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• Posted in thread: Holy Moly - a 10-degree increase after pitching yeast! on 05-11-2012 at 03:08 AM
  Lemme clarify a bit:I've done a couple dozen beers in the conical in the garage at that ~ temp
  and have never had THAT sort of increase (usually I'll get 2-5 degrees increase from what I
  pitched at). ...

• Posted in thread: Holy Moly - a 10-degree increase after pitching yeast! on 05-10-2012 at 05:47 PM
  The details:I brewed an all-grain amber with a SG of 1.055.Pitched WLP007 (starter) at 70
  degrees.24 hours later, the probe inside the conical was up to 76 degrees.48 hours after
  pitching it was at 80...

• Posted in thread: Imperial Pumpkin Pie Ale on 10-06-2011 at 05:40 AM
  So this is a total noob question, but instead of using corn sugar as the priming sugar before
  bottling (as most brew stores will suggest) what about using brown sugar for this recipe to
  encourage a bi...

• Posted in thread: Imperial Pumpkin Pie Ale on 09-26-2011 at 06:15 PM
  Say F it and do the AG!Every AG batch when you first start is a learning experience, but it's
  still beer when all is said and done. Even if maybe it's not exactly what you were going for.+1
  on that!

• Posted in thread: Imperial Pumpkin Pie Ale on 09-17-2011 at 05:20 AM
  Yeah, I saw it was a 10 gallon batch. I'm doing 5 gallon, so I'll be cutting everything in half
  like another posted recommended. I'm probably going to be looking at half tsp of each
  spice.Thanks for t...

• Posted in thread: Imperial Pumpkin Pie Ale on 09-17-2011 at 05:20 AM
  if the place i order from doesnt have sterling, would mount hood be an acceptable substitute??
  ordering ingredients soon so please helpSaaz would be a better direct substitute for Sterling
  than Mount ...

• Posted in thread: Imperial Pumpkin Pie Ale on 09-15-2011 at 05:43 PM
  Also curious about this. Looking to do my brew in the next few weeks and want to be
  prepared!Also, someone else had asked about getting a 9% ABV with just one pack of London
  yeast. I never saw an answ...

• Posted in thread: Imperial Pumpkin Pie Ale on 09-09-2011 at 08:10 PM
  Spice Additions - 1.0 heaping tsp of the following added @ 5 minutes - nutmeg, cloves, alspice,
  ginger, cinnamonI'm not sure how to interpret the amount of spice listed above: is it 1 tsp of
  EACH of t...

• Posted in thread: Where to buy Galaxy hops? on 08-23-2011 at 05:13 AM
  I made an all Galaxy IPA and it's great! A couple people said it was the best beer I've ever
  made. The smell is incredible! I love simcoe, but Galaxy is my new favorite.Nice!Truly can't
  wait til mine ...

• Posted in thread: Where to buy Galaxy hops? on 08-22-2011 at 04:14 AM
  UPDATE: My Galaxy Pale is 7 days into fermentation, and the passionfruit notes are most
  definitely coming through. It's currently sitting at 5.2% and tapering off. Should be one tasty
  brew soon!