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The Pub / Re: What do you like besides homebrew
« on: December 12, 2009, 12:24:53 pm »I like to cook, which is how I got interested in brewing.
Same here! I wonder how many homebrewers were into cooking first.
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Same here! I wonder how many homebrewers were into cooking first.
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All Grain Brewing / Re: Batch Sparging and Time
« on: December 12, 2009, 12:20:18 pm »
I'll give that a try next - I've got the room. I eliminated the rest during the batch sparge for today's brew and I'm fairly certain I did lose some efficiency. But, my numbers generally have a bit of flux, so tough to say if the change in process was the cause. I'll have to do a few more this way before I know for sure.
About the only way you could lose efficiency by eliminating the rest is if you hadn't gotten full conversion already and needed the extra few minutes for it to complete. That's fairly unlikely and I've never seen it happen in my brewing. Other than that, there's really nothing that happens during the "sparge rest".
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Beer Recipes / Re: What is Snowcap?
« on: December 12, 2009, 09:50:56 am »
I should add a warning about the WY1338. It makes a great tasting beer, but it can take a long time to finish. Be sure to pitch a large starter and aerate like heck.
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The Pub / MOVED: what to cook tonight
« on: December 12, 2009, 09:21:20 am »
This topic has been moved to Food Recipes.
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=686.0
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=686.0
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Ingredients / Re: Kolsch with Ginger
« on: December 12, 2009, 09:19:01 am »Thats was just plain funny Kai!
You guys should be glad that I don't whack you over the head with the Koelsch Convertion everytime you say you are brewing a Koelsch.
Kai
I think that's why Alan McKay, a huge proponent of the style, called it "koelsch-y".
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General Homebrew Discussion / MOVED: NEW IC in "best day brewing"
« on: December 12, 2009, 09:11:37 am »
This topic has been moved to Equipment.
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=692.0
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=692.0
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Equipment and Software / Re: NEW IC in "best day brewing"
« on: December 12, 2009, 09:11:19 am »
Hi Hank, glad ya made it. I'm having trouble visualizing exactly what you mean by breaking your current IC into 2 or 3 parts. Could you give a bit more info?
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Beer Recipes / Re: What is Snowcap?
« on: December 12, 2009, 09:04:16 am »I think style wise Snow Cap is a winter warmer. I came up with a fairly close recipe for it years back. Thanks for the reminder....I may to to brew it again soon!
I did a search and found your recipe on tastybrew. It says that there were some problems with the recipe. Is there somewhere else that it is posted with corrections?
There's a correct version here...
http://wiki.americanhomebrewers.org/BlueMoonAle
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: When to D-rest and Lager NEED HELP!
« on: December 11, 2009, 02:00:27 pm »Should I leave it in primary (current temp is 52F) the whole time, then D-rest in January and lager throughout Feb and March?
That's what I'd do. I've never been disappointed by giving a beer more time, but I have when I've rushed it.
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Ingredients / Re: Kolsch with Ginger
« on: December 11, 2009, 01:34:20 pm »I don’t think that you can use Ginger in a Koelsch.
But you can use Ginger in a light colored ale based on a Koelsch recipe
Kai
+ a billion!
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Beer Recipes / Re: What is Snowcap?
« on: December 11, 2009, 09:55:31 am »
I think style wise Snow Cap is a winter warmer. I came up with a fairly close recipe for it years back. Thanks for the reminder....I may to to brew it again soon!
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Ingredients / Re: Peanut Butter Brew
« on: December 11, 2009, 09:53:07 am »I don't have any advice, only a comment: Yuck!
I'll see your "Yuck!" and raise you a "BLECH!"
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All Grain Brewing / Re: Batch Sparging and Time
« on: December 11, 2009, 09:50:57 am »Good to know! I've been doing double-batch sparges and would stir in, let sit for 5 minutes, stir again and then drain. So, eliminating the 5 minutes and second stir will cut about 15 minutes off the brew day. This will bring me really close to my target of 4hrs from first flame on to all cleaned up.
You could cut off even more time by doing only one sparge addition, too. Unless your tun isn't large enough to hold all the water at once, my experience with 2 sparge additions is that any potential minimal gain isn't worth the effort.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Whatcha Brewin' this week -- 2009 Dec 2 - Dec 8?
« on: December 11, 2009, 09:46:07 am »
Another batch of German pils on top of the yeast from the one I brewed 3 weeks ago. Gotta crank out those lagers while it's cold.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What Are the Next Steps for Beg.- Intermediate Home Brewer?
« on: December 11, 2009, 09:44:48 am »- Dave Miller's book is fairly comprehensive. He has a "hand book" as well as full book I have. Although I will check out your other reading suggestion as well.
It's also very dated. A lot has changed in terms of knowledge and ingredients since it was written. You;s do yourself a BIG favor by picking up a copy of the 3rd. edition of Palmer's "How to Brew".