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Good Morning! I've recently been gifted a LARGE quantity of both Green Bullet and Crystal hops. I'm wondering: 1. If these can be used together in a brew? & 2. What styles these varieties would work well in? I just don't have a lot of experience with either of these. Thanks!

I brewed my first lager on Memorial Day, a Dortmunder Export. OG was 1.053. I made an extra large starter with 2 packs of 2206 (I used a 2L flask and half gallon growler jug). I pitched right around 52 degrees and kept the temp around 50-52. Saw fermentation beginning in less than 24 hrs I...

I'm brewing an IPA this weekend and I was originally going to use Columbus hops for buttering and Centennial towards the end of the boil and then dry hop with more Columbus. It was going to look like this: 12 lbs 2 Row 1 lb. Caramel 60L 1 lb. Munich 10L 1 oz. Columbus 60 min 1 oz...

Sorry to start a new thread, but I brewed my first AG beer yesterday and thanks to all the information I've absorbed from these boards, the day went really really well. I brewed an Amber Ale kit from my LHBS (Grape and Granary) 9.5 lbs Pale Malt (Original recipe called for 8.5) 1.5 lbs...

Hi everyone, I've got an old chest freezer in the garage that SWMBO is willing to let me convert into a lagering/fermentation vessel. I'm planning on buying a temperature control device to let me regulate the temperature inside the freezer, would I need to drill into the freezer to run the...

I brewed my pumpkin ale about 4 weeks ago, it was in the primary 2 weeks, then I transferred to a carboy. I didn't take into consideration the massive amount of trub there would be and I ended up with only about 4 gallons of beer. I don't want to overcarb the beer so I'm looking for advice on...

I'm planning to brew this kit tomorrow. Everything I've read from reviewers on their site says to add way more pumpkin than the kit recommends (they say 15-30oz.). I'm thinking of going with 60oz. of pumpkin but I'm not sure how much extra spice to add. The kit comes with a tsp. of cinnamon...

I brewed the Midwest Lemon Coriander Weiss yesterday using Wyeast 3068. About 24 hours after I pitched, I noticed beer and foam coming out of the airlock (3 piece). I had another airlock handy, so I mixed up some fresh sanitizer, sanitized the airlock, my siphon tubing and made a quick blow...

I've got the Lemon Coriander Weiss kit from Midwest and I'm going to brew it within the next week. It's my first wheat beer (I've done an amber ale and an IPA so far) and I'm wondering what I may need to do differently with a wheat beer. Has anyone ever brewed this kit or a similar kit?

Hey all, I bottled my second batch over the weekend and things went pretty well overall. I'm afraid I might have messed up with my priming sugar though. I poured the sugar in the bottling bucket first, and then siphoned the beer onto the sugar. I forgot to stir the sugar up a little bit when...

I've got an IPA in the primary right now. It's been in for 2 weeks and I was planning on letting it sit at least 3 weeks before I dry hop for a week. Am I ok to just add the additional hops to the primary and not risk contamination by moving to a secondary for dry hopping? I wanted to leave...

I brewed my second batch last weekend, an American IPA from an extract kit from my LHBS. The OG was right on at 1.066. I used the Wyeast 1056 liquid yeast. About 2 days into fermentation I got concerned that the temp was too hot (strip on bucket read 75) so I moved the bucket carefully to a...

I brewed my second batch (IPA) on Saturday with the Wyeast 1056 activator. The ideal temp range was from 60-72 and I've kept my fermenter upstairs where it stays around 68-70. Well I checked the thermometer on the fermenter and it's reading about 75. The airlock had been bubbling away since...

Well I have my second brew under my belt. I used an American IPA kit from my LHBS. My target OG was spot on around 1.066. I definitely felt more comfortable the second time around but I still had some issues toward the end of the brew. The boil was fine, my stove sucks (electric) and it...

First of all, I just want to thank everybody on here for your insights, opinions, and experiences. I've had a lot of questions answered just from reading the various threads. I brewed my first batch recently (amber ale kit from Midwest) OG was around 1.046 and my most recent hydrometer...