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So ill be moving from Lacey to Federal Way in March any brewers up there?

Unrelated to beer but wow what a game today time to drink :tank:

My fellow brewers! Anyone else going to the Tacoma Craft Beer Fest? Tickets on pre-sale $25 for tickets and 10 tokens at The Beer Essentials in Lakewood. Hope to see you there :mug:

Hello Fellow Washington Brewers, I am doing my research for my business plan to open a Nano/Mircobrewery. I am wondering if anyone has started a nano and got approved to brew at your house. If so I would like to pick your brain a little. If your in the Lacey/Oly area I would like sit down...

Last monday I brewed an 127 IBU IPA using armarillo and cascade hops. Brew session went ok. I checked the brew last night and I had no foam it appears to be done with active fermentation. I brewed a ipa that took 2 weeks on active fermentation with the same yeast a month ago. This one is...

Hello my fellow brewers I am having an issue with my keg and only this batch. So I made a Cascade Pale Ale which is very tasty. I forced carbed it with 20psi for 3 minutes like I do every time with out issue. For some reason when I pour this brew through me keggerator it just fills my glass with...

Hello fellow homebrewers, I have a question. I know pumpkins are well out of season at this time of year. But I am craving a pumpkin ale. So question is, Is there a huge flavor difference in using the canned pumpkin vs the whole pumpkin. I know I can other veggies to try to copy pumpkin but I...

So i tried my hand at a dunkelweizen. I was confused on the process. Here I will share my failure with you and maybe your master decocter's (pun intended) can help me out. I used beer smith to help me. Protein rest at 125 for 25 mins Decoct 10qts then bring to a boil at 154 45mins (boiling...

This is just for kicks. I have had tasted bad homebrew batches but I do not have the heart to tell the brewer it sucks. Whats your story and what did you say to break the bad news? I was at the monthy club meeting and was tasting an IPA. From all the IPA's I have tasted in the past. This...

So I went to my LHBS to snag up my items for my Cherry Wheat Ale im doing tomorrow. They did not hve White Labs American Hefe Yeast on hand. So I picked up WLP 300. I have used WLP 300 in the past for a belgian hefe I did. I remember it leaves banana/clove taste in the brew. Will this yeast...

So about 9pm I had an itch to create an Imerpial IPA recipe how does this sound. Grain 14lbs 2Row (US) 2lbs Crystal 30L Hops Amarillo Gold 1oz additions @ 60, 40, 20, 10, 5 Amarillo Gold 1oz Dry hopped 5 days Yeast WLP060 American Ale ABV 7.9% Will be more because I always do...

I live in washington state and mother nature is having her way with my area SNOW/ICE/RINSE and repeat. We are now sitting out of power. Our energy company says we might not have power until next week. I have a brown ale that is in day 5 of fermentation. Since I don't have power my house is...

So I am trying to tackle the Brown Ale Style. From what I understand they can be hoppy to a point but you should get a "nutty flavor". So I have created a recipe. According to BS I am in the green for style. Grains 8lbs 2 Row Pale (US) .75lbs crystal 80L .25lbs Chocolate Malt Hops .5...

So over last weekend I spoke with my busniess partner. We both came to the conclusion that after the christmas madness we will start scoping out our locations. We have ideal's for 4 total cities. Starting January we will head out to each location and stop at the local pubs and see if we can hand...

Back Story: A friend was out on a venture on a hop yard. While he was driving home he came accross a pile of freahly chopped hops that must have fallen off a truck. So he decided to rescue these poor hops from there demise. He made up some decent size ziplock bags and gave me one. We have no...

Just a newb questions regarding keg carbing and growlers. So I force carb in a keg, If I was to carb in my keg and place the contents in a sealed growler would it lose carb over time?

So I would like to get a rum barrel to age a future brew. I have been trying to look how to get them online but keep getting the run around. Does anyone know a good crediable source to obtain such a product? I prefer spiced rum.

So I just completed my first ever "lager", I kept it fermenting/lagering for 5+ weeks or so. I read that using flaked corn would not add any flavors. Well its kegged and carbed. So I decide to have a taste and it is awful! :cross: I only used 2 lbs of corn in the mash. The corn flavor is...

Ok, so I had a bunch of random stuff and decided to brew a kitchen sink pale ale. This is an AG batch where I hit 86% eff. Enjoy let me know what you think. Its fermenting as we speak and its very hoppy :rockin: Grain: 7.5lbs of 2row pale US (top off the head, will correct if it was 6.5lbs)...

Hello, Today i tried my hand at adding recipe, first 1 I placed in the wrong location, 2nd placed two of the same post. My question is how to remove the whole post? I checked the edit page and was unable to find the remove post button if there is one.