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So I entered this in the local HB competition and here's the sheet: http://lvhb.org/mm_2015/scoresheets/0404.pdf Lots of too dry comments. But I think it's a good start... looking for improvements.

1 whirfloc tab @10 mins, cold crashed for an hour in my chest freezer before moving to my priming and bottling bucket.

I had a bumper crop of raspberries this year, so I secondaried my 5 gallons on somewhere between 3-4lbs of my berries. I froze the berries for 48 hours to kill off any wild yeast, then racked on top for 3 days after am 8 day primary. The glass is sweating because it's humid as all get out...

bottled mine. Smells amazing!

It's go time! I also grabbed a second kit because SWMBO loved the cider I did and is requesting... requesting strongly for a second batch. Let Brew Day Commence!

3 tangerines, with a batch size of about 4 gallons final. I think I will let it ride and see what I get. I was basically using what I had left to more or less fill a fermenter and not have extra grains around. It's Mostly pilsen, with some cara-pils white wheat, flaked maize and citra...

I do this exact system. Rinse well, then oxy-cleansoak for the labels, rince, store upside down in old cases. Then Dishwash on Sanitize followed by a dunking in some hot star san solution on bottling day. I've had zero issues. If I see ANYTHING in the bottle, I toss it. No sense in risking...

I wanted to try adding some tangerines and cloves to a American Ale style beer tonight, and I figured I'd toss in the peels for some extra flavor. I got extra flavor all right... like I drank a damn bitter peel. I added some honey to counter, but it's still very much there. Would this...

Cider is a bit expensive right now for the right stuff, so I halved the recipient and am giving my new secondary a primary run. 2 gals of local no preservative cider 1/2 packet Brewers Best Cider Yeast 1 1/3ish cups of lt brown sugar OG 1.060 @ 60*F

I always use this chart: http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

I read up on the water chapter in The Brewer's Bible by Brian Kunath. I don't have any real solid ways to check, but Cream Ales tend to be a bit heady, and softer water tents to hold surface bubbles longer... so I have a pretty good idea what my water does swishing it with a spoon. I look...

The last 2 cream ales I did I added about a 1/2 teaspoon of Kosher Salt to the mash water. I didn't use the salt in the sparge water. I have high iron and medium calcium in my well water. I have 2 whole house filters, a 25 micron and a 1 micron filter, and then I run my water through a...

I'm in-between jobs. I went after a much better opportunity while dealing with a lot of BS in my old position. Well, the "break-up" didn't go at all the way I had hoped and ended up with zero income for 4 weeks while I anxiously awaited a start date. Moving back further, I took a massive...

Giving this one a try. Scored a longneck pumpkin, some fresh whole cascade hops I picked last summer and the proper yeast. I'm also going to finish it with some teamaker hops for a bit of a hop aromatic to it. I'll probably bottle it in less than 18 days, because I'd like it to be carbed...

thank you for the contest!

You gotta let it breathe, or you will get funky flavors

Freezing is two-fold: it kills off wild yeasts and breaks the cell walls to enhance flavor. However, pectins are also released which make the beer cloudy. I started a similar thread a while back and most everyone says to add fruit to the secondary, aftert you've measured your FG that...

Made some a while back. This recipe needs age! The longer it's in the bottle, the better it gets! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I had read somewhere that pouring the wort post boil over the fruit would set the pectin in the fruit and make it impossible to clear. I was looking to see if I was doing something wrong.

Hello all! I have a question about when to add fruit to beer... I made a Brooklyn Brewshop Blonde Ale kit, and when I went to chill it post boil, I used frozen wild blackberries to aid in the cold-crash process. It made a pretty cool looking hazy beer, but I never made any attempt to clear...