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I was looking over the yeast wheel from suregorks website located here. https://beer.suregork.com/?p=4112 I am not sure I understand the relationships between the yeasts that are illustrated on the graph. For example in the screenshot below would I assume Vermont(Conan) is a sibling, parent...

If you can find it, it's a fantastic hop for west coast IPAs or would work well in a pale ale. I mixed it with some centennial and it's like a Citra without the tropical dank it sometimes gives. It's very citrus forward with some pine and does not have much herbal or floral character cascade...

I brewed up a dark mild yesterday and the milled malt and 20 min in the mash made the brewery smell like a pizzeria. It had a local pale ale malt which smelled normal when used before, Simpsons med crystal which I have also used regularly before. The two I have not used recently are amber malt...

Brew day today, I am getting the strike water ready but I can't decide which IPA to brew.

I do not like adding sugar to beers, they become too thin and I feel like the alcohol changes. I do feel like dark sugars should add flavours you can't get from malts though and I wanted to try more concentrated versions too see if it's worth adding them directly to an all malt wort. So I went...

I am getting ready to brew a TT Landlord clone, and the colour is coming out too light. I don't like using roasted malts for darkening as I always get a roasty taste in the finished product which Landlord does not have. My thought was to toast a portion of the golden promise to get me in the...

I finally found 11g packs of novalager. I will give it a shot once it gets delivered. Has anyone else used it? Good results?

The last batch I used Chevallier in and the one I am brewing currently I have radically undershot my mash pH to 4.90. Beersmith estimated 5.43 which tends to be relatively accurate with almost any other malt. I also typically add 2ml of 75% phosphoric acid in most beers other than ones with...

I am a big fan of S-04 and Fullers yeast, and was thinking about doing some various mixed yeast batches over the next couple brews. Anyone have any experience with mixing these two?

So I bought some fuggles in last order and just realized they are French Fuggles, anyone use these before? Should I expect any differences to UK fuggles like Styrian goldings?

I have not enjoyed the last 4 brews I have done where I have added either, inverted sugar, belgian candy syrup, brown sugar or table sugar. I am starting to wonder if I don't like what added sugar does to beer. They tend to taste thin and have flavours that don't mesh well with the malts to me...

I have been looking for a winter warmer recipe but cannot find much on the webz other than spiced American interpretations. I remeber drinking a few on cask and they seemed to be maybe a strong mild to me at the time. Any recipe ideas out there?

Anyone try using wheat flour in a mash? Any tips on how to use it? I have read to boil and just directly mix with the malts? I was thinking about mashing for 30 min with only malt and then adding the flour for the next 30 min to help prevent a very thick mess. I have limited space in the...

I haven't been very happy with my efficiency when using flaked oats or barley. I am curious if others are boiling these before they are added to the mash?

I am looking at picking up a larger brewer to supplement my braumeister for double batches or high og beers. I am curious to hear if anyone has experience using either? I don't believe the Brewzilla is out yet but I may be wrong. I am leaning toward the S40 right now mainly because the height...

I have been having some bitterness level issues since moving from sea level to 1,700m. When I use the old ibu models in beersmith they tend to put my IBU levels significantly higher than what I am subjectively tasting. I usually target 20% higher IBUs to balance out the boiling temp differential...

I have been looking into fermenting in cornies rather than my current stainless fermenters. I usually make 10-12l batches and think that a 19l corny would be perfect. I can also fit 3 in my ferm chamber at a time and then can always transfer to my serving kegs or just directly bottle. Does...

This is my 5th time using a yeast from Wyeast and everytime I have been disappointed. They all seem to take 3-4 days to get active and then I have never been really impressed with the outcome. The latest batch kicked off after about 2 days and then a day later died out fermenting from 1052 to...

Just wanted to express my condolences on the cost of citra. I had no idea at the difference in price from the states and the UK even for UK grown hops.....

I am changing things up a bit in the process. Is anyone looking for 250 or so 500ml brown fliptop bottles? Most are full of beer right now but in February they should be empty. I really have no idea how to price these but brew2bottle is selling them for £0.87/bottle so I was thinking £100 for...