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I know everyone regards bottling as a chore and is often looking for the quickest and most efficient way to get through it. I kind of enjoy the zen-like nature of the whole process: throw on some tunes, crack a beer, grab empty bottle from bucket of sanitizer, fill, cap, repeat. I see it as a...

That's pretty cool! Hadn't heard about that. Kind of reminds me of back when I was in fifth grade. NASA did this big public relations thing where they sent a bunch of tomato seeds up with the space shuttle, then distributed them to grade school science classes all around the country. Don't...

Hi All, I was in the supermarket last night and picked up a bottle of Ninkasi Brewery's new limited release, Hop Cooler, a citrus IPA. The bottle had what can only be described as a metric ton of yeast on the bottom. Anyone know what kind of yeast Ninkasi uses and if it'd be worth getting...

Wow, everybody. Thanks for the great replies! I definitely agree with you, joshesmusica, that a large part of this could be in my mind. Friends I’ve given bottles to didn’t notice anything until I pointed it out. Nor did my girlfriend taste anything amiss until I said something, and now, I...

Do you have temp control? Not really. I kept the brew bucket in a cold unused bathroom, then used a space heater to regulate temperature. I kept the temp in the room in the mid-60s and the stick-on-thermometer on the brew bucket consistently registered at 68, until fermentation stopped. I...

Greetings Homebrewers, I’m new to homebrewing and I just want to start out by saying that this site has been an immense help, time and time again. Thanks to all! I need help diagnosing an off flavor in an APA I recently brewed. This is my tenth batch and my third all grain batch. My...