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Hey all I have a Belgian triple thats about 8 weeks old and it seems the longer it sits in the keg the clearer and less flavorful it gets. The beer was great earlier on but it seems a lot of that Belgian yeast has settled in the keg reducing its flavor. How do you counteract this should I shake...

Hello all....I was about to order a new grainfather and was going to also get a SS hop spider with it and I have two choices 300um or 800um mesh. Do anyone have experience with either size spider? Is the 300um to small and prone to clogging and poor hop oil penetration and /or is 800 um too...

Hey Guys.....I just poured my first pint of a Belgian saison that used wyeast 3724 Belgian Saison and I find it has a very musty earthy kinda smell. The recipes used a lot of Pilsner malt as well so could this be DMS or just the way the Belgian saison yeast is supposed to be? I did a 60 min...

Hey all I was wondering about lagering in a keg.So I just put my legged Vienna lager in my fridge at 32 degrees and gave it a shot of co2 and purged out the 02 in the headspace and then added a little co2 to fill the headspace but the next day there was no pressure left when I tested to see if...

I am currently fermenting my first lager and the recipie calls for a 30 day primary fermentation at 55 deg then a 72hr diacetyl rest then a 30 day lager at 35 deg. So in order to save time can I force carbonate during the last week or so of the lagering step? Can I lager and carbonate at the...

So its my first time using liquid yeast and I brewed a zombie dust clone OG 1.070 that took off in only 9 hrs and developed a 2" krausen at 24-36 hrs and now on day #3 the krausen has dropped and I can only hear a faint blurp from my primary about every minute or so? I only fermented at 63-64...

Just curious if mashing out would cause tannin extraction considering the mash out water is usually above 170 deg? I batch sparge so I guess my first of two sparge would be a mash out? Jamie.

My starter just became clumpy all of a sudden, is this good? Does it mean it's done? It's wyeast 1968 for a zombie dust clone.

Hey guys I'm attempting my first Lager next week and am brewing a vienna Lager from the recipe section but it only calls for one pkg of safale S-23 lager yeast with a O.G of 1.051. Will one pkg do the job? Should I re-hydrate or dear I say make a starter from dry yeast??? (would increase viable...

So I just went to keg my left handed milk stout in one of my five second hand kegs and I kept getting a leak between the gas post and the keg base on two different kegs? I had to rack my beer twice to switch kegs because of this leaking so I hope I didn't get any oxidation. I plumbers taped the...

Just want to switch up this great recipie cause I'm a little short on Citra. Would siimcoe be best as a FWH along with the Citra or in the boil.Maybe as an extra dry hop?? Never used siimcoe but I've only heard positive things about that hop! Thanks. Jamie.

Drinking my zombie dust clone and must say I like the smoothness of the hops not overly bitter but lots of flavor! Must be the first wort hopping,what y'all think about first wort hopping and the end result? Jamie. Oh and what the hell is a hop stand anyways???

So i've been doing all grain for about a year now and really enjoy it but I have always felt as if I was a bit sloppy in caring what my abv ends up being,within reason that is...lol. Some brewers need to know if it's a 5.8% abv or a 6.0% abv but for me who cares what the abv is as long as its...

I was wondering that if I use R.O or D.I water to batch sparge with do I still need to treat the sparge water with salts and/or acid to keep my mash PH in range?? Currently I use Bru n water and I have always had to treat both my strike and sparge water with a combo of acid (lactic) and...

Hey guys I have a 1/2" silicone hose going from my mash tun to my boil kettle using a 1/2" mpt 1/2" barb fitting but the fitting doesn't fit tight and I have a hard time getting flow going into my kettle. Would a 5/8 barb be better and if so anyone know of a relatively cheap source here in...

So my home made hop spider is awesome at its job but I noticed that despite all my efforts to get no trub most of my cold break(had good fast chill) ran right thru my strainer and left me with a empty brew kettle. All the trub is break material tho because I caught all the hops. Is it normal for...

Hey everybody I'd like to start a winter brewing photo thread showing how devoted some of us are to this hobby.Please share your winter brew-day photos. I brewed a centennial Blonde today and it was -20C outside up here in Newfoundland Canada but everything turned out good. Pretty sure it...

Hey guys my birthday is coming up and I was considering this stirplate for making starters. Anyone familiar with this model? There isn't much info or reviews to be found about it. There is a unheated version as well. https://www.everwoodavebrewshop.com/product/stirring-hot-plate/...

Hey all i recently brewed a brown ale that may be stuck and was just wondering can repitch a pkg of nottingham after 2 wks in the fermenter? I originally used windsor but it was done in 2 days on a beer with a 1.070 OG so im thinking it may not have done its job??? Will there still be enough...

So I brewed a 1.070 brown ale and pitched some rehydrated danstar Windsor dry yeast and fermentation started in about 12 hrs. The fermentation was rapid and a 2 inch krausen formed so I was content with that and thought everything was going great.however this only lasted for 48hrs(brewed weds...