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Gents, I brewed an IPA a week ago and pitched it with two vials of White Labs, one directly into the wort and one in a starter at high krausen. The wort temp was good (65F) and I aerated the wort sufficiently with CO2. OG: 1.076 (1.075 was target). I checked the gravity today after the...

Gents, I'm really into WLP001 for my pale ale and IPAs lately. I have really enjoyed the taste, outcome and quality of this yeast with a good starter. My next endeavor is an American stout which Id like to be somewhat sweet. WLP002 comes highly recommended for a "sweet stout". I'd like...

Gents, I was thinking about using lactose to sweeten up an American Stout with coffee and vanilla. I've heard mixed reviews on lactose imparting a dairy like flavor into the beer. I don't want the beer to be too "milk stout" like so, I'm thinking about using some maple sugar to sweeten at...

Gents, I'm brewing a vanilla-coffee American stout soon. My plan is to age 3 vanilla beans in secondary for a bit and cold brew the coffee in the cold crash (secondary). What I'm really hoping to achieve is a little sweetness. Anyone have advice? Would really love to use Maple Syrup...

Gents, I'm on my 8th day of this beer being in the keg. I'm working with the metric system because I currently live in Germany; however that shouldn't make a difference. I've had the beer pressurized at .725 BAR or roughly 10.5-11PSI (from my calculations) for the last 8 days. I just gave it...

Gents, I'm new to kegging. In fact my first batch has been in the keg for five days at 10.5 PSI. I'm itching to break into this thing, so I'm wondering what the earliest is I can give it a try. I've read a lot about forced carbonation; however, I like a rather soft mouthfeel for my beers...

Gents, Just got my first keg system and I'm doing an American IPA with a three-ounce dry hop addition. I've heard of people dry hopping in the keg; however, I'm a little concerned I would clog up the out valve to the tap causing a massive cluster **** and a lot of frustration. Any advice...

Gents, I'm doing my first original recipe (a 5 gallon IPA). I'm looking for a juicy, dank, hoppy tasting beer with slight bitterness similar to Trillium: Congress Street or Cellarmaker: Permanent Daylight. I'm looking for either validation or advice to make this recipe better: Grain...

Gents, I've had this IPA fermenting for 10 days now. Originally the fermentation took off and I figured it would be a 3-5 day process. Anticipating the fermentation coming to an end after I reached the FG for the recipe I used and the Krausen dissipating I dry hopped yesterday. The damn...

Has anyone ever done this or know anyone who has? Sorry if this is an idiotic post, just trying to do something different.

Gents, What, if any effect does cold crashing have on bottling. My biggest fear is that the dormant yeast in suspension will fall to the yeast bed and I won't have enough yeast bottled to obtain proper carbonation. Can anyone make me feel better about this?

Does everyone recommend trashing the beer from your primary used to test FG? Also, I've still got a half inch of krausen and some airlock activity after seven days on this IPA. Is it worth even testing the FG yet?

Gents, Thanks for taking the time to read/respond to my post. I'm a relatively new home brewer and I'm doing my first IPA. I've read a lot of competing opinions on the proper length of time in the primary taking into consideration yeast autolysis and opinions that letting your beer sit on the...