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Ingredients / Re: citra with?
« on: April 15, 2013, 01:23:01 pm »
I love citra in my white wheat. I single hop it. One ounce does the trick. 1/4 for bittering the rest for flavoring.
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Going Pro / Re: Arsenic in beer caused by filtration
« on: April 14, 2013, 02:32:08 pm »
Ao when someone says "name your poison" I will say beer.
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Holy Attenuation Batman!
« on: April 14, 2013, 01:27:31 pm »
I had already done that with one of my hydrometers. And I hope I don't run into the too dry thing you are talking about. I really expected to see something closer to 1.012 to 1.015 on this beer.
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Yeast and Fermentation / Holy Attenuation Batman!
« on: April 14, 2013, 12:20:14 pm »
My New World IPA started at 1.063 and finished at 1.006. I had been having some doubts about my hydrometer so I bought another one Friday. I had both of them in the beer at the same time today and both read identical. If this was a malty beer I would not like that much attenuation. But I wanted this to be a hoppy beer and the higher the attenuation the less malt gets in the way of the flavor of the hops. I think the reason for this attenuation was I mashed at 148F for 90 minutes, and I used Nottingham yeast.
I had dried krausen from the level of the beer to the top of the bucket and completely covering the lid. It was a lot of work to clean up. In 2 weeks we shall see how tasty the beer tastes.
I had dried krausen from the level of the beer to the top of the bucket and completely covering the lid. It was a lot of work to clean up. In 2 weeks we shall see how tasty the beer tastes.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Brewing Attire
« on: April 12, 2013, 07:43:06 am »
I just now looked utilikilts up. This site pretty much sums them up http://theoatmeal.com/blog/utilikilt
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: A few ideas for better beer.
« on: April 11, 2013, 10:43:58 am »
I pour my beer through a strainer into two buckets. This makes it easier to carry 5 gallons of beer down stairs. Then after pitching the yeast in one bucket I pour the other bucket into it. This areates like you would not believe. I don't think a pump and stone could match it.
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Beer Recipes / Re: Rough Draft
« on: April 11, 2013, 09:45:12 am »
My OG was 1.063 and Beersmith has my IBU at 140.9 and my bitterness ratio at 2.204.
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Beer Recipes / Re: Rough Draft
« on: April 11, 2013, 07:15:18 am »
I tasted a sample of this stuff when I went to dry hop it. Holy smoke is it hoppy! Complete with what I consider a nasty bitter bite. Very piney. I decided to change my plans and dry hop it with Cascades instead of Columbus to maybe tone down or balance out the piney character. I know it will be way too hoppy for my taste so I hope my friends enjoy it.
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All Things Food / Hot tip
« on: April 09, 2013, 01:48:42 pm »
Sliced strawberries are absolutely delicious in a salad.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Brewing Attire
« on: April 09, 2013, 07:11:50 am »
It was a nice day and my little brew garage gets pretty warm with 6 gallons of liquid boiling.
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Equipment and Software / Re: Hydrometer question
« on: April 07, 2013, 03:49:39 pm »
Yes I crush my own grains.
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Equipment and Software / Re: Hydrometer question
« on: April 07, 2013, 03:05:38 pm »
It still reads 0 in plain water.
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Equipment and Software / Hydrometer question
« on: April 07, 2013, 01:32:33 pm »
Can hydrometers suddenly and without warning go wayyyy out of calibration. Today is the second time in a row I was expecting my beer to hit around 10.50 and it hit 1.066 instead. I can't believe my efficiency suddenly took that big of a jump.
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Equipment and Software / Re: Something to help with lifting
« on: April 07, 2013, 01:31:42 pm »
It's kind of expensive but I love mine.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Brewing Attire
« on: April 07, 2013, 10:20:02 am »
I learned that from another poster here.