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Hey all, After trying Trillium's Peanut Butter PM Dawn I have wanted to make a peanut butter stout. Reading their description of flavors includes: "freshly ground peanuts," I'd like to try grinding peanuts and adding them at the end of primary. Would this be a bad use for the corona mill...

Hi All, I have a first year Cascade and first year Centennial both in pots. The Centennial produced cones first, although the Cascade cone leaves seem to be opening sooner (not sure if that's a sign of ripening). I would like to try brewing a fresh hop ale. I am guessing that my hops...

Hey, uh close enough topic for this forum I hope. I am seasoning a new griddle that goes on a camping stove. After melting the wax off, I coated with Crisco shortening, and was aiming for a heating temp of between 300 - 500 degrees. But I didn't keep a close enough eye on temps and my...

Hey you guys, I usually toss pellet hops in loose when dry hopping but the latest BYO issue recommended using the hop bag technique and removing the hops after a few days to prevent vegetal flavors. Whether or not that is necessary, I am trying it on this batch, dangling a muslin bag with...

Hi All, I had a broken thermometer today in my wort. Reading other threads people have said that alcohol is inside the red thermometers, therefore no worries other than the glass in your wort. However, reading wikipedia they said: "The liquid used can be pure ethanol, toluene, kerosene...

Hi All, So I am on my 2nd batch of the 5 day country sweet cider from HBT. This cider gets bottled before its finished fermenting and you are supposed to check how quickly it carbs up in the bottle, and pasteurize it when sufficiently carbed but before it gets overcarbed. This time, I...

Hi All, I'm curious if anyone has a sense of how yeasters (yeast producers?, Wyeast etc.) decide which of their liquid yeasts to try to turn into a dry equivalent and how long that process takes. Is it just popularity of the strain or more complicated. For example, the Conan yeast strain...

Hi All, I am thinking of trying to brew two batches in such a way that I'll be able to bottle them on the same day. One that takes longer before bottling then another batch that takes less time. I'm assuming that I'll really save some time by doing it this way, less set up, clean up, etc...

Hi All, I brewed the Heady Nugs extract kit from Great Fermentations recently and really really like it. I have been trying to pay attention to ingredients to get a better sense of what I like, e.g. the NB pliny clone and hop ranch recipe from HBT taught me that I like IPAs and IIPAs with...

Hi Everyone, I brewed a 5gal IPA extract kit and after 11 days in the fermenter did a dry hop 4 days ago. Most of the pellet hops sit soaking at the top of the wort, some flecks I see sinking down to the bottom which seems normal but I also see bits of hop floating upwards as if on a mini...

Hi everyone, I have had 2 beers from the 5 gal kit I did and am really happy with the hops flavor and aroma. It made me wonder if instead of conditioning the whole batch of bottles at 70 degrees for two weeks to carb up and then moving to cooler temps, could I split my bottles up, leaving...

Hi All, So only my 2nd batch total. I am doing the Pliny Clone extract kit from NB and I shook my Ale Pail with cooled wort last night for a few minutes to aerate, then sprinkled Dry Safale 05 on top, stirred it in with a spoon to let it sink below the froth but I didn't shake the ale pail...