "the" hop for Czech and American pilsners. I don't have any Saaz on hand and was wondering what else people have used and like in Pilsners. I want to make an example of the Pilsner style but don't necessarily need it to be Czech, American, or german. Ive got a lot of...

Not too long ago I brewed an Irish Stout. Jamils recipe, pretty basic. I split my batch and tried US-05 in one and Wyeast 1084 in the other. I use temp control and set the temp at 65*F. They both showed activity after a day or two and then virtually all the krausen was gone within a day or two...

I would like to make a split batch of, likely a stout, and add coffee to one of the kegs after fermentation. Would I be able to do this and still get two good beers or would I have an issue with balance? If so, what styles would take Coffee the easiest? Anyone have experience doing this with...

I have some questions about using co2 to transfer beer from carboys to kegs. I'm looking into switching over to this style of beer transferring and I think I understand the basics but I'm not entirely clear. The whole point seems to be to avoid oxidation but wouldn't you introduce oxygen anyways...

So a few months ago I had a nasty phenol flavor show up in all of my beers. I switched to RO water and got new fermenters and for awhile there it was gone.. but now it's back and it's in everything. The smell when I remove the lid of the fermenter is just "plastic" and thats the general overall...

Searched everywhere and couldn't find anything. Is underdiluted starsan a problem? Ever? Say you throw a capfuls worth into a spray bottle. Besides wasting starsan, will an ultra low pH, over concentrated starsan mixture do anything other than kill microorganisms? Will it be ineffective at all...

Well I had this all typed up and the site determined that I needed to be logged in (which I was..) and I lost it all so this is quite a bit condensed but hopefully its enough info this go around. Anyways here goes. I recently started all grain brewing and it hasn't been working out. I tried a...

Hi, new here. I've been brewing since last Christmas. Started off with a hefeweizen and a stout and went all over the place from there. I've been a long time lurker and hoping to learn a lot.