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Okay, I know that the oil from coconut can kill head retention, but that’s not my current issue. I’ve got a milk stout that I kegged a week ago with 10 oz of toasted unsweetened coconut in a hop bag. My normal procedure is to set it and forget it at 12 psi. Normally, after a week, I have pretty...

Here's my problem: I'm thinking of brewing up a Focal Banger clone recipe that calls for 7 ml of hop extract at 60 minutes for the bittering charge. Neither my go-to online brew store (Rite Brew) nor my local homebrew shop carry hop extract, which means I would have to place an additional...

I'll be in Seattle over Thanksgiving weekend and am looking for some suggestions on breweries to visit. I know there's a bunch, but probably will only have time to go to a handful. We're staying near the Space Needle, so places in the downtown area would be preferable. The only two I'm...

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/10/03/double-ipa-sam-rebel-raw-beer/ Seems like Jim Koch tried to stay off the IPA bandwagon for a long time. Looks like he's going in whole hog now.

Anybody tried it? I don't even know if it's available around here yet (my guess is "no", since very little is available around here), but I've seen ads for it. I'm cautiously intrigued.

I just saw this via email. They call it "Grapefruit Pulpin". Clever. Regardless, I can't get Ballast Point in SoDak and I love Grapefruit Sculpin, so I'm intrigued. For anyone who has done a clone, does NB's version look somewhat close? - 13 lbs Rahr 2-row - 0.5 lbs Dingemans Cara 20 - 0.25...

I've got a Hefeweizen that I brewed on Easter that has gone rogue on me. It's been stored in my basement beer room since I bottled it. Up until a couple weeks ago I had no problems. Started drinking it in June and it had good carbonation, definitely not over carbed (I didn't carb it to style, I...

I'm planning on brewing a pumpkin stout this weekend and aging it until October. First time I've done one and curious as to how much spice to add. Too much seems like it could be overpowering, but I want enough to be noticeable with the strong stout flavors. 1 tsp? 1 Tbsp? Somewhere in between?

I've used this yeast twice now. Same grain bill both times. First batch got down to 1.006, but the one I bottled tonight hit 1.000. The one difference I can pinpoint is ferm temp. First batch was brewed over the winter, when I couldn't raise my temps as high (low 70s). Second batch was brewed in...

I'm in the market for good, reliable clip-on dial thermometer. Something with a probe that's at least 18 inches long, preferably 24 to make sure it'll reach into the wort in my 10 gallon Tall Boy kettle. I had a cheap one that I bought on Amazon, but after a couple of brews I noticed that it...

So, I ordered an all-grain La Petite Orange kit from Northern Brewer. The kit comes with one hop addition, an ounce of Styrian Goldings at 60 minutes. These hops are generally supposed to be around 5% AA, which would give you around 20 IBUs for this beer. But, the hops I got are only 2.7% AA...

Okay, so, fair warning that this is one of those braggy threads, but I'm pretty psyched, so whatever. I've been brewing for about a year and a half and took my three of my brews to my first ever brewfest last night. I honestly wasn't expecting anything, was just looking forward to trying other...

So, turns out my grandpa was a homebrewer too. He passed away the year before I was born, so i never knew him, but my mom gave me a framed copy of a handwritten beer recipe he used sometime back in the 1940s-70s. From what I hear, grandpa was infamous for never divulging everything in his...

I just saw something today that made me wonder. I was perusing the website of a new local brewery that I was thinking of hitting up for a growler fill this evening. They've got a new Citra pale ale on tap that sounds pretty decent. Or it did sound pretty decent until I saw that they're...

Alright, I just got my first wort chiller, the Silver Serpent, in the mail today. Forgive me if this is a colossally stupid question, but which side is the inlet and which is the outlet? My gut feeling is that the inlet is on the left side, which leads to the bottom of the coil and then flows...

I took advantage of Midwest Supplies' 15% storewide sale last weekend to upgrade my brewing equipment: propane burner, 10 gal kettle and wort chiller. Finally, after about a year and a half of brewing, I can upgrade from partial boil extract or partial mash recipes in the kitchen and get outside...

I'm planning on brewing up Jamil's Chocolate Hazelnut Porter recipe from Brewing Classic Styles this weekend. I got to thinking that I'd like to try a coconut porter sometime too and then the light bulb finally went off and I got the brilliant idea to split the batch and make half of it a...

Picked up a 4 pack this morning. The only Black Friday shopping I did. Just cracked one open, plan on aging the other three. First time I've ever had BCS of any vintage. Very strong bourbon aroma. Very good, very strong stout, but I get a little bit of stomach burn like I do when I drink...

I like to walk out of the liquor store with a variety of craft beers, so variety packs always catch my eye. Not to mention the fact that many times they contain beers you can't get otherwise. For me, I really like Odell's Fall/Winter Montage. Gramp's Oatmeal Stout (a limited release beer)...

I like to walk out of the liquor store with a variety of craft beers, so variety packs always catch my eye. Not to mention the fact that many times they contain beers you can't get otherwise. For me, I really like Odell's Fall/Winter Montage. Gramp's Oatmeal Stout (a limited release...