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Ok, recipe calls for a dose of hops on 3rd day of fermentation. I always thought that was a waste of hops. ??? Any input on this?

Can someone explain what the deal is with this? Been seeing quite a bit of this lately.

Is there a problem with using fresh off the vine hops to dry hop? Or do they need dehydrated first?

Well I broke down and went from a 10 gallon boil pot to a 20. My MT is a 10gallon cooler. My problem is when I do my calculations on a spread sheet it says my MT is not large enough. Every time I did 5 gallon batches my MT was only half full. I also just thought about using my HLT as a 2nd...

Well I tried one of my NEIPA early 1 week after I bottled. Great taste. Little bit of carbonation. No head on top. Will that extra week make a difference?

Ok, wife wants to know what I would like for Christmas. And I said a mill. My problem is which one. I am thinking Monster MM2. Or Barley crusher. Anyone have an input on this please?

I am in about the 2 week mark and no bubble for about 5 days, looks like it still has krazen on top. Only thing I did different was wrap fermentor with an insulation that came in a Hello Fresh mail box. Basement has been about 65 ° but temp of beer stayed around 68° I did bring it up stairs...

Ok according to Brewers friend my ABV is 5.6. Now my question is. OG was 1.043, which I thought was low. FG was 1.003. Anyone see a problem? Sorry I am new to this and I thought I was shooting for 1.054 for OG. And this is a IPA

So is increased action in bubbles normal after adding dry hop? I let the bubbles come to about a stop then I hopped this morning. An hour later I have action in my bubbler. I thought I read where yeast action can take away from the effects of your dry hops???

Had a pretty full fermenter so I used a blow off set up. Good thing I did. Now I was wondering do I change out my sanitized water in the container? It is all cloudy now

Ok I am using 05. I collected from 1st carboy and secondary. Two different jars were stored. I didn't wash the primary. And I just poured a little off the top into the starter. My secondary I did a slight wash and left a little beer on top when I stored it in the fridge. I poured the beer off...

Ok I have my 10 gallon water cooler for my mash tun. I made a CPVC filter that forms the bottom of cooler. I have a cube cooler for my liquor tank My questions are: If I use a large brew bag in the tun, could I take my grains and pulse them a pound or two at a time through my ninja blender...

Ok I have a batch I plan on doing this weekend and I have a recipe that came with my kit that I bought off of a individual. The LME has a good date but I was worried about the grains. It was in a sealed zip lock bag, and it was already crushed. It is Carmel 20. I went to LBS to get new and all...

Ok I think I will make the jump to AG this spring. I am going to get a plastic drink cooler for my mash tun. My question is, if I get a 10 gallon one and do a 5 gallon batch how good does the larger cooler keep temps on smaller batches? Or should I buy a 5 gallon one first?

Is there a way to figure ABV if no gravity readings were done? I never pulled a gravity reading because I didn't really have a way to do it. Next batch I will. I think mine now has a good ABV. Seem like two beers and I have a little buzz. LOL. Light weight. :drunk:

How expensive would it be to use all DME vs LME? Is this a bad idea? Is there a reason not too?

I have a recipe for All day IPA 1.0 lbs Carmel 20L specialty grain 6.6 lbs. golden light LME HOPS 2oz falconer's flight 2oz Equinox I stopped at LBS today and bought 1lbs of x-tra light DME And 1oz of Amarillo hops The reason Ihave this all day IPA is it came with what I...

Ok, I tried to look for it and had no luck. Anyone seen a clone of SA rebel grapefruit IPA?I am looking for an extract version.

Ok my first time with my new setup must have worked. I could see yeast in left over trub still going to town. I took a little taste and the beer was good. Only problem I came across was the bottles. I like the short 12oz bottles like Bullivard's 80 acre. The problem I came across was with them...

I have about a TBS of gelatin left over from a Mr Beer kit. I just started my secondary today of a IPA clone. 5 gallons. Thought about putting the gelatin in. Would this be a bad idea?