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hello I have a friend who gave me some cacao beans from a trade show for cacao buyers and I would like to use them for a beer I have in Primary. It is basically a hoppy brown around 6.5% and I need to add some ‘chocolate’ character to it for a competition in January. So my plan is to split...

Hello I was in Williamsburg, VA over Thanksgiving and had Alewerks Wetherburns Bristol Ale. It’s basically the precursor to IPA which IMO is a moderately hoppy brown ale in the 7% ABV range. I really liked it since everything out there now is so West Coast style from a hops perspective. So I...

Hello, I have brewed a Belgian Pale Ale and the OG was 1.048. This was a 5 gallon batch and I split it into two 2.5 gallon fermenters. During secondary in Fermenter #1, I added 11 oz of agave nectar and days later the gravity reading was 1.012. Then I added another 8 oz of Agave Nectar and now...

Hello, I am looking for some thoughts on this as I signed up for our local brewery's wort giveaway contest. I am an all-grain homebrewer and have never done one of these before. Below is their recipe for the wort that they are giving away. I don't plan to reboil the wort with specialty grains or...

I am an all-grain brewer and will be helping my brother brew his first beer tomorrow. Instead of just doing all extract, I thought it would be good to do a partial mash brew. He likes Guinness so I found this clone recipe on BYO.com. A few things stood out in their step by step instructions...

Hello, I have brewed my 'summer' altbier that I will be serving in a local homebrew festival in two weeks. This altbier is lighter in color and less malty than a typical altbier. I use Spalt for all the additions and was planning to add 1 oz of Spalt for dry hopping. I usually don't dry hop...

I am going to brew an all grain IPA today. I don't have the normal hops that I use in my regular IPA recipe and I have really liked commercial beers with Mosaic. But have never brewed with them before. Below is my standard IPA recipe and I like the Summit Hops that create a great citrus aroma...

Hello, Due to some new landscaping I am planning, I need to move my hops plants to a new location. They will be moved next to my chimney so they can grow higher than they have been the last two years. However, they have already started to sprout out of the ground. My Nugget has some shoots...

Hello, I was able to get an 8 gallon Woodinville Rye Whiskey Barrel from Boulevard Brewing Co. Woodinville used this rye whiskey barrel after aging the whiskey by adding maple syrup. Then Boulevard made a beer from it as well. Definitely looking forward to using this barrel for my next brew...

Hello, I brewed my standard IPA recipe on 12/29. This time I used a local homebrew store's HERMs brew system. We cooled the wort using their plate chiller and I didn't check the actual temp of the wort before I pitched a yeast starter of Wyeast 1056. My friend split the 10 gallon batch with...

Hello, I have harvested 1lb 3.7 ounces of fresh Cascades and I need to brew this afternoon and have never done a wet hop beer. See below for my recipe and questions I have. Appreciate the advice as I plan to mash in in the next 2 hrs!! 11 lbs Pale 2 Row 1 oz Cascade(pellet) 60 min 1lb...

I brewed a session saison a week ago(recipe below) and I would like to dry hop it. I know dry hopping is not part of this style but I almost always dry hop my beers. What would go well for this beer? I know using Kent Goldings or Saaz would probably be nice(1 oz). But was considering Cascade or...

Hello, I brewed an all grain German Alt on 11/29 with a starting gravity of 1.050. I pitched the Wyeast German Ale 1007 with a yeast starter. As of today, my gravity is 1.022. I will be transferring to my carboy in the coming days so I can cold condition it for a few more weeks before...

I broke down my sankey taps to thoroughly clean them and soaked them in Star San for 3 days. I just rinsed them and some of the metal parts of the sankey tap are pink. Should I be concerned with using these in a week for my home-brew? Just not sure if the discolored metal will be a problem...

I have some cascade hops that are ready to pick in the next few days. And I have a Belgian IPA in secondary that will be kegged in 10 days. Has anyone had any experience with putting 'wet' hops in the secondary or keg as the dry hop addition? If so, what do I need to consider and is wet hopping...

Just wanted some feedback from you all. I brewed two session IPA's 6 days ago. The recipes were the same amounts but different malt and hops. One is an All Day IPA clone using Wyeast 1332 NW Ale(OG of 1.042). The other is a belgian session IPA that had some belgian pale malt and used Wyeast 3522...

I have a chest freezer that I converted into a 3 tap kegerator. However, I want to put the kegerator in my basement and run tubing upstairs(approx 8-10ft) through the floor into my kitchen and install a draft tower on my counter. I am curious to know if anyone has any thoughts or suggestions on...