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    Stout gushers - help

    I made NB's all-grain chocolate stout in the fall. I added some additional pale ale malt, some baker's chocolate at the end of the boil and racked over the cocoa nibs sitting in vanilla vodka. I also added 7 oz. of organic cold pressed mocha coffee to secondary as well. I mashed around 155...
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    Lacking cinnamon flavor in a wheat

    I brewed up an all-grain batch of Apple Cinnamon wheat from Adventures in Homebrewing. I used Wyeast 1010. The recipe called for the addition of 1 cinnamon stick added with (5 or 10 - can't remember which now) minutes remaining in the boil. When I strained my wort, the stick stayed in the...
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    Hoping Windsor will drop gravity

    Brewed up NB's Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter 9 days ago. I used 1 packet of Windsor (rehyrated). My OG on the kit was 1.062 so I know 1 packet was pretty close to the limit for that beer. I mashed in the mid 150's to purposely leave a little higher FG. So, I know between Windsor (which finishes a...
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    NB sale

    I have been a Northern Brewer customer for years. Ever since I started brewing (about 4 years ago) they offered a Columbus Day extract kit sale where they'd offer $14.92 kits if you bought three from a set list of kits. I expected that sale to resurface today given it's Columbus Day, but I never...
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    What yeast for a maple porter?

    I am doing AIH's Maple Porter later this fall. I am debating on which yeast to use. I don't really want any fruitiness in there, but I'm also a little concerned that 1056 might attenuate too much and leave it drier than I'd like. So, I'd like little/no fruitiness, but still full bodied. My...
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    My brother froze my yeast

    I brew for my brother and he picked up the ingredients for his latest brew. However, he froze the hops and yeast instead of just the hops. Oops. The yeast was in his freezer from Thursday until today. Is that yeast dead? I've read conflicting stuff online about frozen yeast viability. Anybody...
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    Surprised by yeast's activity

    I made a white IPA last Friday. For yeast I used a combination of harvested Bry-97 which I used originally to make NB's Smash Pale Ale and Wyeast 3944 which I used to make a 1.052 Blue Moon clone. I made two steps for the starter as I anticipated an OG of 1.078 based on the grain bill and other...
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    How do I force carbonate warm beer?

    I made my brother 4 gallons of a witbier for his newly purchased kegerator. I have the beer in secondary at my house. I’ll be driving the carboy to his house on Saturday to transfer to his keg. The beer will be at room temp at the time of the transfer process. We hope to have this beer properly...
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    Any way I won't have to add more yeast?

    Bought a smack pack of Wyeast 3944 for a Belgian wit in February. It's been in the fridge until a couple days ago when I went to smack it. It was dated Oct. 2k17. It barely inflated after being at room temp for a day. I made a starter with it and the starter didn't really foam up at all when I...
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    What styles do you make with Bry-97?

    I'm making NB's Smash Session ale now with Bry-97. Planning on harvesting it. I also have NB's Phat Tyre, Caribou Slobber and Dead Ringer. From reading the Bry-97 description from the manufacturer it sounds like a very flexible yeast and they claim it can work in pale ales, IPAs, brown ales and...
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    First yeast cake pitch

    I know many say pitching on a yeast cake is a "terrible idea due to an overpitch." Other say they do it regularly and find nothing wrong with it as their beers turn out "fine or great", have less cleanup and thus save time by not having to wash yeast or their carboys as much. I did NB's Nut...
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    Is Paper bag ok?

    My brother-in-law grows hops and I picked about a pound Saturday. That seems to equate to about 4 oz. of dried hops given what his weights have been in other harvests. I have them in a paper bag. I have just been shaking the paper bag each morning. I have seen/read people putting hops on furnace...
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    What water temp for sparge?

    Normally when I do BIAB, I remove and squeeze the bag and place it in a steel crate which sits on the brew kettle. I then pour 170-degree water over the bag until I reach about 6 gallons for pre-boil volume. 3 batches ago I had two straight batches that stopped at 1.020. I mash around 152. No...
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    1272 for a brown ale

    I am brewing up Adventures in Homebrewing Best Brown Ale clone next week. I'll be using some harvested 1272. I normally use either 04 or 1098 for darker beers, but was told 1272 is the 'house strain' for Bells by my LHBS. However, I know the words 'tart' and 'fruity' appear in the strain's...
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    1084 issues

    Brewed up NB all-grain Irish stout for the second time two weeks ago. I added another pound of Maris Otter and a pound of flaked oats to the mash. Did an iodine test to check for conversion and mashed for an hour around 153. Used Wyeast 1084 (w/ starter) and aerated prior to pitching. OG on brew...
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    Aletoberfest critique

    Made this up at my LHBS - whatcha' think? 5 pounds Belgian pilsner (they didn't have German in stock) 5 pounds light German munich malt 2 pounds German vienna malt .5 pounds Caramunich III 1 oz. German tradition pellet for 60 minutes WYeast 1007 BIAB - mash for 60 at 152 (hopefully)
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    Irish stout help

    I put this post in recipes/ingredients several weeks ago and I only got 1 response, so I'll throw it here too in hopes of some suggestions... I have a NB Irish Dry stout all grain kit sitting in the basement. Thought about adding another couple pounds of Maris Otter and maybe .5 pounds of...
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    What to add to all grain NB Irish stout?

    I have a NB Irish Dry stout all grain kit sitting in the basement. Thought about adding another couple pounds of Maris Otter and maybe .5 pounds of flaked oats for a little additional creaminess. Just looking to up the body and ABV a tad. Might tweak with some additional flavoring in secondary...
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    1272 Krausen

    Brewed up NB's Chinook IPA. OG was only 1.044, probably off a little on my boil off rate, but anyway - a very mild OG. Pitched a healthy harvested starter of 1272. A week after brew day I checked the gravity and it's down to 1.012 - pretty much where I want it to be. The only "problem" is the...
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    1272 or 05 for Chinook IPA?

    Next brew will be NB's extract Chinook IPA. I have some harvested WYeast 1272 in the fridge I can use after I make up a starter or I can go with ol' faithful and pitch 05 in there as I usually do for IPA's/pale ales. Which yeast would you suggest and why?
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