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So I don't have the money to start kegging yet (hopefully someday, when i have more money and the wife's in a good mood so she doesn't kill me for even more beer s***, a lot more) but like hoppy beers (amongst many other kinds) and one idea I came across is, as the title states, adding the...

I searched around and couldn't really find a good answer. I top cropped my 1469 about 3 weeks ago, and am going to use the yeast this week (I know its better to use right away but that wasn't possible). I cropped about a liters worth of krausen (after skimming and discarding the day...

I am going to be brewing a clone of Brewdog Libertine Porter and I will be splitting it into 2 fermenters. In one I will dry hop per the original recipe, and I am not sure what to do in the other. I had the idea to do coffee, anyone with more experience have any input based on the recipe if...

So yesterday I started my first attempt at a frozen yeast bank. I was under the impression that by using the glycerin solution the vials never actually freeze solid, but this morning I woke up and that is what has happened. I mixed up a solution 25% glycerin and 75% water, mixed 5 ml of that...

I searched the forum and found some old threads, but none that was too impressive. The one that seemed the best turned out to be for a different beer. So I am searching for a clone recipe for Brother Thelonious by North Coast Brewing Company, anyone out there have one that is good?

I live in Thailand, and the yeast selection is very limited and very expensive. In a few months my sister will be visiting me and she offered to bring me a couple beers, so I figured it would be nice if I could get some good yeast too. What beers can you harvest some good yeast from? I have...

So I have the supplies to start a frozen yeast bank (test tubes, glycerin, autoclave-able jar) and my buddy has an autoclave, but I couldn't find any posts explaining how to autoclave this stuff. So how should I go about autoclaving the test tubes and glycerin solution? Also, can I...

I am going to be brewing up a bock using Wyeast 2206, just wondering if anyone has any experience using the quick lager method with this yeast. Searched the forum but couldn't find anything recent, so hoping there are some people out there who have tried this out and can give me some advice...

I will be brewing up a version of Rogue's Hazelnut Brown, but the recipe calls for Pacman yeast which is not available where I live (in Thailand). I have access to most liquid yeasts (but not all obviously) and most/all dry yeasts. What would be a good substitute? The yeasts I am considering...

I am trying to follow a couple recipes (a bock, then a dopplebock reusing some/all of the yeast) from a book that has given me good recipes before, but there is a typo: "Wyeast 2206 Bohemian Lager" Well 2206 = Bavarian Lager 2124 = Bohemian Lager So which one do you all think I should use...

I am going to brew a recipe that calls for Wyeast 1028 (London Ale) yeast brewed at the upper end of the temperature spectrum (70F/21C). The closest yeast I can get is Mangrove Jacks Burton Union (now called Liberty Bell) and was wondering if I should also brew it at the upper end of the...

I brewed up a Porter last Saturday, pitched some harvested yeast that I had made a quick vitality starter with, but when the airlock activity slowed quicker than I thought it should I took a gravity reading yesterday, Wednesday. Original gravity was 1.070, and I was hoping final gravity would...

So I am having trouble finding this info, tried searching but no luck. I have started to make vitality starters, but am unsure how to figure out how much wort to use. In his post Brulosopher used 500 ml, but that was for only 1 vial or 100 billion cells. I use yeast slurry, so sometimes...

I was doing a whirlpool and some hops got stuck on the immersion chiller so without thinking I used my big spoon to stir a little and get them unstuck without first sanitising the spoon. Temp was 160-170 and I left it there for 30 minutes hoping this would be hot enough to avoid an infection...

I am going to brew this recipe but want to hop it up a bit, plus I have some hops I want to start using up (at least a bit). here is the recipe as is 11 lbs of Marris Otter .75 lb Chocolate Malt .75 lb Crystal 120 .25 Black Patent .25 Victory 1.75 ounces of Fuggles for 60 minutes. I...

Thanks for any help in advance This is my first time doing a lager, and I would like to do the quick lager method (as passed on by brulosopher from others before him) but I would also like to minimize the number of times I open the fermentor to check gravity before ramping up the temperature...

Most of my life I've much preferred malty and darker beers - porters, bocks, English brown ales. Lately I've been craving a beer with a bit more hops to it. My searching through styles has led me to believe I will be happy with an ESB. Based on this ( I know its not much) could you...

When a recipe says 19 liters, does that mean in the fermenter or bottles? the reason I ask is that lately i've been scaling up my recipes to 21 liters to hopefully get 19 or 20 in the bottles and my beers have been darker than planned, wondering if this is why...

I just emailed Weyermann asking them if their Vienna Malt needed a protein rest and this was their response (they responded very quickly and seemed eager to help) "you don’t need a protein rest for Weyermann® Vienna Malt. It is highly modified in proteolysis and you can mah-in at 62° C...

So my next batch will be a bock, and it calls for a decoction mash. I have read up, and while I see that decoction is not necessary these days, based on what I've heard about it adding flavor I'd like to try it. So my basic understanding of how that would work with BIAB is to start out with...