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Looking for your opinion on hops for a hazy IPA. I start heating strike water in 45 minutes, but I won't be adding hops until whirlpool after boil. So, I've got about 3 hours or so to decide. I am set on Bru-1 and Cashmere. I'm actually okay with just those two, but feeling like a third player...

I'm a little old school - I secondary most beers. However, I stopped putting my hazy IPAs in secondary altogether. Now, I've got a blue moon clone that's 2 weeks primary. I've brewed this many times with good results. Always move to a secondary after 2 weeks in primary. However, is this old...

I used Lutra kveik yeast to make a batch of mead. I harvested the yeast for future use. I've got enough mead fermenting and in stock, so I want to use the harvested Lutra on a hazy IPA tonight. OK to do after it was used to create a mead?

I'm considering purchasing an electric brewing system that handles the mash and boil all in one controlled unit. These run just above $400. Have you used one of these and do you recommend? My current set up is a cooler mash tun. I batch sparge, then transfer to a kettle and boil with a propane...

I recently brewed my first hazy/NEIPA and had never whirlpooled hops before after the boil. I didn't even know this technique existed. Well, I was very happy with the results. Now I've brewed 3 hazy IPAs and they've turned out great. Hoppy as hell. I'm in love. Wondering if anyone has ever...

Brewed this back in January to be ready for St. Paddy's Day. Kegged it this week and had my first 10oz glass last night. FABULOUS! It is modeled after a beer no longer in production, Off The Rails, from Karl Strauss. Off The Rails was the imperial version of their mainstay Red Trolley. They...

I'm looking for my 3rd hop in a hazy IPA. Idaho #7 or Galaxy? Your personal pick and why? Thx!

I brewed a Belgian Quad and saved the yeast through proper washing a week ago. Tonight I'm brewing a bourbon Dubbel and want to reuse this yeast. Potential problem: normally when I reuse yeast, once it gets to room temperature, it gets some activity, a few swimmers popping to the top. This...

I've been brewing for a few years. Started with extract for a couple years, then moved onto all grain. I've got my brew day system dialed in and I LOVE creating recipes and brewing, just as much as drinking the final product. I have a basic understanding of hops, and feel good about my ability...

Brewing an IPA soon and I'd like to know your recommended hop schedule/amounts. Here's what I have available (5 gallon batch): -Amarillo 8oz -Cascade 8oz -Chinook 2oz -El Dorado 2oz -Lemondrop 2oz -US Tettnang 8oz -Citra 2oz I will be dry hopping. Thanks in advance!!!!!

It's time for a reset again. I'm going to go the entire month of January without any beer or alcohol. As a homebrewer and craft beer aficionado, it will NOT be easy. I also live in San Diego, home of 120+ craft breweries. We love to lounge in a local tasting room on an average Saturday...

I had my first real infected beer after four years of brewing. The only things it possibly pointed to was my bottling bucket, spigot, hoses, racking cane, or bottling wand. SO....I bought NEW everything - bucket, spigot, wand, cane, hoses.... Go to rack my beer into the bottling bucket...

I make a bourbon dubbel where typically I soak oak chips in a couple ounces of Makers Mark overnight and then add to my boil. However, I like to mix it up and I'm considering soaking 1lb of Belgian candi sugar in a few ounces of bourbon and adding that to the end of the boil (I usually add...

Hey craft beer friends, I am headed to Salt Lake City later this month. Can anyone in that area give me the skinny on the breweries, crazy rules, best bets, etc? I am staying near the airport and my tentative plan is to hit Uinta's store (heard their brewery is closed for remodel) for a six...

That may not seem like that big of deal, but it is for me. I have at least one glass of my home brewed beer every day. I mean every, single, day. Due to some health issues, stress, and generally wanting to get in a little better shape, I am giving up beer for 30 days - May 26-June 26. I am...

I'm jonesing for a can or two of Heady Topper. Any east coast/New England home brewers want to exchange a can or two of Heady for some awesome San Diego beers? I will gladly make it worth your while, sending you an abundance of Finest City beers for just two cans of Heady. If you've got a...

Here's what I have on hand: 2oz Falconer's Flight 2oz Cascade 2oz Citra 2oz Amarillo 1oz Willamette I definitely want to dry hop, and I'm not tied to using all of these, can ditch the Willamette (like to save those for my porters, but have no problem using them in tomorrow's brew)...

After giving away a few bottles of my beer to the powers that be in the office, our company owner asked me to provide the beer for a May 2 BBQ. The timing is no problem at all. However, I have NEVER kegged and need to keg this beer. HBT vets - what are my options here? I need to brew 10...

Brewed a tripel last night that I was very, very excited about. I had 1lb of Belgian candy sugar to add at flameout, however.... I drank an entire growler of Karl Strauss Off The Rails, so I wasn't on top of my game by the end of the boil, I flipping forgot to add the sugar. SO, while the boil...

I don't know what took me so long to do this, but I finally washed and reused a batch of US-05. Took it from an IPA that I made and then used it in a pale ale. All seems to have worked fine. I have now washed the yeast from the pale into enough for two more batches. If you haven't tried this...