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Hi, I am looking for an explanation on what's going on with my starter. Long time ago I decided to brew a beer using dregs from a bottle I like (not a lambic, but lambic-type character). I made a starter on a stir-plate using dregs from 3 bottles, stepped up to the equivalent of what you get in...

Hi everybody, apologies I am posting in a rush without having done much research in advance. I just got a Funk Weapon 1, date 8/6 (unsure if UK/US notation). It has been out of the fridge, sitting in a warm spot for at least 6hs. I plan to pitch it into a 6gal of 1.045 wort which has already...

Hi all, I've been reading from Sui Generis Brewing site which carries awesome information about yeast wrangling. I am unsure about one of the steps on microbe isolation. What is the procedure that follows having grown individual colonies, ready to have a look under microscope? Bryan talks...

Hi everybody, I wonder if you could explain or provide some pointers on this. I usually brew my sours by getting all the bugs in primary, saccharo, brett and lacto and, after a while, dividing the batch in small carboys adding different flavouring ingredients (fruits, teas, etc.). What I have...

Hi, I am a beginner sours beer brewer looking for advice. I managed to brew a really nice sour and have been unable to replicate the results ever since. I am looking for some hints or recommendations on what I could try next. I harvested the dregs from a couple of bottles of a commercial beer...

If you had to list beer styles, starting with those better drank firesh and ending with the ones that keep well, how would the list look like?

Hi all, I got a terrible score in a competition. So a brew this Stong Ale based on the recipe published by Fullers for their 1845, a beer I love and regularly drink, which btw is Listed as one of the style's example in the bjcp guide. Finished brewing this beer feeling that, from all what I...

I feel I live in homebrewing past. Listening to podcasts recorded God knows when, brewing recipes or variations of recipes that do not scream "new". I am still in the era of citrus and tropical fruits IPAs, have not reached yet the period of low gravity hoppy beers, sours, and let alone "juicy"...

Hi, As many of you I've developed quite a taste for beers full of hops. The last few brews I've made are IPAs, loaded with late and dry hop additions, but not too bitter altogether (~40-60 perceived IBUs usually). Beers are very drinkable right after bottle carbonation and after a few...

Hi, I prepared wort for an IPA that gets quite a load of flameout hops. At the end of the boil, the wort was crystal clear, with hot break here and there. After I steeped hops (bag squeezed when removing), the wort was cloudy as soup. I immediately started formulating theories I don't fully...

So far I have been dry hopping by adding the hops right before fermentation finishes with a bit over 1oz per gal of high alpha hops, but I am not getting the dry hop aroma (fresh bag of hops aroma) I usually get on good commercial beers. Recently I heard saying that not overpitching and getting...

Hi, I've been using the forum for some time now but have never entered this section. I think I fancy a go at making a sour beer after having tasted a few examples I really liked. I guess that I am looking to find a wild yeast based, fool proof recipe & method to star with and sufficient...

Like a year ago there was a survey on what we'd like to see updated, changed, improved, etc. on HBT. I wonder what happened.. What's the data ever published? Apologies I may have missed the thread

Hi, I've been using WLP001 for IPAs and it is great flavour wise. However I am not very happy with the way it flocculates. I bottle condition and I guess my process results in a bit too much yeast in the bottle and this yeast does not help in that respect. I am wondering if I can get a...

I do get asked rutinely whether the beer I am serving has the ABV I am claiming. I usually answer than clean fermentation produces less noticeable alcohols and that I am a very talented homebrewer. More often I just say shut up and keep drinking. I am wondering though whether my friends...

Simple question ... In theory, should the FG of a beer match that of a sample of wort fermented warm and in the presence of oxygen (i.e. put back in the stir plate, etc.)? thanks

Since day one in my short brewing career, I've took your advice to heart, got myself made a stir plate and made starters. Good. Now, I am looking at that vast amount of guu at the bottom of the FV and wondering how big it appears to be compared to what I pitched. So to the numbers. So I...

Hi, I've read and heard about how using crystal malts in IPAs is inapropriate, how the flavours from these malts will clash with the hops, etc. Similarly, I've also heard claims that this conception is associated with historical under attenuation issues which are no longer relevant. An IPA I...

Hi, I am brewing an english ale with OG 1.060, using WLP002. I'd like to get good attenuation and based on recommendations I've received on a different thread, I came up with this profile & pitching rate. Would you mind having a look? Thanks,

So I decided to give it a go and signed up for a BJCP competition. The calendar allows me to brew two beers. I've chosen two popular categories, so not really hoping for much. Hopefully the feedback will make the hassle worthwhile. I pretty much know nothing about brewing for competition...