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So I’ll preface this by saying I’ve done probably over 100 brews with the same brew in a bag set up. I’ve never had any issues with the bag not draining at all, until the last two brews that I’ve done, and I have no idea why. It’s incredibly frustrating and I discussed it with another well...

Can diastaticus yeast eat maltodextrin? I have a simple 1.060 beer currently fermenting with the omega tropical IPA yeast and it’s very quickly at about 90% attenuation. In the future I would likely add either some maltodextrin or lactose to try and keep the final gravity higher. I’m pretty...

I’ve searched high and low and can not seem to find them in stock/available anywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance...

I would say 90% of the time that I turn the dial on my CO2 regulator, the little bar in the gauge goes up very smoothly. But every so often when I turn it up it’ll be kind of sticky. I’ll turn the dial and I’ll hear the CO2 coming in, but then it will jump from say 8 to 14 and then stick, and...

So this is the first time I’ve tried using Sodium Metabisulfite to reduce/eliminate oxygen. I just took the first sample from the keg and it smells strongly of eggs and sulfur...rhino farts, whatever you want to call it. I fermented the beer the same way i always do, except this time I added .3...

I’m planning to carbonate a keg with a mixture of about 4 oz dextrose and 2 grams of CBC-1. The Lallemand calculator puts this at about 2.3 volumes at room temp (68-70 Fahrenheit) My question is if I do this at room temp and achieve the 2.3 volumes I’m looking for, will it remain at the 2.3...

I’ve searched high and low to get my hands on some Incognito, but apparently that is nearly impossible as I can not find one store that breaks it down into home brew sizes that will ship to someone in the United States. I’ve found two stores in the UK that do, with this one looking pretty good...

Due to unforeseen circumstances I only just got my hands on my liquid yeast that I intend to pitch tonight around 8-8:30. Usually I make my starter 24-48 hours before pitching and let it sit in the fridge before decanting and then pitching. My question is will it be ok if I “make” the starter...

I pitched a healthy starter of London ale 3 into 1.072 og wort on Tuesday at 7pm. My airlock went crazy for the first 48 hours and now about 60 hours post pitch there is Zero activity in terms of co2. I took a gravity sample and it’s at 1.028 and there is still a huge krausen typical of LA3...

So I got my results from ward labs today for my tap water. I want to start using it rather than buying distilled or RO and building from there. I know how to adjust sulfate, chloride, salt, mg, and calcium, but I’m not too well versed with everything else. For those who know more than I do, does...

As the title says I BIAB. My local HBS is unfortunately closed due to covid-19 so I went ahead and ordered ingredients from morebeer. When I get my grains from my normal store I just tell them BIAB crush and they basically pulverize it for me. Now, when ordering grains from more beer I selected...

Has anyone used this before and if so how do you like it? (The link is for a Speidel fermenter but they can be used with most common fermenters) https://www.morebeer.com/products/brewbuilt-coolstix-30l-speidel-fermenter-pump-kit.html I ferment in a chest freezer that also doubles as my serving...

I’m looking to get a really nice dank character in the background of my otherwise fruity iPas. I’ve had a local IPA called citrapollo which is appropriately named considering it uses citra and Apollo. The balance between the dank and citrus is perfect so Id like to make something similar. My...

For those of you that have a clear beer draft system, or another similar floating dip tube, I’m wondering if you can do closed transfers from the fermenter into a keg through the liquid post. Typically I’ve done this with a traditional dip tube that goes down to the bottom of the keg, but I’m...

I'll start this by saying that I primarily brew NEIPAS and other IPAs. Like most everyone here I'm always trying to improve, experiment, and gather as much knowledge as possible with the end goal being the best beer possible. It also goes without saying that we're all at different levels when it...

As the title suggests, I'm curious if there are any issues with storing a fully carbed corny keg at room temp? My current space does not afford me the luxury of a keezer/kegerator, but I am able to fit a 5 gallon keg with co2 tank in my fridge. The problem is I don't really want to drink the...

I'm always looking for ways to get the biggest possible impact from dry hopping. I brew mostly neipas and have done all the typical things that are common to the style...dry hopping before even transferring the wort, dry hopping during active fermentation, dry hopping towards the tail end of...