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Hi All - Making a new IPA with an emphasis on Columbus. I am not completely comfortable that I have what I am after. The grain bill and yeast choices I am 98% confident in, just the hops are concerning me. I want the deep, smoky, dank citrus without being too "bitey" Here is what I...

Hi all - been working robust porters for a while now and am starting to ge the hang of it. The project started with a recipe from one of the forums here and evolving it. This iteration involves the reduction of 2-row and substituting what was removed with munich and red wheat. Flaked...

I have had a few beers lately with Belma - ranging from the sublime to the "meh". I think that I can get a great beer with it, just not sure of what to pair it with and definitely unsure about how to pair with my current inventory. Huell Mellon and Citra come up a lot, but I do not have those...

Hi all, Two Saturdays ago, I brewed my first old ale with the intent of pitching Brett (OYL-211 - Bit 'o Funk) into secondary. I got my six gallons at an OG of 1.088 - so that went well. Problem is, due to not changing my process to account for a kettle thermometer instead of the one I...

HI all - tried to search but turned up nothing. Hard to believe, I am sure there are threads out there, but I cannot seem to find them. Brewed a robust porter a few weeks ago and kegged it this weekend. Should be ready to go soon. Temperature control was fantastic. Over shot OG by...

Hi All - I have read about this hop and and am extremely curious about it. It seems to be an IPA waiting to happen, yet I am not sure what exactly to do with it. My thought were to use it as primarily boil additions with smaller additions in whirlpool and dry hop with the bulk of the...

Hi all, I want to make an Old Ale with a bit of mystery to it. I have never gone the route of an Old Ale but have read enough to see that there are a lot of variations on this. It seemed that with the wealth of knowledge and ideas here that something different, fundamentally sound and...

Hi all - new situation for me here. Made a DIPA batch and it is nearing the end of the old-school "primary" fermentation" I have always sampled my batches through the port to see how they are coming along and have learned how well a batch is doing. Everything is on point a the moment save for...

Hi all – I am looking at changing from fly sparge to batch sparge. There seems to be some advantages to this choice and I was wondering what the consensus is. We have all read and formulated opinions about the best process and have our biases. Hearing about your experiences and decision...

Need help here. Have not looked at style guidelines for anything, just built a beer based on what sounded good. If it fits a particular style, great. I imagine that since the ingredients are not all that unique, someone has made something pretty similar to it. I would appreciate any help in...

Just participated in a near-by homebrew competition (my first). Never stretched beyond a few friends and work associates as testers. It seemed time to get hard data. Score sheets are still pending, but in the "Strong Beer" category, my DIPA came in third. Will post the actual score when I...

Looking at using Brett in an IPA. OYL-210 (Where da Funk?) seems to be a good choice. Any one with experience with this or similar?

Good morning all, Looking to pick a yeast for a smokey red rye. Grain bill is 2-ROW 7 lb RED X 2 lb RYE MALT 1.5 lb FLAKED RYE 1 lb CARA RED 1.25 lb SMOKED (CHERRY) 1.5 lb Looking to use Apollo, Citra, Sorachi Ace, and Motueka for hops Smoked...

Hi all. Started getting serious about Robust Porter. Spent most of my time on pales and IPA's (why not, right), but not much in the way of the darker side of things. I have a few porters and stouts under my belt, but I want to dedicate the next 12 months perfecting and understanding...

Good morning all – Looking for a DIPA hop schedule. I want to feature the relationship between Comet and Galaxy and supplement with what I have on hand. On a test run with Comet, I feel it has real potential. Did a Comet / Amarillo pale. Had something that reminded me of apples and...

OK - so I went for the Farmhousebrewing hop sale and ordered some Comet hops to play around with. at less than a dollar an ounce, why not? I have found where Amarillo is supposed to work well with that, but what else does? ON hand I have (did not write down %AA) 5 oz Nelson Sauvin 8 oz...

Good afternoon all. I will shortly be going to a 10 gallon kettle as it is a bit difficult to get a full 5 gallon batch of a double IPA done up properly in an 8-gallon pot. Not using a RIMS system - just a three-tier system with two igloo coolers (HLT and Mash of course). Based on...

Well - this weekend, I had an IPA to brew that I was pretty excited about. Lots of hops, proven grain bill and everything in place. The mash went well and I bypassed the gravity reading as it is a pain to stir, collect and chill the sample. Got done with the boil and holy crap. my...

Thanks for the responses to my post about participating in my first competition. I have a recipe that last run was as double IPA, but it is not quite there so the final numbers will determine if it is an IPA or a double. Please shread, beat up, criticize this recipe ruthlessly. I have no...

Hi All - looking to enter my first competition in November. Entries have to be in by October 22. I am thinking about doing an IPA. Not expecting to win, but at least get good input on my progress and benchmark my efforts. My plan is to bottle about a week before submission - but that is...