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supposedly the hop shots sold by northern brewer are derived from 13% aa columbus hops. i got 2x5 gal kegs of a beer that was supposed to be an ipa, but the yeast was mislabeled and i ended up with a more belgian/wit phenolic beer that has muted hop character. i used calypso and bravo hops in...

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I'm thinking of trying out this mead thing. I have seen a few posts re: 1 gal jug batches and was wondering how you transfered the mead from one of those. 1 gallon jugs i have seen are all screw top. do they make a 1 gallon jug carboy cap? i typically use 5 and 8 gallon carboys and use the...

did you guys do any adjustments to your water when mashing and/or sparging?

Thanks for the reply Revvy. This was not for covering up flavor. the beer is still in primary, has been for 12 days. the fermentation has lagged. it was a big beer- OG 1.090 and temps were low. I have used some down sleeping bags and carboy jacketes to raies the temps and fermentation is...

anyone done this? is it effective in changing flavor profile? it will help drive down the garvity a couple more points, but what are the drawbacks?

Thanks guys. The barrel aged bourbon for 8 years. The beer dude at the local market knows i brew. So when the distillery that makes a private label for them asked him if they wanted an empty barrel, he secured it for me. Buffalo Trace is the name i believe. Anyway, i like the idea...

Hope to learn some and contribute some. Been brewing for about 10 yrs, extract to all-grain to partial and back. Love the experimentation aspect of brewing and enjoy Belgian styles and hopped out IPAs and imperial stouts. My latest brewing project is trying to figure out what to brew to...