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Just got a 1/2 pound of Galaxy and was thinking of doing a smash with MO. I have never used Galaxy before but have heard good things. This is what I was thinking. 11 Maris otter .50 once FWH 1 once @ 10 4 once whirlpool/ hop stand for 30 min 2.5 once dry hop What do you think...

So I have never used Nelson hops and decided I would buy some to try out for my next brew. The problem is when I was looking for them online the only place that wasn't sold out was more beer and they were $50 a pound! That seems crazy expensive. So I was just curious from the folks who have used...

Hey y'all I keep going back and forth on what I want to do so I thought I would ask the good folks on here for your advice. I want to brew up an IPA tonight kinda want it on more the dank piney side. I already have the grain bill: 10.5 lbs 2 row 2.5 white wheat .35 60L crystal Here's...

Looking at doing a juicy IPA kinda like a NE IPA but I don't really care if it's hazy or not. Here is what I was thinking: 10.5 lbs 2 row 3 lbs white wheat .35 oz Columbus FWH .50 oz citra @ 10 .50 oz. mosaic @10 .50oz Columbus whirlpool...

Hi all! So I have a couple cascade plants that are loaded and ready to go in my backyard but this is my first year with them and really not sure on the amounts to use for a pale ale. This is what I was gonna do: 9 lbs 2 row 1 lbs Vienna 1 lbs Munich .5 lbs crystal 20L .30 oz...

So if I clean my legs then fill them with beer line cleaner for cleaning my lines. Do I then have to put stars san in them before I put new beer in them? Or Does the BLC sanitize the keg?

I recently decided to buy two plastic big mouth bubblers because 1 I was tired of cleaning glass Carboy and 2 the BMB is a little taller and more narrow than other fermenters which allows me to fit two in my fermentation chamber! I got two BMB and one came with the regular screw on top the other...

What is flaked wheat used for? I have occasionally seen small amounts in PA/IPA is this just for head retention and mouth feel? Just carious because I'm wanting to build pale ale recipe and was looking to improve mouth feel and head retention.

So it's getting hot here! Really freaking hot and cooling the wort below 70 gets a bit tricky. So my question is there anything wrong with cooling to 70 then putting the wort in the fermentation chamber over night then pitching yeast the next morning? Would this have any negative effects on the...

So some critter recently ate the top of my hop plant off and now it is coming back with two heads! So do I let it split and come up like that or do I trim one side off and just train one to come up?

I'm looking at getting one of the plastic BMB that is siphonless. Just carious how others have liked them? Are the spigots easy to clean and high enough to stay out of the trub? I was gonna buy two of them and just wondering the verdict was on these before I spend the money?

So I am doing a MO Columbus SMaSH right now and want to do a hop stand which I have never done before. I was going to put in 2 oz after flame out. When I put it in brewers friend it said that is 44 Ibu's that seems really high? Is that right? Just not sure about the Ibu's and 44 would put me...

So I planted 4 rhizomes in my yard about 3 weeks ago and have been giving them plenty of water but not one shoot has come up. The other day I noticed a couple big gopher hole right next to where I planted them. Do you think they ate the hop roots or is it still early for them to come up?

So my first shoots are just coming out. When is a good time to fertilize and what with and how often? I know so many questions!

So My wife and I just got our first house and are very excited about having a big back yard! The previous owner said he planted 3 cascades and 2 chinook about three years ago but couldn't remember which ones were which! Is there any way to tell cascade and chinook apart from just looking at the...

I have used gelatin a few time but alway in the keg. If I want to do it in the fermenter on a IPA with a big dry hop do I even need to cold crash and what order should I do it? Dry hop cold crash then gelatin or do I gelatin then dry hop and cold crash? Too many options!! What do you do when you...

A bit of a newbie here try to build a good IPA with the hops I have on hand. So here it is. 12.5 lbs Maris otter 1 lbs Munich .5 lbs crystal 40l 1oz Columbus @ 60 1oz centennial @ 15 .50oz cascade @ 5 .75oz centennial @ 5 .50oz cascade @0...

So I got this ipa in the keg and been carbing it for several days but it's a bit hazy so can I use gelatin in it now or is it to late?

So I have a lot of pearle, Columbus, and citra hops in my freezer and want to make an IPA tonight but not sure how best to use them. Would love some help. What would be a good hop schedule with these three?

Hi all, I have never used gelatin before and have a delicious IPA that's almost done fermenting but is a little more hazy than normal and I was gonna clear it up with some gelatin. My question can I put the gelatin in the Carboy while it's dry hoping or do I need to let it dry hop then transfer...