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I've been out of the home brewing game for about nine months. The last batch I brewed came out pretty good. No complaints with the beer. My only complaint came with the process. It's all gotten too big. I remember when I started on my kitchen stove and made a Brew in a Bag recipe. It was...

Simple question: Do you think dry hopping for three days gets optimal aroma results? I've done it the last few brews and I've achieved some great aroma. I have two brews going right now (a split batch of pale ale with two different yeasts) and I am about to dry hop today. I am just curious if...

I'm back in the game! It's been about nine months since I've brewed beer. I'm aching. It hurts. It's finally time to scratch that itch. I ordered ingredients tonight to re-brew one of my last beers, a Rye IPA that featured Cascade as its only hop. I loved this beer. It is my favorite beer...

I have 7.5 pounds of crushed grain (7# of 2-row, 1/2#C20) that I intended to use months ago. I planned to brew early August, so I think this was crushed in late September, maybe early August. It's been sitting in a Hefty Ziploc bag since then, in a box. I tasted some of the grain today and it...

Hey all, I'm just wondering how people go about storing their equipment. I'm trying to catch some ideas for my home setup. I'll likely go into the garage for it, but the basement is an option too. Do you use racks of some kind? Anything particular? Anything especially handy? Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let all the mead lovers in New England know about a big event at Sap House Meadery in Center Ossipee, N.H., this weekend. Sap House is holding "Operation Santa Weekend" on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the meadery. Not only will $2 from every...

I brewed Ed Wort's Robust Porter (2.5 gallons) on Saturday with a yeast starter. Eight hours, on the dot, fermentation. Since the beer blows off a lot of krausen, I used a 5-gallon carboy. The krausen basically doubled the size of the wort. It was pretty awesome, actually. No blowoff tube...

Coming from the guy who posted something about supporting your LHBS a couple weeks back, I need some help buying online. Last week I moved to rural New Hampshire. (Even more rural than New Hampshire already is.) There is no LHBS anywhere near me, unfortunately, so I'm going to have to start...

I've read some horror stories about LHBS on this forum. ("Hops? You didn't throw in hops? Ah! That's fine. Recipe only called for a half pound, anyway. It'll be fiiiiiine.") And I've read a lot of people say to forget your LHBS because you can get all your information online and ingredients...

Here's an IPA recipe I worked up. I want something that's quite bitter, but still has some decent aroma. I want little sweetness: Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 3.00 gal Post Boil Volume: 2.46 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 2.50 gal Bottling Volume: 2.10 gal...

I've brewed four pale ales/IPAs/DIPAs and my concern at this point is that they're all coming out too sweet. All the recipes are a tad different, with 2 row as the base with a little crystal, or with a little crystal and munich. Here's my 2.5 gallon DIPA recipe that I just brewed. Not as...

Hey guys. I'm doing a beer trip this weekend to Pittsburgh, sandwiched around a wedding. Wait! No! I think I'm going to Pittsburgh for a wedding, but drinking a ton of beer before, during and after. Yeah, that's it! Anyway, I've been searching around for places to get great beer. I'm...

It's just you, salt water and coconuts. Oh. And beer. You can have a lifetime supply of three beers and ONLY three beers. I'm not talking breweries -- I am talking just beers. So you can't say Dogfish Head. You need to say, "World Wide Stout." You understand, right? So what beers do...

I'm working on a DIPA recipe. I thought I had everything nailed down until I saw its expected FG: 1.024. Is that too high? The expected SG is 1.088. If it's too high, what can I do to knock it down some? I want to keep the ABV about the same, mind you. If it will help, I can post the recipe.

My first 2.5-gallon, all-grain batch looks to be done fermenting, but I know I should take a gravity reading to know for sure. Here's the question: Should I take it the way I normally do for my 5-gallon batches, or is there another trick for a smaller batch? My only concern is testing it...

Hey guys. I bought 6oz of Falconer's Flight hops just for fun a couple weeks ago. I figured I'd take a shot at making a partial mash DIPA with just FF hops. Here's the recipe. I'm going for more of an aroma/flavor DIPA vs. a bitter DIPA. Let me know what you think about it, if I should...

OK, maybe the headline is a tad misleading, but I was wondering: I've been doing PM batches and I'd like to go A-G. However, in my current set-up and situation, I can't do full boils. My brew kettle is 5 gallons evenly, so that's tough to begin with, but even if I had a 10g pot I'm not sure...

Hey guys. I went on a hop-buying splurge a couple days ago and bought 6 oz of Falconer's Flight -- among other hops. I've heard plenty of good things about them, so I figured I'd buy some. What does everyone think about the hops? Are they better for aroma and flavoring, or do they do well...

Hey guys. I have two Harpoon growlers that I can't return because I'm moving. So why not keep them, right? I figure they could help with my home brewing somehow. I'm not into kegging yet, so with that said, what can I use a growler for? Thanks.

I've got my IPA dry-hopping in my secondary right now. A combination of cold weather, me turning down the thermostat and closing the door Saturday had the batch sitting around 60 degrees. Is that OK? Is the temperature of the beer in the secondary not as important as the temperature when it's in...