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For my last 4-5 brews I got really lazy and decided to try to make a starter without boiling the dme at all. I just threw it into a sanitized flask, poured in 70 degree water, mixed it up with stir plate and then pitched the yeast into it. So far no issues with infection so far but I can't help...

I want to switch to using a cooler for my BIAB mashes as I am having trouble holding my mash temp in my 15 gallon kettle even with it wrapped in insulated blankets. I usually go for 6 gallons into the fermenter so my batches usually are around 17 lbs or so of grain and 9.5 gallons or so of...

What do you guys think about this recipe? https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/639496/hazy-ipa-new-grain-bill I am going to brew it this weekend. I have done hazy IPAs before but something has been off on most of them. I think they are a little too bitter. How does the hop...

So I built a glycol chiller out of a 5000 btu window ac unit and put in six gallons of water and two of glycol into my cooler. First test run it got down from 70 degrees to 32 in less than an hour which really surprised me. I did stir it a few times to keep it circulating. My questions are 1...

For my last batch I used: 0.25 oz Warrior Pellet 16 Boil 60 min 12.45 2 oz Mosaic Pellet 12.5 Whirlpool at 212 °F 30 min 23.83 2 oz Citra Pellet 11 Whirlpool at 212 °F 30 min 20.97 1 oz Citra Leaf/Whole 11 Whirlpool at 175 °F 0 min 1 oz Mosaic Leaf/Whole 12.5 Whirlpool at 175 °F 0 min 1 oz...

I was thinking about ordering a Spike CF5 conical and I have a question about cold crashing. I was thinking about using my chest freezer, filling up a keg with cold water, setting it to 32 degrees, and running that water through the temp control lid with a pump. Realistically in a 50-60...

So I just started looking into water profiles and the water I am using to brew with. In addition to the chart below I emailed them for a full report and the ph is 5.2 and magnesium is 1. There is a whole bunch more info on the full report but I am not really sure whats relevant yet. These...

I was planning on brewing this on Saturday: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/590275/first-belgian-dubbel My question is how long do you guys usually let dubbels go in your fementation vessel? I have a chest freezer I use for temp control that has a heater in it but I'd...

I brewed a stout about a month ago and I am not super happy with it. I put some coffee in there and it does have a nice coffee flavor but I prefer a little more sweetness. I usually put lactose in my stouts but I wanted to try one without and I am not really digging it. Is there a way I...

I want to try brewing my first lager but I only have 2-row available as base malt atm. Does anyone have a good lager recipe that uses 2-row as its base?

I just came across this article: http://brulosophy.com/methods/yeast-harvesting/ And wanted to see what people thought about it. I know a lot of people wash/harvest yeast after fermentation but this method seems way easier and good way to save some money on yeast. Does anyone here do this...

I am going to be adding 5 lbs of mangos into the fermenter of my IPA this saturday. I was thinking about using a little bit of vanilla extract in the blender when I make the puree. Would that properly sanitize the mangos enough to prevent an infection? I figure the vanilla flavor will be...

I want to order one of these as they look awesome! Quick question before I do, is there any reason not to get the 25 inch height one in case I get a taller kettle later on? Right now I have a 17 inch tall kettle and can't think of any negatives. Just wanted to make sure!

I am planning on brewing this on Saturday: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/580560/haze-city I have two whirlpool hop additions at 170 and brewers friend had the default utilization at 10% which made my IBUs go sky high for the recipe. I set them to 0 with the assumption...

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/578283/bourbon-coffee-beans-stout Going to brew a stout this weekend, what do you guys think of this recipe? Anything I should change? I have not come up with many recipes on my own so wanted to see what you guys think. Thanks!

I want to add some vanilla beans to my latest ipa but everywhere seems super expensive. Any tips on the best place to get them?? Thanks!

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/527331/hazy-ipa-winging-it- Just wanted to see if someone could look over this and see if it looks reasonable. Its my first recipe I really tried to make from scratch. I was thinking about maybe adding some wheat flower as well but I...

Was planning on getting a chest freezer for fermentation/dispensing kegs. My basement gets down to about 65 degrees so temperature of my beers usually stay around 65 except during active fermentation. Would there be anything wrong with using the chest freezer for both and letting the kegs...

I have a milkstout I brewed about three weeks ago that is now kegged and has been on gas for about a week. It's decent but I think it could really benefit from some coffee and I have a lot of coffee beans I need to use. Would grinding some up and throwing them into the keg be a bad idea? If not...

So I did a five gallon BIAB today and missed my OG by 10. I used 12lbs of 2-row and a lb of crystal 40l. My reading was 1.040 after a 75 min mash with 8 gallons of starting water. Is that low? After that did the boil starting with about 7.5 gallons and ended with 6 gallons, half a gallon...