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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Gonna Get Some Vienna Malt

« on: February 12, 2010, 09:16:40 am »

Jeff, I seem to recall a discussion of pressure cooker decoctions on HBD years ago.  Was that you back then?  I'm looking forward to reading your article.  May be the impetus I need to finally buy a pressure cooker!

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Going to rehydrate

« on: February 11, 2010, 01:00:45 pm »

I seem to have a shorter lag time when I rehydrate yeast. Maybe its just in my head

Maybe, maybe not....I guess I figure my lag is short enough without rehydrating.  In reality, I haven't noticed a whole lot of difference between a 2 hour lag and a 24 hour lag.

well. Denny, it gives me peace of mind...

To each is own....

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Going to rehydrate

« on: February 11, 2010, 01:00:26 pm »

That was the difference between a 24, and a 2 hour lag time. (insert your own rim shot here)

Hey, I get it now that I've had some sleep! 

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Chris Colby on malt conditioning

« on: February 11, 2010, 12:51:22 pm »

I'm in complete agreement, Kai.  And it's entirely possible that my beers might be improved by using both of those methods.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Chris Colby on malt conditioning

« on: February 11, 2010, 11:29:05 am »

That does sound pretty easy....now I just have to come up with a reason to do it!  Curiosity might be enough, troubles with fermentation certainly would be.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: anyone build a place to brew?

« on: February 11, 2010, 11:25:12 am »

I didn't build from the ground up, but I did extensive remodeling to a garage/shed to make it a place to brew.  AFAIC, the biggest improvement was putting in a floor drain.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Chris Colby on malt conditioning

« on: February 11, 2010, 09:09:57 am »

As for the FFT, I cant understand NOT using it especially with lager brewing. It requires NO effort.
I guess what I really need from someone is the reasons they dont use it.

In my case, laziness, plain and simple.  In addition, most of the time I just don't need that info. But I do it occasionally just out of curiosity.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 2/12

« on: February 10, 2010, 11:48:08 am »

No brewing for me this weekend...Sunday is my birthday, so I'll spend it depleting my stocks! 

Your birthday is on Valentines day................. its like a built in excuse.

Happy Birthday

Thank you!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 2/12

« on: February 10, 2010, 11:08:51 am »

No brewing for me this weekend...Sunday is my birthday, so I'll spend it depleting my stocks! 

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Going to rehydrate

« on: February 09, 2010, 07:16:13 pm »

Except for......well.......22 hours.

?

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The Pub / Re: I defy you to not smile

« on: February 09, 2010, 03:01:32 pm »

I be smilin'!  Don't be surprised if I'm quiet for long stretches during our conference call tonight!

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Chris Colby on malt conditioning

« on: February 09, 2010, 02:56:35 pm »

Kai, why not write a BYO letter to the editor and ask why he's using such a labor intensive technique when a much simpler one suffices?  I'd do it, but since I haven't tried conditioning, I don't know how much weight it would carry.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Easy vorlauf

« on: February 09, 2010, 12:24:29 pm »

Yeah, it's just based on if you need it or not.  I do it every time since it's fast and easy for me, but I hardly ever need to vorlauf more than a qt.  Takes just a few seconds, so I do it anyway.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Easy vorlauf

« on: February 09, 2010, 11:35:01 am »

It is pretty much a necessity to stir in the sparge water well before your sparge runoff if you're batch sparging.  But I don't wait at all after doing that...I simply start my vorlauf and it clears within a qt. or 2.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: First Wort Hopping ?

« on: February 09, 2010, 10:03:41 am »

right - you used the same weight of hops at FWH in one batch and at 60 min in the other batch, IIRC.

that would make sense then - 10% more than the 60 min contribution, or am I missing something?  but then promash set at -65 doesn't compute correctly.  when you put in the -65, do you set the 'time' at 20 min or 60 min?

I'm corn-fused now I think 

Both of us, buddy....I'm running on a severe lack of sleep!  I put in -65 assuming a 60 min. total boil time.  Then, in the recipe calculator, I just choose FWH.