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Commercial Beer Reviews / Re: Let's talk southern tier

« on: May 11, 2013, 01:51:43 PM »

I like their IPA's a lot, but Pumpking was way to sweet for me. Good pumpkin flavor tho.

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Beer Recipes / Re: For my next stunt

« on: May 10, 2013, 09:11:45 PM »

To me Bud is always just too sweet. I don't know if that's the acetaldehyde or not.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: An observation...

« on: May 10, 2013, 08:05:48 PM »

I was 205 when I started brewing. Now I'm 220. That was seven years ago so I just blame it on getting older and having slower metabolism. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Belgian Dubble, where have you been all my life?

« on: December 26, 2012, 07:04:17 PM »

Got some of this from our local brewery for Christmas, and wow, I really love it. I've tried a few Belgian beers before but nothing that really made me want to brew 5 gallons. Until now.

Any great commercial examples I should try before jumping in and brewing a batch?

This stuff is perfect for a cold, stormy, winter night in front of the fire, like tonight.

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Commercial Beer Reviews / Re: Would you pay this much?

« on: December 14, 2012, 05:20:39 PM »

I have a hard time buying beer. Period.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What are you tappin'?

« on: December 12, 2012, 07:41:23 PM »

Halfway through a 10 gal batch of homegrown Cascade/Chinook ale. Good brew for the holidays, but I got a hankering for some stout now that the cold weather is here.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Well...I drank my first homebrew

« on: December 06, 2012, 06:23:14 PM »

I always had good luck with the NB kits too. Really good stuff. And just to say it again: skip the secondary.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Avery homebrew recipes

« on: September 16, 2012, 12:43:40 PM »

Thanks. Great info.

Interesting that they ferment CA yeast at 68. I always thought it worked better much lower. I may give this a try.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Stink bugs killing my hops

« on: August 14, 2012, 03:58:28 PM »

Thanks for the tip. I found some of that powdered stuff. I just hope I have some plant left by Saturday when I have time to go buy it!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Stink bugs killing my hops

« on: August 13, 2012, 05:21:51 PM »

Noticed yesterday that one section of hops on one of my plants were starting to turn brown. Seemed a little early for harvest so I though I'd wait another day or so. I checked on them tonight and they were almost totally brown and covered by about a hundred of these little pests. Spayed some bug killer on them which should help, but now I'm wondering if I should take a chance and harvest early to get my hops before they do. I think I'd rather have some less bitter hops than none at all. Also, I don't want to spray bug killer on the whole plant. Probably not something I want in my beer.
I've never had any bugs attack my hops before. It is crazy.
 

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Ingredients / Re: Sanitizing Homegrown Hops

« on: August 09, 2012, 05:49:52 PM »

You don't need to sanitize them. Your beer will be fine. Many people, including myself, have made thousands of batches of beer with home grown hops, and have had no problems. At least not from the hops.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: That German lager flavor

« on: July 17, 2012, 09:39:01 PM »

That is so cool. If I'm ever close by, I am stopping in for a drink.

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Bottling Frenzy

« on: July 16, 2012, 04:38:00 PM »

Glad it's all working out. I'm guessing you don't watch much TV these days.

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Homebrewer Bios / Re: could be my last post...

« on: July 04, 2012, 08:06:23 PM »

I could sit an watch someone do it all day!

Likewise!

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Equipment and Software / Re: And I thought the brewmagic was expensive

« on: July 02, 2012, 09:03:27 AM »

omg, that is insane.