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Yeah honestly the hops all smell fantastic, i've eaten the grains, no bugs. They were all sealed with zip ties and stored in a dark dry area. I didn't taste all the grains albeit but the chocolate pale and the honey tasted completely fine. No stale taste at all. I'll toss some in and see how it...

Yeah, I've made two batches of beer so far but I purchased all new grains and hops for those because I didn't want them to be a dud. I suppose I could make a pretty simple batch and see how it turns out. I think you mostly lose the alpha acid effectiveness from the hops but i'm not completely sure.

maybe that was my issue. When I had done it, I just threw the 5 gallon keg in the back of my car and drove for 4 hours. I didn't purge any excess headspace which may have helped. I just assumed I ruined it back then. I had recently overcarbonated a beer by trying to force carb it and just shut...

Hey, I bought a bunch of hops and grains three years ago. All of the grains were kept dry and in their bags. The hops were vacuum sealed and always kept in the fridge over this time. Are any of these ingredients still useable? It would be such a shame to waste them. But i'm finally able to...

I added about 1lb per gallon. I'll definitely just leave it alone and try not to suck any of it into the keg while transferring but it will definitely be impossible to see until it hits the tubing haha. I don't have the ability to cold crash this so we'll just see how she goes!

Hey, The wife and I are going camping and I have never had success transporting kegs. They get extremely disturbed and just pour foam so i'm thinking of making a batch and bottle conditioning it. Looking for something nice and easy, any suggestions?

So I bought fresh mangos, pealed, cut, mashed, then froze them. After one week I threw them into my fermenter and fermentation started up again. Although I when I take a sample the mango is there, and sometimes it's compeltely absent. So I took a peak inside and see that most of the mango is...

Ah yes, Tap water which in the past (2 years ago) I didn't ahve an issue with with brewing. Same city, same water. I was stirring. I stirred everything up while checking the temps, stirred again while sparging as well. I did have a lot more wort then I typically would after a brew, so i'm...

I do seem to be losing mash temp a lot, so I preheated my tun, just a 6 gallon cooler, added the grain it wasn't to temp, Added some hotter water to bring it up to target mash temp, closed it, and when I drained it out I was at 146 form 152? Maybe this is where i'm having the issue.

So if my crush is the issue, I can mill it a lot more and adjust it before it even becomes a flour but the husk doesn't typically remain intact very well. From what I understand that has a negative effect in some way? Is it just harder to filter out and keep out of your fermenter? I'm lost...

Hey, I made a Mango Wheat beer. Simple, 5.5lbs of 2 row and 5lbs of wheat with wyeast 1010. It's in the fermenter now. How long should I let it sit without fruit before dumping the trub and adding in fresh mango? I also missed my mark on gravity. I was looking for the 1.050 range and hit...

I’m curious, why raise it after the fermentation?

1010 it is, I had one when I got home and didn’t notice just how tart it actually was. Any recommendations on fermentation temperature to bring out the tartness? I was reading that 60f was a good temperature for wheat beers.

I’m definitely looking for a clean flavour so I think I’ll stick with the us05 and see how I like the results and if I’m looking for something extra out of the next batch I’ll try the 1010 out.

curious if the Wyeast produces hefe flavours. I absolutely hate hefeweizens. The flavour just throws me off and I’m going to be brewing a simple mango wheat. 50/50 pale malt and wheat malt with no specialty grains. I’m not sure if I should just use my us-05 or pick up some Wyeast 1010. I just...

Yeah, I’ve read about acidulated malt but I don’t have any equipment to check my mash ph, so I think I’ll opt out for now on sourness and tackle that once I nail the recipe and want to add to it. I was thinking I’ll pick up some galaxy hops I’ve heard they have a stone fruit profile to them. I...

Hey, The wife is asking for a peach wheat beer. I’m thinking of making a simple American wheat. But is there any suggestions of hops to compliment the peaches but not over run the profile of the beer to let the wheat and peach shine? As well, is there a simple way a newbie can get some sour or...

I just brewed this for my first time in a few years. I finally got a conical with temp control because my house is always 75-80+f my beers had a bit of funk to them. I couldn’t remember if I pre heated my mash tun so I didn’t. My mash came out at 144-145f after an hour. My burner was rusted to...

Thinking of using this pump. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B073VMVD43/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Hey, Question for anyone that might have done this. I'm making my own FTSS for a 7gallon BME Conical I just ordered. But i'm struggling with the pumps here. The SS Brewtech pump is rated at 158 gallons per hour. Do I need to hit that as a minimum for acceptable cooling? I have zero experience...