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06-25-2009, 12:14 AM
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My first accolades!!!
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I entered my Bell's two hearted clone in the Northeast PA fair. I am happy to announce that not only did it take first in it's class, but it also won best in show. Now I know its not the great american beer festival, but I'm happy anyway. I believe their were about 26 entries total, so it had a little competition.
Here's to homebrewing 
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Originally Posted by dfc
Things are going great too. I think I've only punched her in the face 3 times!
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FERMENTING: Big Brew #4 Rye IPA
CONDITIONING:
DRINKING: Black IPA, Brett Belgian tripel, Irish Red Ale
THINKING:
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06-25-2009, 12:24 AM
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Awesome job!! I brewed that same beer... I am hoping to enter it into some upcoming competitions!!
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06-25-2009, 12:37 AM
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Congratulations!
Homebrewing rocks!
-Steve
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On Deck: Jamil's Vanilla Robust Porter
Fermenting: Orange Blossom Mead
Kegs: Element 56 Pale Ale, Ron's Belgian Blonde, Summer'n Saison, Furloughktoberfest '09, Grateful Pale Ale, Sam Adams Cream Stout Clone, EdWort's Apfelwein
Planning: n/a
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06-25-2009, 12:38 AM
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I changed the recipe up a little bit. I took half of the bittering hops from 60 minutes, doubled them, and dumped them in at 20 minutes(does that make any sense?). I believe the technique is called "hop bursting". Same IBUs, more flavor and aroma. Definitely a good recipe.
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Anybody can be a rockstar when the rest of the room is wearing helmets and drooling on themselves.
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Originally Posted by dfc
Things are going great too. I think I've only punched her in the face 3 times!
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FERMENTING: Big Brew #4 Rye IPA
CONDITIONING:
DRINKING: Black IPA, Brett Belgian tripel, Irish Red Ale
THINKING:
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06-25-2009, 03:04 AM
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Congratulations AND I learned something. Hop Bursting sounds pretty cool, went straight to Mr.Malty to read about it.
-OCD
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06-25-2009, 10:06 PM
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Congrats, i'm brewing this on Sunday, can't wait.
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07-02-2009, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BeezBrew
Congrats, i'm brewing this on Sunday, can't wait.
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Hey Beez, how'd the brew day go?
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Anybody can be a rockstar when the rest of the room is wearing helmets and drooling on themselves.
Quote:
Originally Posted by dfc
Things are going great too. I think I've only punched her in the face 3 times!
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FERMENTING: Big Brew #4 Rye IPA
CONDITIONING:
DRINKING: Black IPA, Brett Belgian tripel, Irish Red Ale
THINKING:
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07-05-2009, 02:48 AM
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Not great, missed my gravity by 10 points, 59% efficiency, no idea why. That and fermentation didn't start until after 24 hours, not sure why, i hydrated the nottingham yeast properly and pitched at a good temp. Oh well, its going now, we'll see how it turns out.
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07-05-2009, 03:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by annasdadhockey
I entered my Bell's two hearted clone in the Northeast PA fair. I am happy to announce that not only did it take first in it's class, but it also won best in show. Now I know its not the great american beer festival, but I'm happy anyway. I believe their were about 26 entries total, so it had a little competition.
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That's awesome!!!!
Congrats!!!!
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07-05-2009, 04:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by annasdadhockey
I entered my Bell's two hearted clone in the Northeast PA fair. I am happy to announce that not only did it take first in it's class, but it also won best in show. Now I know its not the great american beer festival, but I'm happy anyway. I believe their were about 26 entries total, so it had a little competition.
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Thats freaking sweet!!! Congrats. You should be stoked.
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