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• Posted in thread: CDA Recipe Feedback Needed on 05-06-2013 at 11:56 PM
  So many times these threads just tend to die out and if you go searching you won't know if the
  recipe worked or not. This one did - its fantastic!The FG ended up at 1.018, higher than I
  would have lik...

• Posted in thread: Confession About Belgian Beers on 04-27-2013 at 12:50 AM
  I agree about the Belgians, particularly anything really light. I bought one of those $20
  6-pack variety packs about a year ago. 4 of them were not my style, but there were two in there
  that were wort...

• Posted in thread: ESB Critique on 03-30-2013 at 09:36 PM
  I'd actually agree with dropping the crystal down to around 5%. If you want some residual
  sweetness, try taking about a quart of your first runnings and boiling it on your stove over
  medium-high heat ...

• Posted in thread: Whirlpool vs. Cold Break on 03-30-2013 at 07:28 PM
  I've noticed quite a few references that say whirlpool hopping for 30-60 minutes is a great way
  to amp up the hop aromas in an IPA. Does this mean that rapid chilling to get a good cold break
  is worth...

• Posted in thread: CDA Recipe Feedback Needed on 03-06-2013 at 06:05 PM
  CDA - Chicago Democrat Ale?It sounds like a really tasty beer.The first wort hops add a nice
  subtle full bitter.My similar beer:)Yikes no! My beer has no political affiliations. :-pIt's a
  cascadian da...

• Posted in thread: CDA Recipe Feedback Needed on 03-06-2013 at 02:56 AM
  I'd love to hear some constructive feedback on this CDA recipe. For the last two years, I've
  been brewing and made some good process improvements, but recipe development still seems a bit
  of a black a...

• Posted in thread: Judge my recipe, don't go easy on me! on 03-05-2013 at 04:21 PM
  What did you think of the breadiness of this beer? I've heard some people say they love it and
  others say that it clashes with the hops. If you made this again and wanted to keep the malt
  backbone, wo...

• Posted in thread: Hearty hello from the nw suburbs of chicago on 10-20-2012 at 01:46 AM
  Welcome to the community from a fellow NW 'Burber! If you have any questions feel free to ask
  (although this is probably obvious since a forum wouldn't exist without discussion...):drunk:

• Posted in thread: Hops Questions for BYO's Mr. Wizard? on 09-19-2012 at 09:53 PM
  Great show. I love all the beer-geekery! Thanks for letting us know about another beer podcast.

• Posted in thread: Hops Questions for BYO's Mr. Wizard? on 09-14-2012 at 02:01 PM
  Here's one I have been wondering all summer: If isomerized hop acids skunk in sunlight, why can
  I boil a 90 minute hoppped wort in my backyard on a sunny day without skunking the beer? If
  temperature ...