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Equipment and Software / Re: One advantage of living in the snow belt. Boil to 48 in 35 minutes
« on: January 17, 2010, 10:41:57 AM »
I understand your incentive, man If I lived where it was cold, I'd likely do the same.
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All Things Food / Re: Beer Cheese Soup
« on: January 17, 2010, 10:27:17 AM »
I've got a potato beer cheese soup recipe that I make for club brewing events. I'll post the recipe later....
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Equipment and Software / Re: One advantage of living in the snow belt. Boil to 48 in 35 minutes
« on: January 17, 2010, 10:23:10 AM »
Having grown up in IA, I know all about snow and cold, and I've gotta say I'll take the rain we have here! With my nice cold well water and a pump to recirc the wort as I'm chilling, I've been getting from boil to about 50 in 15-20 min. PLUS, I don't have to shovel rain! 
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Questions about the forum? / Re: Things I don't like about the Recent message lists
« on: January 17, 2010, 09:55:23 AM »
So then what would be good is a way to "watch" particular threads?
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Beer Recipes / Re: Let's see some dunkel recipes
« on: January 17, 2010, 09:46:53 AM »
Thanks for the recipes and advice. Each year when I make this, I go back and forth between adding crystal/cara type malts for more of a Czech dunkel and leaving them out for a more German version. I've got a bag od Best Munich calling me, so since Ayinger dunkel is my Holy Grail I think I'll be going in a more German direction this year.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: I would like to discuss Beer Filtration
« on: January 16, 2010, 01:17:40 PM »Anyone here filter their beers??
Years back, someone gave me a filtration system. Used it twice, then gave it to someone else. From my point of view, it was too much hassle for something I could achieve by simply letting the beer sit for a while longer. What can I say, I'm lazy!
YMMV.
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Beer Recipes / Let's see some dunkel recipes
« on: January 16, 2010, 10:39:38 AM »
I'm planning on brewing a dunkel next week. It's one of my favorite styles and I've been looking for the perfect recipe for years. I've tried my own and a few other people's but I have yet to make one that's crisp without malty being sweet. Since I only brew lagers when the weather is cold enough to ferment outdoors, I only get one or 2 chances a year to work on it. If you've got a dunkel recipe you love, I'd like to see it! I have Wyeast Hellabock and Staro Prague slurries available. I've got a smack pack of 2206, too, but I won't have time to get a starter of that built by next week.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing this week: weekend of Jan 15
« on: January 16, 2010, 10:35:15 AM »
Nothing this week. I've got a German pils ready for d rest and a rye APA in the fermenter. Doing a dunkel next week.
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Opps, Maybe
« on: January 16, 2010, 10:22:50 AM »
Yeah, it's always OK until it isn't! FWIW, I never use any liquid yeast without a starter. My experience with hundreds of batches is that every beer I use a starter for ferments and tastes better.
FWIW, I never use any liquid yeast without a starter. My experience with hundreds of batches is that every beer I use a starter for ferments and tastes better.
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Opps, Maybe
« on: January 16, 2010, 10:07:28 AM »
Spilling a drop or 2 won't hurt anything. I'm guessing that your long lag is because you didn't make a starter...at least you didn't mention one.
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Beer Recipes / Re: cream ale
« on: January 16, 2010, 09:49:47 AM »
I'd mash a lot lower myself. Maybe more like 150.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Iodine Test from WHERE?
« on: January 16, 2010, 09:47:54 AM »
That kind of result is why I gave up on that test many years ago.
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Ingredients / Re: Newport Hops
« on: January 16, 2010, 09:46:47 AM »The Brutal Bitter call(s/ed) for them. I just brewed the clone recipe and used them for bittering. Then LOTS of crystal everywhere else.
What recipe is that? AFAIK, John has always used crystal only for that beer.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: brewing....and music
« on: January 15, 2010, 10:00:18 PM »
I do music for a living, so when I brew I want something that doesn't remind me of work! I tend to listen to NPR....Car Talk, Whaddya Know, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, Prairie Home Companion....
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: cleaning
« on: January 15, 2010, 06:07:43 PM »
Because I like Oxiclean and PBW so well that I don't have any incentive to change....it's the pragmatic way! 