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Yo! Have an imperial stout that is 1 week on cocoa nibs and vanilla(tastes awesome). About to brew a session IPA for Dry Docks home brew comp in March. Need to bottle a little bit of both soon. I have 1 keg. How do you guys bottle part and keg the rest without oxidation issues? I've seen...

Brewing a Black rye ipa tomorrow and plan on doing some water adjustments. Plugging my ingredients into brun water. Is rye malt considered base, crystal or roast malt??

Hello! Just received my water report from Ward Lab (see below). First of all, how does it look? I've had a hard time making a decent IPA and I'm hoping my water can help shed some light. I've made recipes that really focus on hop flavor/aroma but they really don't come through - just...

Hey everyone - I've been disappointed with my last couple IPA's and want to give it another go. My past IPA's were bitter and really didn't showcase the flavor/aroma hops I was going for. I'm starting to suspect my water might be part of the problem, but I'm going to go down that road for the...

Hello! I'm brewing an IPA this weekend and because of past disappointments (especially with hoppy beers) I think it's time to start doing water adjustments. I guess my first question is where the heck do I start?? And will it make a big difference in my beers? My last IPA had a bunch of...

Hey all! I'm planning on brewing a brown this weekend and since Avery gives the recipe out on their website (and it's a tasty beer) I thought I'd give this one a try. I think I have the grain bill down, the percentages are close to what Avery recommends. Here's what I plan on doing: 2 Row...

Hey all! I tried a bottle of my IPA last night, it's been 1 week, and of course it tasted green - slightly sweet and bitter. Was expecting that but just wanted to check it's progress - it's carbin' up nicely. What I didn't expect was the lack of hops flavor/aroma. I was really shooting for a...

Hello! Just built a mash tun cooler today and I'm excited to use it. Wanting to brew a nice citrusy IPA as my first AG brew with my equipment (3rd AG overall). Please see recipe below and let me know what you think. Thanks! 13lbs 2-row US 1lb Crystal 40L 1 oz Chinook - 60min .50...

Yo! I brewed my 2nd AG beer this weekend (Pale Ale) and was super bummed with our efficiency. OG was 1.027 - well short of the 1.049 target. After reading how important grain crush is I think this was most likely the issue. I notice the grains seemed to be more together then previous brews...

Hello - I plan on having a swamp cooler installed on my house later this summer but want to brew again soon. It's an oven in my house right now (4 days of 100+ degrees in Denver). I was in my crawl space yesterday doing some fun plumbing work and noticed it was nice and cool down there - and...

I've been using my bottling bucket to ferment and this morning I noticed it was slowly leaking (the spout seal wasn't tight enough). I was prepping my carboy to transfer the beer over and the small leak quickly turn in to a fast leak. It was either watch it pour down the sink or put my arm in...

Crap!! Brewed an IPA last night and I noticed (this morning) my bucket has a small leak at the spout seal. It's a small leak but need to do something. My wife suggested buying an arm length glove/bag sanitizing it and reaching in to tighten. Or should I transfer to my carboy then back to the...

6.6lbs Briess Sparkling Amber LME 2lbs Briess Pilsen/Light LME 2lbs Cane Sugar .4 Briess Caramel 60L 1.5 Magnum – 60 min 1.0 Amarillo – 15 mins 1.0 Amarillo – 0 min 1.0 Cascade - DH 1.0 Simcoe – DH White Labs California Ale (WLP001) Hello! I found this recipe on the Briess...