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A couple days after primary fermentation, I noticed my fermentation hose had slipped out of the glass carboy. I'm not sure how long it had been like that. The beer was in our guest bedroom fermenting while my buddy (too drunk to drive home) crashed at our place. So, it could have popped out then...

Here is the hop bill. I ended up throwing about 2 oz of the hops and a shot glass in a hops sack, dumped it in the primary then snapped the lid. I just couldn't stomach throwing away all those whole cone hops! Will these boiled hops impart any undesirable flavors or aromas after being used in...

I love the flavor and aroma of simcoe. I hear they are a tricky breed. I've been told if you don't use them right, they can impart a cat urine flavor on one's brew. I'm about to boil 1 oz for the last 10 min of my 60 min boil. Anyone know if this is too much, too soon and too long?

Im brewing your standard IPA extract. I had it in the primary for 1 week and the secondary (dry hopped) for an additional week. I just racked it to my keg. It has lost most of it's bitterness and is pretty sweet. From what I remember, the temp of the wort was about 65 degrees or so when I...

I have a ton of hop seeds in my wort. I have an IPA in the primary. I'm about to rack it to a secondary so I can dry hop it. I know I dont want to agitate this wort. Any ideas on the calmest way to filter out these seeds during the transfer from primary to secondary fermentation?