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The IBU calculation in a recipe isn’t pointless, but if you want to achieve a specific goal, IBUs should be considered along with the other factors in my response above. :mug:

IBU is just a number and numbers don’t equal perceived bitterness in the finished product. Perceived bitterness can be affected by water profile, alcohol, malt ingredients and attenuation, as well as other factors. I’ve been focusing my brewing efforts lately on beers with all late addition and...

A quick google search turns up some commercially made Avocado pit beverages. If the drink was harmful, would the producer’s lawyers and accountants want it on the market? To use in beer, I’d make a tea with the pits as add to taste after fermentation...

Pull a sample, and taste a small amount. If you don’t like it, no point in assuming any more risk. If it’s ok, go ahead and keg or bottle it.

Use the brewing calculator on Brewers Friend or similar and you’ll get a pretty close estimate of your ABV.

Was the yeast a re-pitch?

You could use floating dip tube or cut an inch or so off the existing dip tube. I use a small chest freezer with controller for temperature control and can chill/cold crash if I want to. If I'm not brewing I can use the freezer as a freezer or a cold storage for fruit and vegetables. A...

Ferment in a keg for $200, way easier to clean and cheaper than a conical, and you have plenty of $ left over for a mill, grain and buckets... https://www.morebeer.com/products/kegmenter-fermentation-keg-76-gal.html To make wort for 5 gallons, an 8 gallon pot and a BIAB bag work fine.

Welcome to HBT! So looks like you have a keezer, maybe get another freezer with temperature control for a fermentation chamber? You don’t need a conical or any kind of brewing “system“ to make decent beer. But if you have cash to burn, go for it. My 2 cents is keep it simple, small and easy...

Mix Sugar, water, turbo yeast and you'll have "seltzer" in about 48 hrs. Its better if you ferment on the cold side and go slower though. The fast ferment can throw off some strong flavors. Its not beer, and you could add some fruit and call it wine, but I think calling it fruit seltzer...

Its likely your existing yeast will be fine for bottle conditioning. If you have the time, you can run a few test bottles and see what happens.

Apologizing in advance for officially hijacking the thread for my own purposes and being :off: , but can I still grow up the yeast from Sierra Nevada dregs and is that the actual "chico" strain?

Yes, I just made an experimental seltzer/beer with just corn sugar and extract and hops with amylase in the fermenter and it went all the way down. Came out better than I expected.

If you are new to brewing get an inexpensive pot and a BIAB bag and just use your stove. You don't need a "system" to make wort. Many of the all in one systems aren't made to be repaired if something breaks. You don't need to recirculate the wort with BIAB, although I do use a cheap side pot...

Depends what your definition of industrial bulk beer is. There are some smaller breweries that naturally condition kegs and casks, although finding them isn't that easy. I searched "breweries that naturally condition kegs" and found a few and also many stories about the practice.

If you go through a lot of beer then you'll wan to skip the fancy "brewing" gear and put the money into kegs and a chest freezer. Bottling is enough of a chore but storing and cleaning all the bottles you'll need will get old pretty fast. Do you want to rinse each bottle used every day after...

Apples also have their own wild yeast, so in the fall smash up some local apples and toss them in with your juice and make a wild yeast cider. If bread yeast is all you can get, go for it. Sweden has some homebrewing clubs, perhaps look into those for a group buy or a slug of yeast from...

Go ahead and try it, your IPA clone "turned out pretty good". But keep an eye out for used kegs, and look into fermenting your hoppy beers in a corny keg and then pressure transfer to a serving keg. Hey, here in PA you don't even need a kegerator November to March, its cold enuf to just...

Yeah you can do that, its been discussed here on HBT: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/recycle-dry-hops.212252/ https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/reusing-dry-hops-in-the-next-batch-for-bittering.430225/ https://beerandbrewing.com/elements-of-beer-recycling-hops-in-the-brewhouse/ I've...

I only use hop bags when dry hopping; makes it easier to transfer the beer without clogging and if I'm feeling really frugal I can use the dry hops for bittering in another brew. :bigmug: