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

« on: May 15, 2013, 10:39:43 am »

I have never done an extract brew - started right off with all-grain.  I just thought that if I'm going to end up there, I might as well go for it.

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Sticky taps

« on: May 09, 2013, 02:44:40 pm »

Forward seal faucets like Perlick will fix this problem.

+1  I always had this problem until I replaced them with Perlicks.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Drinking while brewing

« on: May 07, 2013, 07:17:08 pm »

Yeah...  I just finished my brew day.  I thought "shoot I know my process.". And popped the cap off a bomber.  I thought I was doing fine until I realized I was sparging with 120* water.  I think that was the only mistake I made today.

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Bottling from a keg

« on: May 06, 2013, 08:21:14 am »

I too love my Blichmann beer gun.  Very easy to operate, works great, and once I get going I can crank out a 5 gallon batch in just over a half an hour.

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Pimp My System / Re: Speidel Braumeister...anyone have one?

« on: May 04, 2013, 09:52:21 am »

A friend of mine has one.  I've done a brew day with him.  In addition to the above mentioned gravity limitation, I am unimpressed with the heating element.  It takes a long time to heat and the boil is weak. 

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Want to help me name a beer?

« on: April 14, 2013, 05:23:14 am »

I like doing this, but I need more info.  What is the look and feel of your brewery?  What are your other beer names?  Do you have a target market?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Want to help me name a beer?

« on: April 13, 2013, 03:22:02 pm »

Is this for a brewery or a homebrew?

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Ingredients / Check my Brun' Water?

« on: April 12, 2013, 09:02:15 am »

In a couple of hours I am going to brew a Southern English Brown Ale.  This is the first time I have used the Brun' Water spreadsheet for my water salt additions, so I am posting to see if there is someone who would be willing to recieve my spreadsheet file via email and look it over just to make sure I am getting things right.

If you are willing please message me with your email address and I'll shoot it to you.  Thanks!

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Gravity adjusting

« on: April 10, 2013, 10:44:21 am »

For me it kind of depends on the recipe. For something like a dark roasted malt that I'm using in a relatively low amount to begin with I may leave the quantity the same, especially if it's there primarily for color. Otherwise, I usually scale by percentage, but then I start rounding up the specialty grains to an even number of ounces because I have OCD like that.

I have CDO.  It is similar to OCD except the letters are in the correct order.  And I do the same thing you do by rounding ounces out.

Thanks again to everyone for your contribution to my continuing education.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Gravity adjusting

« on: April 09, 2013, 04:13:08 pm »

Thanks!

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All Grain Brewing / Gravity adjusting

« on: April 09, 2013, 03:22:45 pm »

I have heard on a podcast (Jamil Z. as I recall) that when one wants to adjust the gravity of a brew that what should change is the base grain(s).  However, Beersmith adjust everything proportionally.  Which is correct?

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Bottle Labels

« on: April 09, 2013, 11:14:03 am »

I just label the caps with these:

http://www.onlinelabels.com/ol5275.htm

I have a laser printer, so no worries about running ink. And you never have to worry about removing any labels. They do have some nice label stock as well if you want to do some nice labels for gifts as well.

I gave a lot of thought to doing this, but decided against it because I want to put a lot of info on the bottle.

Reporting back, I let the Post-it labeled bottle sit in water for two hours.  There was absolutely NO adhesion left.  These will not work in a wet environment.

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Bottle Labels

« on: April 09, 2013, 09:11:00 am »

I've got an ink-jet printer so the ink running issue is unavoidable.

Not with my old Epson ink jet.  I don't know what's up with their inks, but they don't run.

Will post-it labels stay on if submerged in a cooler?

I haven't tried.  I'll put one in the sink for a while and report back.  My prediction is that they'll stay on fairly well...

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Bottle Labels

« on: April 09, 2013, 09:01:43 am »

I just started using Post-it labels.  No soaking necessary to get them off, yet they stay stuck really well until you want them off.  I've got an ink-jet printer so the ink running issue is unavoidable.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: first wort hops

« on: April 08, 2013, 08:53:52 pm »

Ditto.  I usually put my FWH addition in the boil kettle even before I transfer the wort into it, then it stay throughout the boil and cooling.