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Would the effect of mixing safale 05 and 04 on a 10 gallon batch blend the yeast or just?

Is the best way to avoid the DMS from Pilsen to boil 90 min and reduce the Pilsen to 50% of base malt?

Why does the beer that has been conditioning at 70 taste greener than the other 5 gallons I just finished drinking? I brew 10 gal batch and after primary one goes to keg and drink and the other to keg and closet. Well I just finished the first 5 gal and the second tastes greener than and the...

I just aquired a FREE large rockstar round electric cooler that is able to hold a 5 gal bucket or carboy for cooling my brew to lager temps. Any one used this before? If so did it work or was it to cold?

So I am going to brew on Saturday and today I had to leave my garden hose inside to thaw. Last brew day the hose was frozen and I was not able to chill the brew and pitch till next day. Any other great cold brew stories?

I have have multiple beers that have been dry hopped lately. They all seem to lose the great flavor and aroma within 2 weeks. So the question is if I add alot of hops at flame out instead or dry hop will that help???

Is it just me or does the head ref for tonights game look different?? Like rounder? Just a observation.

I have some cascade and galena dry hopping some APA. Can I then take the hops and use them in a boil, as bitter or finish hops? Has anyone tried this before or if so any luck?

:( I put a broken hydro in to some wort to measure and realized it after I did it. The bottom was broken, a lot of the little balls were in the san bucket, not sure if any got into the beer. Should I leave a lot of beer to avoid getting the lead balls into the final product, should I worry...

I seem to be getting a VERY woody flavor from using Willamette hops in some recent brew. I used the hops as the bitter and flavoring with German Ale/Krolsh yeast(WLP 029). I like the hops just not the overall flavor. Should I use the WIllamette with Fuggle or Perle/Saaz? Has anyone got the same...

I made a batch of beer with hops that turned out to be stale smelling and tasting. I had the trub/yeast in the fridge and used it without knowing the off smell/flavor would appear in the next batch. Has this happened before and besides trashing the yeast can I dry hop the current keg and other 5...

I have a lead on caramel/crystal 120L and want to know if I can substitute some of that for my Amber recipe. The amber calls for crystal 10, 20, and 40 but I should be able to just use less of the 120 for all, correct? If so should I just run it thru promash till it looks good?

Picked up a pound of Fuggles. They do not smell like hops but instead smell stale. Thoughts or comments about using them for bittering or aroma?:(

What is a good/best way to tell that my Cascade hops are ready to harvest? They currently are about a quarter in size with small viney/string looking things hanging out of the cones.

One of my second year hop plants had the leading head eaten? After that the plant started to bush at 2 feet? I tried to take a new head to the twine but after 2 weeks there seems to be no new height. Any ideas on how to get this growing up???

Anyone growing hops in Flagstaff? I am working on 4 types. How is the growing going? All my second year have come up with the Cascade in the lead. :ban:

What would be the worst thing about using hefe yeast for Amber Ales?

I was in the middle for mashing yesterday and had to complete the mash and place the wort into a bucket in the fridge as I had to go to work. I checked with the LHS and they stated that the boil will kill off any problems. I intend on boiling the wort very soon, but for now there is nothing...

I am having problems with hitting the OG. I am brewing an amber ale. The projected OG is 1.046 and after the brew I got an 1.030? I was at 152 to 145 for the mash and after that followed all the proper steps. Any ideas for why the OG was so low????????/ Any ideas would be great.

I recently dry hopped a Lite Ale extract. At first the flavor was nice and mellow but not carbed after a week or two. Now after 3+ weeks the carb is still little but the flavor is very strong. Will the flavor mellow out after more time?