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Built my own hop randall. Only used fruits in it up until yesterday. Entered two beers in a friendly beer competition, one was my South Pacific IPA. I bought 2 oz of whole cone Sorachi Ace and put that in the hop randall. Filled it and let sit for 10 minutes then proceeded with filling the...

Thought I'd share my first ever custom recipe I've developed. This is the first time it's been brewed and honestly it's so good I don't really think I would tweak it much if at all! My dad is a huge Pyramid Apricot fan and I brewed this for his birthday. I'm not a big wheat fan so I wanted to...

Hey all, not new to brewing but I am to storing yeast slurry. I'll make this as short as possible. I collected 3 mason jars full of yeast slurry (BRY 97) from bottom of a batch of IPA OG 1.060 (didn't wash the yeast). Filled it almost to the top of each (I did sterilize via boil prior, except...

Brewed 2 batches thus far with the mill. Last batch was a South Pacific IPA, I think it turned out pretty awesome but my paranoid taste buds question a hint of tannins...(some days I don't detect it and other days I do which makes me think I'm being overly critical). I BIAB, pour 2 gal of 160...

Kegged my black IPA yesterday, and upon cleaning my hydrometer I noticed there is liquid inside of it, looks like water. It looks almost like condensation which has built up, roughly 2-3 ml of it down in the bulb. I have never dropped it & always babied it (I've had it since my start in 2013) so...

I was on the verge of building my own copper double coil immersion chiller (1/2" 50 ft), but couldn't find the copper for less than about $70 (with shipping). Saw this company offers this for $60 and shipping is $20 so basically $80 which would be almost what I would have paid to do myself...

Got this on sale....gotten away from kits but will still do AG kits however with extract I typically convert recipes and work off of ultra light extract....I don't like extract kits usually. Anyways I try this out and do my typical partial boil with about 1/3 of the extract added initially to...

Went to fill up a pint of recently kegged Scottish ale and nothing out the tap. This tank was lasting about 8mths on avg prior to, I've upped my brewing lately but not to the extent this tank should be done. My poppets do not seal anymore when I remove the gas line (pin lock), but I figured...

Hey all, buddy and I will both brew this recipe. He is going to do the AG and I am going to do the extract version and we will compare final results. This style is meant to have a portion of the first runnings boiled hard for 30 min's prior to the rest of the wort being added and boiled for the...

Not a beginner at brewing but I am with using flavor extracts so figured post here. Brewed a apricot ale clone for my dad's B-day (Pyramid is his favorite). Used 3lbs puree in primary, and added 4oz bottle of extract to keg. Sample tasted very close to what I remember Pyramid to taste like (not...

Brewing the clone kit from AHBS and it called for no bittering hops? Just 30, 5, & 0 additions. Thought it a little odd. 1st brew I've ever done that was like that. Smelled awesome though!

So I've had an extract honey ale kit in the closet for months (was free with purchase of all my grains, etc....for Labor Day) and figure I should do something with it but don't want to do the plain Jane kit. I've been tossing the thought of adding raspberries to it and then thought occurred that...

Ever since making my Keezer I have used it for easy cold crashing, but at same time as starting this, I also started fining with gelatin. End result was crystal clear beer! Recently I did a Imperial Brown (Janet's) and did not cold crash BUT I did do the gelatin fining (figured it's brown so not...

My dad and I went to the 1st annual Beericana fest in Holly Springs this past weekend and I must say, it was an awesome event!! 60 breweries across NC represented themselves, some were larger breweries which have obtained sites here (flying dog, Oscar Blues, Sierra Nevada, New Belgium). Had some...

Need help! Have 2 kegs, pin lock w/ picnic taps. Both fine until last time both full, one trickled out (1/2 normal speed?). Did quick check on all connections, nothing wrong. Both empty now and just filled one. Trickling again! Not psi related (it has gas in, appropriate out gas). I changed to...

Stepped into AG territory as of about 2 mths ago. Thus far have done BM's Centennial Blonde which came out really nice, no AE or PM batches to compare taste to. Did Deadringer AG kit, brewed 7/4 and hit OG on head of 1.064. Checked SG tonight for dry hop time and it was at 1.009. Sure it's done...

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I searched and found some info similar, but no specific answers. I brew PM batches, and BIAB technique with the grains. I have a Sumpin Sumpin clone recipe which calls for 8lb 2 row, 6lb malted wheat, almost 2lb torrified wheat. My plan is to mash the wheats, and convert the 2-row to LME. I know...

Confused at my stuck fermentations with full extract batches...my last batch was a black IPA (club Dozier) from MoreBeer (OG was supposed to be 1.065-1.070). Process wise, I do 1 lb extract/ 1gal boil water and avg ~4gal typically (partial boils) then add remainder of extract at flame out. I...

Dumb post, but I can't find a like button for posts on homebrews app (Galaxy S4)...it annoys me. Anyone? sent from Galaxy S4 after a few beers using homebrew talk app