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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Most and Least

« on: May 20, 2013, 05:22:42 am »

I think the most useful equipment upgrades I've made are fermentation temperature control and getting my own mill.  from a technique standpoint, conditioning the grain has probably been the most useful for me in getting my efficiency up.

Least useful has to be a hydrometer.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Brewing Today

« on: April 17, 2013, 05:50:54 am »

I'm not brewing again until the weekend, so I'm watching my WLP002 yeast move around eating my last batch for entertainment.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: New brew pot suggestions

« on: April 17, 2013, 05:44:41 am »

I have an 8-gallon megapot which is perfect for 5-gallon batches.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Looking for a Good Online Supply Store

« on: January 23, 2013, 06:15:53 am »

Normally I prefer to use Austin Homebrew or Northern Brewer.  I recently moved to Korea, and have used Midwest and MoreBeer.  MoreBeer's shipping rates to APO addresses are far, far cheaper than Midwest, so that's who I'll be using for the next 18 months.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Blow-Off Tube Laziness

« on: July 11, 2011, 05:06:33 pm »

So, over the past few months I've been getting lazy with my beer in the fermenter.  I always seem to need a blow-off tube, but instead of replacing it with an airlock afeter a couple days, I've gotten to the point where I don't feel like messing with it and I've just been letting it be until I'm ready to keg.  My question is, is it okay to continue to be lazy, or should I get off my butt and switch them when I should?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Nice Compliment on my Beer!

« on: February 06, 2011, 09:13:02 pm »

So tonight I took a pitcher of german pils (Jamil's Myburger recipe, a clone of Bitburger) to a neighbor for the super bowl.  None of them had tried my brew yet and I was concerned about the reaction.  One guy poured a glass, took one sip and said "This tastes just like Bitburger!"   Don't think it gets much better than that.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Rice Hulls?

« on: January 20, 2011, 07:53:32 pm »

i used them occasionally when brewing with wheat or rye, but ever since I learned about malt conditioning on this site, IMO they are no longer necessary.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: three tier systems how do they work

« on: January 20, 2011, 07:48:33 pm »

Corky, can you explain how it saves time?  I've never used one.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: adding a liquor?

« on: January 16, 2011, 06:37:48 am »

you can notice the bourbon in Denny's BVIP if you add 375 ml or so. 

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The Pub / Re: How low can you go?

« on: January 15, 2011, 09:20:14 am »

When I was in college, my only standard was "cheap" so we drank a lot of Old Swilwaukee, Stroh's, and Yuengling.  Had quite a bit of Schlitz Malt Liquor too.  Yuengling was the cheapest back then, and I was shocked a few years ago when I moved back to the east coast and Yuengling had become trendy and folks I worked with considered it craft beer.  It's not horrible, but c'mon.  My main objection to the BMC beers is supporting their domination of the market.  But I will have a Corona at the pool in the summer.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Probably an easy math question/water

« on: January 15, 2011, 08:49:37 am »

mg/l and ppm are the same thing, so you're good to go!   

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Warrior and Amarillo in an IPA?

« on: January 15, 2011, 08:47:20 am »

Thanks.  I do use Amarillo quite a bit and love it.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Warrior and Amarillo in an IPA?

« on: January 15, 2011, 06:46:51 am »

Has anyone used these two hops in making an IPA?  I like both separately, and so I was thinking of making an IPA using warrior as the bittering hop, and using amarillo in regular additions from 30 minutes to flameout.  I'm curious if anyone's had success or failure using these two together.  thanks!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Aerating with a Mix-Stir

« on: January 11, 2011, 06:14:09 pm »

Hey all.  I recently picked up a mix-stir and was going to start using it to aerate my batches.  Up 'til now, I've been using an aquarium pump and a beer stone, which has worked well if I let it run for while.  My question is, is there a correct length of time to run the mix stir for good aeration?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's your first brew for 2011?

« on: January 01, 2011, 08:03:41 pm »

SNPA clone, tomorrow.