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All Grain Brewing / Re: Water Report

« on: January 31, 2010, 10:27:25 AM »

Difficult, Doug.  I'd recommend spending $16.50 and getting test W-6 from Ward Labs.  Check it out at wardlab.com .  That way, you aren't shooting in the dark.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Manifold vs. Screen/Braid

« on: January 31, 2010, 09:59:13 AM »

You can use a braid in a rectangular cooler to fly sparge, but it needs a more complicated configuration that it would for batch sparging.  My experience comparing manifolds and screens is that screens clear the wort faster and are a bit less prone to stuck runoffs.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Re-pitch?

« on: January 31, 2010, 09:56:34 AM »

It could be due to the extract you used.  Did you add any sugar?  When I designed the extract kit if that recipe for NB, I added a lb. of sugar and it finished exactly where the AG version does.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Blowoff tube vs. airlock. Does it affect bitterness?

« on: January 31, 2010, 09:42:48 AM »

Denny . . I know you are pragmatic!   (Maybe I an too . .)  

So, let me ask a question in response to your question . . Is it not possible to make an objective judgement of flavor without doing a blind test?

 

Maybe, but my experience is that as long as you know which beer is which, you will always have a bias on a subconscious level.  For instance, in my FWH experiment, when I poured the 2 different beers for myself, I was sure that I could tell which was which and what the attributes were.  When my wife poured 2 of one and one of the other, it took me 3 tries to pick out the different one, and even then I was wrong about which one it was!

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Questions about the forum? / Re: Another area / forum?

« on: January 31, 2010, 08:09:13 AM »

You mean like a recipe that everybody can brew?

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Questions about the forum? / Re: Things I don't like about the Recent message lists

« on: January 31, 2010, 08:08:25 AM »

OK, I see what you mean, Kai.  I'll look through the configuration to see what I can find.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Blowoff tube vs. airlock. Does it affect bitterness?

« on: January 30, 2010, 09:46:52 AM »

Kai, did you do this as a blind tasting?  I look forward to the results of that kind of test.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Homebrew Legalization

« on: January 30, 2010, 09:43:50 AM »

Yes, we're working on it and it's getting closer all the time.  Gary gave the GC an update recently, but couldn't say too much and I can tell you even less.  But I assure you it's a priority for us and we have some good people working with us on it.  Keep in mind, though, that when you're dealing with the federal gov't., things don't happen quickly.

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General Homebrew Discussion / MOVED: Whatever happened to

« on: January 29, 2010, 08:12:39 PM »

This topic has been moved to The Pub.

http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=1133.0

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Double Batch: Saison and Dortmunder

« on: January 29, 2010, 12:00:51 PM »

+1

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All Grain Brewing / Re: acid malt and lactic acid?

« on: January 28, 2010, 09:57:47 AM »

Do you guys use acid malt for flavor or for pH adjustment?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Beer availability........... East Coast/West Coast

« on: January 28, 2010, 09:55:23 AM »

Bell's is one that I hear about but have never seen here.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Like visiting an old friend.....

« on: January 28, 2010, 09:36:57 AM »

After I steeped the grains for 45 min., I then added hops for FWH and let those sit for another 20 min. or so.  All that happened in the house.  Then I moved everything out to the garage so I could do a full boil.  If I was gonna start doing extract batches regularly, I'd come up with a better method!

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All Grain Brewing / Re: malt crushing and wort polyphenols

« on: January 28, 2010, 09:34:04 AM »

But it is in Nürnberg.

Ups wrong country.

They also have a brewery in Berkley CA since they found the water there is an exact duplicate of the water they use in Germany.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: malt crushing and wort polyphenols

« on: January 28, 2010, 09:32:41 AM »

Not only is it my favorite pils, it's one of my all time favorite beers.  It's on tap several places around Eugene.

Name a place it's on tap, would you.  I'd like to try it next time I'm over the hill.

Right now, it's a guest tap at Eugene City Brewery.  It's also regularly at Marche and La Perla.