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I'm trying to put a recipe together for a nice IPA to celebrate the end of summer. I'd like to experiment with some hops I haven't used much, so I'm going to try to avoid cascade, centennial, and Amarillo. I'm using Northern Brewers Super structure IPA extract, and I'll probably add a bit of...

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Do you just dump your hops in or do you use a straining bag? I have heard a lot of differing opinions on this.

I have heard a lot of different opinions on single versus two starge fermentation. I am currently brewing an IPA, and am planning on dry hopping with an ounce of centennial for 5 days. This will be the first time i have dry hopped. My original plan was to rack to a secondary after a week...

Just curious, and forgive me if this is a total noob question, but why the second 3 lbs at 30 min instead of all at an hour?

Good to know thanks! Is there any benefit to using dry or liquid in terms of outcome if you're brewing higher gravity beers? I mean, if you were to brew say an imperialIPA, do you find you get a better beer using liquid over just using say two packages of dry yeast?

Thanks! Is there any benefit to using liquid over dry?

I just finished up my first batch, turned out pretty nice. It was a simple pale ale. I'm getting ready to I batch number two, and I've been looking at one different recipes, and some people mention preparing a yeast starter. Can anyone explain what that is?