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Old 11-25-2009, 09:11 PM   #1
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brewed up my first APA yesterday, i'm kinda going for a mighty arrow like APA... used cascade, amarillo, and EKG. hit everything almost exactly, got to use my new beastly wort chiller and used the electric heatsticks for strike/sparge water, i'll never use gas again for that. i considered using them for the boil, but i'm just starting to get comfortable with my evaporation rate with the gas, so i stuck to it for this one.

took down the tallest tier on my brewstand to make using the heatsticks easier, plus i almost always measure into a bucket and then pour it into my mash tun anyway (i don't trust my sight glass).


heatsticks in action (heated 11 gallons of water from ~55 to 180 in just under an hour).


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hop additions: 60 (magnum), 10 (cascade, amarillo, EKG), 0 (amarillo, EKG). i'll dry hop with amarillo/EKG also.


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pitched the yeast around 3:30 yesterday and this morning already had a nice krausen and healthy fermentation rockin... looking forward to this one!
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Old 11-25-2009, 10:40 PM   #2
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Ya gotta just LOVE APA. I'm drinking a few of then right now. I make mine about 4% ABV so I can drink more.
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hmm... I didn't see where you put in the motor oil. It was right there next to the hop additions. Does it go in at flameout?
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hmm... I didn't see where you put in the motor oil. It was right there next to the hop additions. Does it go in at flameout?
i was wondering if someone would mention that... my wife said last night while looking at the pictures, "nice job with the castrol in the background"
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Old 11-28-2009, 11:14 PM   #5
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That wort chiller is massive.. Wow.. Nice...
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Old 11-29-2009, 01:20 AM   #6
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That wort chiller is massive.. Wow.. Nice...
yeah, it blows my old chiller out of the water... i got a great price on 50' of that copper tubing and once i get a pump, i have a whirlpool recirculator tube that i'll connect to it.
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