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Beer Recipes / Re: Barleywine -- NO, ACTUALLY: Imperial Stout

« on: January 29, 2012, 09:17:23 PM »

+1 on adding more dark grains.  I would actually add some roasted barley.  I would use either an american ale or english ale yeast depending on what type of attenuation you want.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Dry hopping - in keg in kegerator vs. in fermenter at room temps

« on: January 29, 2012, 08:34:23 PM »

I have dry hopped in a fermentor as well as in a keg.  I'm not sure that I noticed a difference.  I would say if your process for dry hopping works and provides the desired results then keep doing it that way.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: My First Homebrew Competition

« on: January 29, 2012, 08:14:53 PM »

Congratulations, well done!

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Flanders Red: rack off yeast after primary?

« on: January 14, 2012, 11:23:28 AM »

I think you will be fine leaving it on the yeast cake.  I would, however, wait with bottling it.  The other critters in the Roeselare blend can take awhile to finish fermenting the beer.  I would suggest waiting a few months before bottling.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: My new favorite beer bottle opener

« on: January 07, 2012, 12:46:17 PM »

Plus, it doubles as a weapon. 

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Equipment and Software / Re: Need advice on choosing a compact fridge for a kegerator.

« on: January 06, 2012, 09:50:46 AM »

I also have a Sanyo 4912.  It has worked very well for me.  It does not have the freezer compartment at the top like most compact fridges do.  Before I bought it I was going to add taps into it.  After I bought it I didn't really feel like drilling into a nice, new fridge.  I just use picnic faucets on the kegs I put in there.

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The Pub / Re: merry Christmas/happy holiday of choice everybody

« on: December 25, 2011, 08:41:40 AM »

Merry Christmas to everyone!  Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Cheers,
Brandon

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Beer Recipes / Re: Pliny the Toddler - starter needed?

« on: December 25, 2011, 08:40:01 AM »

Put the other $30 toward a stir plate,  another carboy ( I can never seem to have enough ), or a corny keg if you keg your beers.  Some 22oz bottles if you want to bottle in larger bottles, or an oxygenation setup to make it easier to get oxygen into your wort.   

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Beer Recipes / Re: Pliny the Toddler - starter needed?

« on: December 24, 2011, 05:18:24 PM »

Making a starter helps ensure a good, healthy pitch of yeast as well as the proper amount of yeast cells.  The best thing I did to improve my brewing processes was to make yeast starters.

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Commercial Beer Reviews / Re: BrewDog Hardcore IPA

« on: December 23, 2011, 11:09:27 PM »

That is one heck of a story.  Sounds like you had a good night.  If I ever run across this beer I will be sure to pick it up!

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Beer Recipes / Re: Pliny the Toddler - starter needed?

« on: December 23, 2011, 11:05:39 PM »

Use mrmalty.com to find out if you need to use a starter, and how much.  It always works very well for me.  If you have a smartphone you can also download the yeast pitching rate calculator app.

Happy Brewing,
Brandon

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Beer Travel / Re: My kingdom for a Wisconsin IPA

« on: December 21, 2011, 08:03:22 PM »

I like Glacial Trail IPA from Central Waters. And Hopalicious from Ale Asylum is one of my favorite APAs anywhere.

+1 to the Glacial Trail IPA from Central Waters. Ale Asylum definitely has some good beers.  Unfortunately, I do not get to Madison as often as I would like.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Red Rye Recipe Question

« on: December 18, 2011, 12:53:27 PM »

I wouldn't add it.  You've already got plenty of specialty grains in there.  Too many and you won't really get the effect you're looking for from the Rye as it'll be masked by the extras.

+1  If you add too many specialty grains the flavors can get muddled.

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The Pub / Re: Study confirms alcohol can lead to unsafe sex

« on: December 13, 2011, 04:57:04 AM »

I wonder how much grant money they got to fund that study???  The next thing could be... drinking beer gets you drunk. 

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Equipment and Software / Re: Brewhemoth Brag

« on: December 12, 2011, 06:48:06 AM »

Congratulations, that's awesome!  Definitely an excellent addition to the brewing equipment.