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• Posted in thread: My first taste of Lite beers on 05-24-2013 at 03:01 AM
  Home brewing has turned me into a bit of a beer snob. This week with fellow employees I tried
  to reverse the trend and go with the lite beers they were all slamming down.:tank:I tried, I
  really tried ...

• Posted in thread: Pretty Sure I Have Mold. What To Do? on 05-24-2013 at 02:33 AM
  That looks nasty. You should bathe more often.

• Posted in thread: April 2013 New England Group Buy on 05-20-2013 at 08:33 PM
  Who is the person from Greenfield? Or someone in Western MA? I am stuck out of town until
  Thursday. Please PM me if you can move lust 1.5 bags to Amherst.

• Posted in thread: What are you doing instead of brewing this weekend? on 05-19-2013 at 11:29 PM
  Fixing an antique engine and mowing the grass, thinking about the grain waiting to be brewed.
  Blech.But looking forward to a bulk pickup for major brewing this summer.

• Posted in thread: April 2013 New England Group Buy on 05-19-2013 at 10:21 PM
  I'm out of town until Thursday. Sorry I could not be more help with sorting. Pickup next
  weekend would be great. Let me know if you need it picked up sooner. It will work out.

• Posted in thread: BIAB Keggle Build on 05-19-2013 at 10:10 PM
  False bottom for BIAB? Is that to keep the bag from touching the elements? If so, in my
  experience, 12 to 20 mm holes are fine. I use a tamale steamer and the holes in the steam plate
  are 12 to 20mm. ...

• Posted in thread: Dogs on 05-09-2013 at 11:44 AM
  that sounds exactly like my dog, a nova scotia duck tolling retriever. Our family knew exactly
  what type of dog it was before we read your comments. We had a mix that probably was part NSDTR
  and we a...

• Posted in thread: Do you ever just make up a recipe and say "Suuure why not?" on 05-09-2013 at 11:14 AM
  Since I had a few cans of Tomato Sauce go bad I now eat all the food in my house once a year
  and then replace it.Uhhh ... and you did exactly what with the left over tomato sauce?I guess
  that's where ...

• Posted in thread: how to measure wort volume? on 05-09-2013 at 10:33 AM
  Adjust for thermal expansion. I find it is approximately 4% at mash temps, say 150 to 170F.
  That is about one quart for a 5 1/4 gallon batch. I think it is better to undershoot and need
  makeup water t...

• Posted in thread: Hips that are good for brown ales stouts and porters? on 05-08-2013 at 11:40 PM
  Lots of variety of hops for that range of beers. Of course the traditional English hops.
  Besides those I've seen recipes with Northern brewer, the 3 C's, Willamette, and what have you.
  A tiny bit of M...