Does anyone know what hops are used in Grolsh?

Has anyone ever tried honeysuckle in a brew?

I have always racked to a secondary, however if the specific gravity is at my target final is there any benefit to rack?

I live on Long Island, NY and am wondering if there are any informal groups that meet to swap home brews?

I planted last May, however I did not have good results. On Long Island, NY. This year I will test soil and so on. Since they are perennials I left them in the ground. Does anyone know if that was a mistake?

The problem appears to be something else entirely. I have several wall mounted bottle openers, one of which seems to have been nicking the bottles when used. I inspected over 50 capped beers and identified 2 where pressure loss was evident by a small amount of krausen (sp?) in the neck. I opened...

What is the downside of being patient and leaving in primary or secondary? I have a dry hopped lager that has been in secondary for 2 weeks now. I was planning on waiting another 2 before bottling. Is that too long, could I leave it another 6 weeks?

Follow up the Honey mango turned out great, a bit hazy but I rushed the first taste. Going to let this bottle condition for a few more weeks.

Never understood the value. I use the sanitize setting on my dishwasher and load all the bottles for a 5 gallon batch the night before bottling and take them out, sanitized, and dry when I need them.

Recently had 2 failures that came to light when I uncapped 22 oz bombers. 2 others from the same batch were fine. Can the bottle capper go bad? It appears that air got in there because inspection revealed that there was residue about 1/2" above the level of the beer so it appears that air got...

1lb honey, 2 mangos, diced. I will give it 10 days and then it will go straight to bottles. Thanks for the replies!

Danstar Windsor, a full packet in a 2 gallon batch. This was sort of an experiment, honey mango.

I may have "over pitched" starting OG was 1.056 just 3 days in it is at 1.01. I'm thinking I need to let this sit for at least a week so the yeast can clean things up. Any insight?

Any pros or cons regarding stirring during fermentation? I have a experimental Honey Mango Ale 3 days into primary fermentation. I am hoping to increase the fruit flavor an wondered if stirring things up would help.

What makes a Double IPA double? Double the fermentambles, double the hops?

Thanks, I'm going ahead with it. The starter seems happy and the batch that it came from was one of my sons favorites. ( He's a Brian too and gave me the a starter brew kit last year)

Last August I brewed a lager. When I racked it and when I saved the trub the odor was not pleasant, but the beer turned out great. Is this unusual? I am brewing again today and the decanted yeast that used to make a starter has the same off smell and I am at the point I need to decide to use or...

Does cold crashing leave enough yeast in suspension to work on priming sugar, or is it necessary to keg and carbonate?

Just had my stout ferment like crazy for 24 hours. Used a starter as I generally do, temperature controlled. This time instead of a slow deceleration it stopped completely by the time I checked after work today, just 30 hours after putting it in the primary. Should I rack?

Thanks so much! Too late for mash, ( boil started 10 minutes ago, nothing like winging it). I will let you know how this plays out. I will add nibs to the boil late and add cooled, strong brewed coffee to the primary. Wish me luck! I have experimented before in other ways and find that to be...