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Would Hallertau be an ok substitute for crystal hops? It is just a small part of an overpowering dry hop bill that includes simcoe and cenntenial, so I'm not sure how much it will really matter - except that I don't want to buy any crystal hops.

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I had all three last night, on tap, in snifters. The Avery Maharaja had a beautiful head and so did the Pliney, the Blue Dot not so much. They were all good, all very strong and hoppy. The Maharaja was the most strikingly bitter, the Blue Dot was the most alcohol forward with a slight...

I did a Simcoe Golden Promise SMaSH here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/simcoe-golden-promise-smash-138222/index2.html Now I am going to do a Cascade version so I can do a side-by-side comparison. I originally thought I would use Centennial but the wife voted for Cascade after some of...

The Jubelale is out and it's really good. I think I had better make something like it before I blow all the money I just saved on hops. I did a search and found this, but am wondering if this is the best clone recipe or if someone knows better: Jubelale A ProMash Brewing Session -...

If I want to toast a portion of my grain in the oven, can I do it post-crush? I don't have a mill at home so if I do it with uncrushed grain I will need figure out another way to get er done.

I brewed a wee heavy about 10 days ago and used White Labs Edinburgh which I haven't used before. I started out at about 1.100 OG and I got crazy fermentation for about 3-4 days and now the yeast has settled down into a sort of very slowly moving blob-like creature that lives just below a...

I am going to try a SMaSH now that it's long past being cool and hip. Here's what I'm going to try: 6.5 gallon batch 14 lbs Simpson's Golden Promise .75oz Simcoe @ 60 minutes .75oz Simcoe @ 30 minutes .50oz Simcoe @ 15 minutes .50oz Simcoe @ 10 minutes .50oz Simcoe @ 5 minutes...

I used 4oz of Fuggles in a 5gal batch of Porter a while back that turned out well. What else could I use in place of Fuggles that would be good in Porter? Right now I have Centennial, Amarillo, Columbus, Magnum, Symcoe and Hallertau (GR).

What are your favorite winter seasonal beers and/or recipes?

I am not sure if this is the place for this thread I have an 7% oatmeal stout that I brewed last December and I saved a 5.5 gal keg over the Spring and Summer. I tasted it a while back just to see how it was doing and it was really wonderful with vanilla notes. So anyway, I am itching to drink...

Does anyone know the difference between the Hallertau (GR) and the US Hallertau? There is also one called Organic Hallertau Tradition with a/a of 4.0-6.5%

On Monday night I brewed a 6 gallon batch of Scottish Wee Heavy and had an amazingly good session that ended up with a final gravity of 1.098 and I was totally stoked when I pitched the Edinburgh yeast. It started activity at around 12 hours and by 24 hours (last night) it blew its stack and...

Well first I have to say I'm an ale guy and I like it hoppy. My favorite hops are Simcoe and Amarillo. In fact I just finished brewing two fresh hop beers, one red and one IPA, that each had about 4lbs of fresh hops in the boil. It was alot of fun and am really looking forward to sharing it with...

How does this look for an oatmeal stout: 25.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 74.07 % 2.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 5.93 % 1.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 4.44 % 1.25 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.70 % 1.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM)...

Going for a smooth mellow taste. Fermentis S04 or S05? or White Labs Irish Ale or California Ale? Thanks!!

So I kegged my batch on Monday and I spent a few minutes with it at 30 psi shaking it up and stuff, then I let it sit for a few days at 12 psi and today I tapped it. It poured foam so I turned down the pressure to about 5 psi and poured a pitcher and drank off of that and pretty soon my wife and...

I know this has probably been asked 100 times. But I have searched and cannot find a good primer on kegging. This weekend I will keg my first 10 gallon AG batch and I really don't want to screw it up. I have two kegs and all of the parts and I have figured out how to disassemble, clean and...

So I am about to go into my secondaries with 10 gallons of my big IPA. I bought 2oz of Amarillo and 2oz of Simcoe. Both are loose hops. I was thinking of doing the dry hop in two additions separated by a week. 1oz into each carboy the first week, and 1oz into each carboy the second week. I am...

Is boil gravity calculated using the target volume of a recipe (e.g. 10 gallons) or the preboil volume (13 gallons)?