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• Posted in thread: so what's the worst part of brewing for you on 02-25-2013 at 01:02 AM
  I like reading about beer and planning my next batch, and I like drinking the finished beer.
  Everything in between just seems like work.

• Posted in thread: Fermenter got too warm on 11-30-2012 at 11:50 PM
  I make starters at room temp all the time; it will be fine. IPA will be fine too since main
  fermentation is over and it's just clearing now. RDWHAHB.

• Posted in thread: brewing vs. happy wife - kitchen shared on 11-30-2012 at 11:45 PM
  Weigh your grains & hops the night before. Look for ways to streamline and multitask: Heat
  mash-in water while you grind the grains, be ready to mashout and lauter on time, do batch
  sparges instead of...

• Posted in thread: Will this shelf hold 4 kegs? on 11-05-2012 at 11:13 PM
  Apparently no one ever tried it because mine will hold 4 full kegs and a 10# co2 bottle with no
  problem. Has been for 3 years.This is good to know, thanks.

• Posted in thread: Will this shelf hold 4 kegs? on 11-04-2012 at 11:21 PM
  Thanks everyone. It seems prudent to at least replace the glass with plywood. I would like to
  keep the drawers if I can, but I'll take them out and add support legs if it seems necessary.
  Better safe ...

• Posted in thread: Will this shelf hold 4 kegs? on 11-04-2012 at 12:56 AM
  Soon, I will be upgrading my kegerator to a newer refrigerator. The bottom shelf in the new
  fridge (shown below) is made of tempered glass in a metal frame over two drawers. My question
  is, will this ...

• Posted in thread: profile help on 11-03-2012 at 02:30 AM
  Here's my equipment profile. I boil in a 15-gallon pot, which accounts for the large
  evaporation rate. I estimated the lauter tun deadspace by putting in some water, draining until
  it wouldn't drain a...

• Posted in thread: Adverage temp loss when doighing in on 11-03-2012 at 02:19 AM
  I lose about 10 degrees in the summer, 15 in the winter since I brew outside. BeerSmith gives
  me pretty accurate numbers for strike temp, but I've learned to add 3-4 degrees to the strike
  temp in the ...

• Posted in thread: have you ever intentionally made a "bad" beer? on 11-03-2012 at 01:58 AM
  I've made enough mistakes just naturally that I've never needed to make one on purpose, lol. I
  have brewed several batches with odd recipe formulations designed to tell me what a particular
  ingredient...

• Posted in thread: Durham, NC - Brewers? on 10-21-2012 at 02:03 AM
  Cary, here. There are lots of brewers in the Triangle area. Look for GRABASS events. They do
  group brews and bulk grain buys regularly.