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I brewed an Amber Ale that was supposed to come out with a low FG to give it a dry feel and showoff some hops. I used Simcoe, Cascade and Equinox, all in the final 20 minutes, with the IBU's around 37. What I got though was less attenuation than expected with the beer finishing up at 1.014...

Had a tough go at it today with the high temps we're experiencing in the mid-Atlantic. My immersion chiller just couldn't get the job done so I ended up pitching my yeast (WLP-001 cali ale) at 80 degrees. Not wanting to lose the beer after the time and money invested in it I chose to run to...

This is going to be my next IPA. I plan on brewing this beer next weekend and documenting the process as I go with pictures. My goal here is to achieve a smooth bitterness with a ton of hop flavor. Piney, citrusy, grapefuit, and floral notes are what I'm after. Feedback/criticism is...

What I mean is do any of you use a chiller in an ice batch in between your spigot and your wort chiller to really cool down the ground water? As the summer heat starts to beat down, cooling the wort is getting harder and harder. I spent 20 mins on my last batch just getting the wort below...

I have been home brewing for 2 years now and I have made just about everything under the sun. I used to really enjoy drinking the hell out of anything I made or anything thats sold in stores for that matter. Over the past 2 years however I have really started to experience my body rejecting...

I'm visiting a a friend in Midlothian va I'm trying a find a good place to pick up some microbrews. Any suggestions?

So I wrote yesterday about making a starter with washed yeast and then pitching only to find no signs of activity 24 hours later. This morning (36 hours later) was much of the same, no air lock movement, and I lifted the lid to find clear brown wort. I left for work, bought some Safale 05 to...

I made a 2 liter starter with some washed WLP 001 about 18 hours before I brewed an American Brown Ale yesterday. I have done this several times before and have always experience good results but this time, almost 24 hours after pitching I have absolutely no activity. I pulled the top back on...

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I am brewing an English southern brown ale and I'm considering adding some oats to give a more "silky" mouth feel. Can I pull this off with plain Quaker oats and would as little as 1-2% of the grist be noticeable? Obviously I dont want to over due it after all it's a brown ale not an oatmeal stout.

I keg everything I brew now but would still like to be able to enter my beers in competitions. Unfortunately my kegs don't have a bleed valve so bottling from the keg would be very difficult I would think. I am thinking about brewing a gallon more each time and just bottling 4-6 beers but was...

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My local club has chosen Baltic porter as the first competition beer style for 2012 and after some research I am realizing that this beer is either a tough one to find much info on and/or is just not a popular style these days Have any of you brewed a good Baltic porter and care to share your...

Made this starter 9 hrs ago and I'm not getting any real signs that it's taking off. No foam no real smell and it's a 2L starter w/ 2 vials of 005 yeast. Now the yeast was past date kept in a fridge which could just be slow starting?

I am going to make my first ever black IPA /winter warmer in the very near future and I really want some roast flavor to show through without being overwhelming like a stout. Everything I read points to carafa III special in the last 5-10 mins of the mash but then I wonder if I'd get any roast...

Curious to hear from those who have brewed pale ales or any beer for that matter without crystal how the turned out? Is it a much dryer session beer? I'm interested in brewing something like this with 30-40 ibu's: 90% pale malt 8% munich 2% victory I've just never really brewed anything...

I just got finished brewing an all grain pale ale that I'm pretty excited about so I thought id share it. 12 gal batch - 81% eff OG 1.055 FG 1.012 Abv 5.6% IBU 31 (will seem like much more) SRM 9.7 Grist 20lbs 2row 12oz crystal 80 8oz crystal 40 8oz crystal 120 8oz victory Hops .5 oz magnum...

I am just trying to get a better understanding of what the 002 yeast strain will give me? I do a lot of pale ales and IPA and have always done them with the Cali Ale 001 yeast strain but I'm not considering 002 as a change in pace. What will the 002 provide me with? Does the higher final...

Interested in brewing a pale ale with C hops but using english base malt, crystal and yeast. To those who have attmepted this beer, do the bold flavors on both ends clash or do they blend together nicely? Im not against using cali ale yeast but I have always used it and I'm looking to...