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Kegging and Bottling / Re: How fast do you carbonate?
« on: September 04, 2012, 06:19:27 AM »
3-4 yrs for cider?
I do 3-4 months.
I do 3-4 months.
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All Grain Brewing / Re: composting spent grain
« on: September 03, 2012, 06:26:09 AM »
I give mine to my buddy, a local farmer to use in his compost pile. He in turn gives me some land to grow hops. Win, win.
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Beer Recipes / Re: Golden Lemongrass Farmhouse
« on: August 29, 2012, 05:41:38 PM »Any treatment on the lemon grass? Peel away the tough stuff and crush the tender stuff or just chuck it whole?
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Just did a lemongrass wit. Tip from Local Brewpub who has done firkins of lemongrass ales. Cut into chunks, soak in everclear to release oils, put in boil kettle at flameout.
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All Things Food / Re: Sausage
« on: August 24, 2012, 08:03:58 PM »I did some Kielbasa this evening. Tastes great pre-cure. Now resting in the fridge and I will smoke it probably in a couple days. This would be considered "country-style"
Send realbeerguy some Kiebasa so he doesn't have to make an emergency trip to Sayreville.
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All Things Food / Re: hatch chiles
« on: August 24, 2012, 06:57:53 AM »
Mmmmmm.......A B T 'S
Tom,
What are you putting in yours? I do onion/chive cream cheese, pulled pork, wrapped in bacon, sprinkle my rib rub, smoke for 2 hrs. Just did 100 for the Savannah Brewers League golf outing.
Tom,
What are you putting in yours? I do onion/chive cream cheese, pulled pork, wrapped in bacon, sprinkle my rib rub, smoke for 2 hrs. Just did 100 for the Savannah Brewers League golf outing.
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The Pub / Re: Someone stole a whole canning line
« on: August 23, 2012, 07:09:49 PM »
W T F !!!!!
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Other Fermentables / Re: hard apple cider ideas
« on: August 23, 2012, 07:08:05 PM »
Cotes de Blanc is my go to yeast for cider. I let it go dry. As for blend, if you do not have access to the acid, tart tannic, sweet blend then you can always add acid blend and tannin to your cider. Backsweeten if you like, but to around 1.006 as stated above. I personally like a dry, winelike cider. You can add raisins, figs, spices ,brown sugar if you like. Oh, keep about a gal or 2 add honey to make a cyser. You can thank me later.
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Club Leadership & Organization / Re: Advice on organizing competitions?
« on: August 23, 2012, 07:01:57 PM »
Has your club done any inter-club comps for the members only? That is a good way to start and work out any kinks. Contact neighboring clubs who run comps and pick their brains. You might want to start by running a limited category comp, say for session beers not to exceed 1.050 (ok 1.060 so Denny can enter). You will need judges BJCP ranked for a certified comp. If you don't have them in your club, then you will need the support of out of town judges.
Hope this gets you on your way.
Hope this gets you on your way.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 8/24 Edition
« on: August 23, 2012, 06:53:04 PM »The title is what the title says - what's being brewed?
Me? No brewing, but I've got to get into the brewery and clear out the mess!
Geez, haven't you been cleaning the mess for the last 3 weeks?
No brewing. Need to get the entries ready for Brewmaster's Open, and begin to pre judge some categories for Summer Suds In Savannah this week.
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Beer Recipes / Re: First time using a lot of Rye. Check out this Rye IPA recipe please.
« on: August 14, 2012, 05:23:53 PM »
First, rice hulls with that amount of Rye,
take the 60 min to .75 oz columbus, 1 oz Falconers at 30, 1 oz Cascade @ whirlpool, dry hop the Cascade & Simcoe. The Saaz IMO will get lost.
take the 60 min to .75 oz columbus, 1 oz Falconers at 30, 1 oz Cascade @ whirlpool, dry hop the Cascade & Simcoe. The Saaz IMO will get lost.
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Equipment and Software / Re: Repairing cooler mash tun
« on: August 12, 2012, 11:32:26 AM »This gives you the chance to get a rectangular cooler!and.....make sure it's Blue
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Other Fermentables / Re: Mead shelf life
« on: August 03, 2012, 08:43:54 PM »I recently opened a 15 year old bottle of mead, and it was beyond fantastic.
That said, in general I never open a bottle of mead until it is 5 years old.
10 years is even better.
If you follow Staggered Nutrient Additons and control temperature you will not have to age the mead 3-5 years to mellow out the fusal alcohols. That said, laying down a mead for years is one of the benefits of the hobby.
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Other Fermentables / Re: Tannin's in Mead
« on: August 03, 2012, 08:34:47 PM »
Tannin will come from addition of oak. chips, cubes, sporal, stave, barrel. Tannin will balance out acid & sweetness making it more complex. A slight addtion of grape tannin will also suffice. Your mead will shine if it has a balace of acid & tannins added. this is why you'll see people adding some oak for a week or two.
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The Pub / Re: I want to toast to Euge's father
« on: August 01, 2012, 11:24:10 AM »
We'll raise a glass tonight at the SBL meeting.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Percentage of Members who only join for GABF?
« on: July 31, 2012, 08:46:19 PM »
I did not join to go to the GABF. why do you want to raise MY dues?
(member for 15 years)
(member for 15 years)