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hey guys just wondering what your preferences are to dry hopping with hop pellets in a paint strainer bag vs straight in to fermenter? ,,,,,,,,, does adding hops into fermenter with out a bag add more aroma to your beer having direct contact ? cheers guys

hey every on im living in wa and was wondering if any one knows where i can get hold of some delicious hop plants or is it easier to grow from seed or rhizomes ?

sooo ive been away on holiday for some time now and got home and the missis has taken my kegs out of my keg fridge and has been using it a ha freezer hahaha.... but she forgot to take out the co2 tank and regulator ...... will this have done any damage to it ? cheers guys

whats every ones thought on using a hop sock vs not using one .. just trying to work out the best method for dry hopping ... i havnt been getting a lot of hoppy notes coming thru in my last dry hopped beers :chug:

so been on holiday for while and finally getting round to putting down a brew tomorrow here is my recipe thoughts ? batch size : 21 l 60 min boil 6.12kg maris otter pale malt 10 g chinook @ 60 mins 15 g amarillo @ 20 mins 15 g chinook @ 20 mins 20 g simcoe @ 20 mins 15 g simcoe @ 5 mins 20 g...

so recently my last few brews have had this off taste and smell some worse than others but its getting me down :unsure: its a smell thats had to explain my missis says it smells metallic. i have pulled every thing apart and cleaned very well including all taps. my thoughts now is either its...

I was just wondering how long can I leave my yeast starter for I made one of queasy 1098 on sat night but then didn't end up brewing on Sunday looks like I will have time to brew in a day will this be ok ?

hey guys.. im making a stout soon but cant seem to fins WLP007 - dry english ale yeast any where . does any one know what i could use instead ? :blink:

i was just wondering what the benefits of racking into a secondary fermenter has ? can leaving the beer in the primary for to long ( 2 weeks) produce off flavours ? cheers guys :D

had my first taste of this beer tonight jesus it smells and tastes good!!! :D was wondering if any one has herd of a clone or if any one has given it a try ? was trying to figure out what hops was in it smells like cita and simcoe ?

so ive been dry hopping for about 5 days now and im about to cold crash tomorrow ... is 5 days plenty for dry hopping or can i leave it in while i cold crash ? :huh:

SO how long does your wort take to chill via copper wort chiller ? i fear that the water i use thru my out side tap is not cool enough to chill quickly . the longer it takes to chill does this present off bitter flavours and chance for infection to set in ? :unsure:

soo today i sprung a leak in my co2 bottle valve. after it had released all the c02 i took the handle off then unscrewed the nut underneath the handle and pulled out the mechanism than screws down the shutter valve and found that it has 2 little rubber seals and one of them was stuffed... i...

now ive been force carbing most of my brews i was wondering what other methods there are for keg carbonation for getting beer carbonated in 24 hrs to a few days to a week ? and if there is any difference in these methods vs force carbing :huh:

so my airlock isnt bubbling ( not that i ever judge my ferments by the air lock ) so this means there is a easier way for the c02 to escape and oxygen to enter. im 99 % sure its the rubber gromet for the air lock does this mean i run a risk of contamination for the next few weeks when i leave it...

so my friend cant drink beer so i though i would make hime a cider not having any experience with cider i brought 23l of apple juice from coles tiped it in to the fermenter let it sit for 24 hours the pitched my yeast that i brought from my local home brew store looked kind of budget ...

was wondering what hops out of nelson sav and motueka hops give off more aromatics for dry hopping ?

just wondering if any one has come across a feral hop hog clone ? love that beer :chug:

just wonder what temp i should set my keg fridge to for serving temp ? i have a chest freezer converted. i currently have it set at 5.5 but if i set it any lower the outside walls start to freeze alittle not sure if this will freeze my beer :blink:

finally the day has arrived here are my steps any thoughts or changes on my pilsner ? batch size 23L boil size 36L boil 90 mins steps = heat sparge water up to 70.6c add 11L to tun and mash at 64.4 for 60 mins fly sparge with 29L of water at 75.6c 90 min boil recipe= GRAIN : 4.0 kg...