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I don't know exactly how to describe it, its a sharpish bitter taste. Its not astringent like how a tannic red wine will taste, but sharp in a sort of metallic way where the alcohol is very apparent, almost feels over carbed on the the tongue but its not over carbed. The beer is an amber ale...

Looking to brew a malty American IPA with 50/50 bill of 2Row/Munich. I've never tried this much Munich in a recipe so I'm pondering what would work best for the hop additions. I'm thinking it needs a firm bittering backbone...60-70 IBUs but what to finish it with to compliment the maltiness...

Found a good deal on one of these on Ebay so I bought it and its on it's way. Note how the unit has a barb connector at both ends. With this configuration is it possible to feed it 30-40 psi from the tank into one side, set each individual dial as needed for the 4 kegs and then the output on...

This is for an 5 gallon NEIPA brew, I haven't done one in almost 2 years but that's what the wife requested :) So I want to try doing one with no boil hops, do all my hops at flameout or thereafter as it cools with the immersion chiller. This will be the first time i've ever omitted boil-time...

What do you guys recommend for this? I don't mean the connection to the keg coupler itself, I have ball lock style connectors already for that. I mean imagine you have a CO2 line that you wanted to cut in half and install a coupler with a male end on one side and a female end on the other that...

Hey gang, hope you're getting some brewing in during this pandemic. I'm trying Mangrove Jack's California Lager yeast for the first time with a lager that I want to add a punch of citrus to. So the boil will be traditional Saaz/Sterling combo for bitterness but then I want a splash of citrus up...

Arrghhh I got lots of time to brew and I can't find this damn chart I had bookmarked (link is dead). Hopefully someone can lend a hand with something similar. Basically it gave you a breakdown of what kind of utilization you could expect at various temps post-boil...so you could weigh the...

First time ever dry hopping with this strain of hops and I found it had some odd properties. I used about 2 oz Simcoe and maybe 1/2 oz of Citra I had left over. I sampled the brew before dry hopping and it was tasty, but I wanted more hops up front. Oddly, the use of Simcoe seemed to add...

I swear I saw it posted here somewhere but I can't find the link. Buying these various fittings gets expensive thru homebrew supply sites because they want $4-5 apiece. There's a plumbing supply store online that sells them significantly cheaper and in bulk (i.e. bag of 10 etc). Anyone know what...

I have these ball lock style connectors for quickly connecting/disconnecting from the keg taps and it works well, and since they screw onto any swivel nut they're easy to swap around as needed. But what I need is some kind of coupling for quickly connecting/disconnecting lines together. Like for...

I brewed what I thought was an excellent Marzen last year that I entered in a competition. It scored a 40 so I guess I'm not completely crazy. ;) The biggest thing I got dinged on was that it lacked the right amount of bready toasted maltiness (I'm paraphrasing but you get the idea). And I can't...

Recently brewed an Belgian ale that I whirpooled most of my hops. But when I tasted it before racking to the keg it was a little lacking on the flavor and aroma I was going for. So I figured I'd dry-hop right in the keg and get a little more out of it. I only added about 1 oz extra but I'm...

I'm trying to identify the right part number for this so I'm sure to get the right one. It would be the fitting that screws directly onto the top of the keg coupler's beer-out stem. So it's threaded on that side, and then has the standard speedfit connection that you popm in your 3/16 beer line...

I've never brewed with either of these before and this recipe calls for both so I was curious if there were any changes to the process or my temps or anything else I need to keep an eye on. Here's the grain bill: 8.5 lb American - Pale 2-Row (73.9%) 2 lb Belgian - Unmalted Wheat (17.4%) 1 lb...

Nothing crazy with my malts, mostly Pilsner and Vienna but I had lots of late hop\whirlppol additions and a 1 1/2 oz dry hop to finish it up. It's not a juice bomb but it has noticeable citrus aroma and flavor. I'm not seeing anything in the lager categories that would permit this. Is it...

Just tried this year's version and man oh man is it freakin delicious. Fortunately they put the details on their website: Grains: Maine Malt House 2-Row Malted Barley, Blue Ox Malthouse 2-Row Malted Barley, Maine Grains Raw Wheat, Aurora Mills & Farm Oats Hops: Jarrylo, Centennial, Local...

This is for a slightly non-traditional American IPA. I'm looking to create an ambery slightly malty profile so my grain bill is 7lbs 2-row 5 lbs light munich 0.5 lbs of biscuit malt 0.5 lbs carapils 0.25 lbs Crystal 120L 1 oz chocolate malt (for color) I used 15g Summit for my bittering @ 60...

OK, so I've had good success using high AA hop choices @ 60mins (Summit, Magnum, Simocoe) and then saving my more typical flavor hops for late in the boil or after flameout (Citra, Cascade, Wilamette, etc) but is there any science to this? Like how much flavor am I getting @ 30min? 20min? 10min...

Those of you who use a clarifier after racking to your keg, what is your experience with the process? I've been trying it the last few runs and it hasn't been entirely consistent for me. I did a lager where you could tell the gelatin helped speed up the initial clarifying resulting in a clear...

First time trying this yeast, WLP800 is their (Pilsner Lager Yeast). I pitched two full bags of it into 5gal of well aerated wort at 68F, then put it in the basement (62F). It recommends waiting for activity (they say 5-15 hrs) and then drop it to target temp (55F). But it's 24 hrs and not even...