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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: High final gravity - bottle or not?

« on: April 19, 2011, 02:13:15 pm »

I really doubt it stalled. You're most likely done. Especially using US-05.

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Epoxy Mixers in the Dip Tube ?

« on: June 24, 2010, 10:06:17 am »

I'm trying to carb a beer to 25 PSI at 43F.

I think thats more likely to be the problem  are you also serving at 25 psi?  most people serve around 10-15, and thats about the right pressure for normal carbonation at around 40 degrees

at 25 lbs, as soon as the beer leaves that pressure, its going to realease a lot of co2 and cause foaming regardless of how slowly you can pour it

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Whole leaf hops versus pellet hops? (It's not the question you think)

« on: May 17, 2010, 06:29:59 am »

could he just be talking about by volume?    3 oz of pellets probably take up the same space as a quarter oz of whole.  I don't have that book though

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Carboy Oxidation - sure doesn't take long!

« on: May 13, 2010, 06:38:42 am »

This is late, but I just had a lightbulb moment!!!


next time I do this I'm going to have a hose coming out of my airlock (like a skinny blowoff tube) thats connected to some kind of variable volume bag. The bag will be filled with CO2, and allow co2 exchange in and out of the fermenter. right now for a bag i'm thinking that a wine bladder might work well. also those collapsable cube containers that some of the online HB store sells might work.

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Ingredients / Re: Post your water report

« on: April 22, 2010, 12:32:43 pm »

Wenonah, NJ

pH 8.2
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est 259
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.43
Cations / Anions, me/L 4.6 / 4.3
ppm
Sodium, Na 85
Potassium, K 6
Calcium, Ca 10
Magnesium, Mg 3
Total Hardness, CaCO3 38
Nitrate, NO3-N 0.1 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 2
Chloride, Cl 47
Carbonate, CO3 6
Bicarbonate, HCO3 160
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 141

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Ingredients / Re: Identifying unknown hops?

« on: April 22, 2010, 11:55:08 am »

I have one in my back yard I planted and can't remember the variety. It is now known to me as "Raritan Valley."

On the banks of the old raritan!!!     

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: is it too late to plant hops?

« on: April 22, 2010, 10:39:15 am »

go for it, getting it in the ground this year really increases the chance you'll get something next year

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Slightly OT - but since most homebrewers can carbonate...

« on: April 22, 2010, 10:33:29 am »

this should be a thread titled "What can you carb?"

I've been thinking about making iced coffee with cream and sugar, then carbing it

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: CO2 fill in South/Central Jersey?

« on: March 10, 2010, 03:42:55 pm »

there was a welding shop on route 1 I used to go to. I can't remember what it was called though.

Perhaps Kennedy Welding Supplies in Trenton?  I've used them and I was very happy with the service

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Kennedy+Welding+Supplies&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Kennedy+Welding+Supplies&hnear=Philadelphia,+PA&cid=10401466352280471966

I just looke it up, I'd been going to middlesex welding sales in north brunswick, I guess thats north jersey. or central jersey if you believe in that kinda stuff.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Torrified Wheat & Munich

« on: March 10, 2010, 02:42:39 pm »

i was under the impression that munich barely had the DP to convert itself.  so probably no,   maybe yes if you mashed a very long time

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: CO2 fill in South/Central Jersey?

« on: March 08, 2010, 01:04:31 pm »

there was a welding shop on route 1 I used to go to. I can't remember what it was called though.