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Beer Recipes / Re: Amarillo IPA

« on: May 15, 2013, 10:25:46 am »

Edit:  I thought FWH just added some more flavor.....

Dave

Flavor is the reason I use it, too, but it does add some bitterness.  According to analyses I've had done, about 10% more bitterness on average than a 60 min. addition.  But neither I, nor a lot of the testers in the experiment I did, perceive FWH as more bitter.  In fact, a lot (most?)  tasters found the all FWH beer to be less bitter than the same beer with only a 60. min. addition of the same amount of the same hops.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Cowboy Brewers

« on: May 15, 2013, 09:02:49 am »

Hausotter's the closest thing I can think of

He lives in cowboy country, but that's about it! 

But he's got boots!

I've got Chuck Taylor hi tops, too.  Doesn't make me a basketball player! 

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Beer Recipes / Re: Amarillo IPA

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:59:08 am »

Interesting.  Get some flavor but more bitterness?  Can you explain?

I perceive about the same amount of bittering from FWH as I do from a 20 min. addition.  Now, that's not a hard and fast number and everybody who FWH needs to decide for themselves.  But to me, FWH doesn't provide the same amount and quality of bitterness as a 60 min, addition.  I decide how much hop flavor I want and how much FWH I need to achieve that.  Then I look at how much bitterness that adds (counted as a 20 min. addition) and add enough 50 min. hops to hit the IBU I want.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Experimental Brewing Forum

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:55:17 am »

Didn't Mosher cover that in Radical Brewing. What about a brew book on How To Wright Another Brew Book, How To Be a Homebrewing Star and Cash In or How to Turn Hombrew Forum Time into Cash? Just a little fun guys.

We intend this book to be about more than just brewing with strange ingredients.  Randy has covered that territory and I don't think anyone could do it better.  And if you think it's about cash, try it yourself and see. 

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Ingredients / Re: It's SPRING!!!!

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:52:06 am »

Also, working on a new beer cart. Started with a 1978 EZGO golf cart. Stay tuned......

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Ingredients / Re: It's SPRING!!!!

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:50:57 am »

Dammit Ron!

 

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Beer Recipes / Re: Amarillo IPA

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:50:05 am »

I'd move the 15 min. addition to FWH.

And keep the 60 minute addition? 

That's a lot of Amarillo for my taste.  I made an all-Amarillo IPA last year that was 69 IBU's and it was almost too much grapefruit for me. 

Definitely give it a try though.  I'd try to keep the IBU's under 70 though.

Dave

Yep, keep the 60.  IMO, FWH is not a replacement for a 60 min. addition.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Extract kit question

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:48:22 am »

Denny's on fire!

Coffee kicked in! 

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The Pub / Re: NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:47:27 am »

The government claims they want to lower the limit to save lives and protect us from ourselves, but their true agenda has always been zero tolerance and Big Brother controlling yet another aspect of our lives.

This is getting dangerously close to political and I may end up deleting this response, but you;d be hard pressed to prove the bolded part.

I apologize for bringing politics into this, Denny.  I should have refrained from posting on this thread from the get-go.  I'll keep my politics to myself in the future.

Thanks.  If you do that, it will be easier for me to do the same!

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Beer Recipes / Re: Amarillo IPA

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:40:50 am »

I'd move the 15 min. addition to FWH.

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The Pub / Re: NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:39:36 am »

How long until this thread gets locked?

It could be soon....

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The Pub / Re: NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:38:33 am »

The government claims they want to lower the limit to save lives and protect us from ourselves, but their true agenda has always been zero tolerance and Big Brother controlling yet another aspect of our lives.

This is getting dangerously close to political and I may end up deleting this response, but you;d be hard pressed to prove the bolded part.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: When did you switch to all grain?

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:34:55 am »

I switched after about 6 extract/steeping grain batches.  Never did extract without grain.  I did one partial mash batch and realized that it took as much time as AG would.  I switched to AG after that.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Extract kit question

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:33:34 am »

What you have is probably what's referred to as "extract and specialty grains".  You'll have to tell us what grain it is and how much, but it's likely something like crystal malt that you steep before adding the extract.  If that's the case, then the grain won't need conversion so it's not a partial mash.  If the grain has diastatic power and needs to be mashed, not steeped, then it's a partial mash.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Cowboy Brewers

« on: May 14, 2013, 09:58:16 am »

Hausotter's the closest thing I can think of

He lives in cowboy country, but that's about it!