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• Posted in thread: Malkore's (not so) Ancient Orange Mead on 05-21-2010 at 05:20 PM
  the stopper and tube are very snug fitted, and it is bubbling, so the fg must have changed by
  now, but it is just going so slowly...the other thing i was possibly thinking might make a
  difference is t...

• Posted in thread: Mead from fresh cherries on 05-21-2010 at 04:45 AM
  Im gonna say Ditto with the label,,,bad ass (and yes I just used 3 commas instead of periods to
  indicate a pause) but I have 1 comment and 1 question. This wine yeast, the 1122 is just
  naturally a ver...

• Posted in thread: Malkore's (not so) Ancient Orange Mead on 05-21-2010 at 04:23 AM
  Something has to be wrong with my 1 gallon of mead...I used 3.5 lbs of honey, got some water up
  to 160 F, put in the honey, the zest and juice of one medium size orange, 1 cinnamon stick and
  1 whole c...

• Posted in thread: Attention new all grain brewers! on 05-16-2010 at 05:26 PM
  so i did it on the spur last night, following the mashing technique from the killer bee belgian
  wit recipe... used the stovetop/oven technique, was not a problem at all and I was able to
  maintain tem...

• Posted in thread: Attention new all grain brewers! on 05-14-2010 at 07:17 PM
  But this wouldnt be any harder than mashing in the cooler...Plus, I have done a couple partial
  mashes, and it seems that my cooler does drop from my desired mash temp quite a bit, once it
  dropped down...

• Posted in thread: Attention new all grain brewers! on 05-14-2010 at 06:59 PM
  Hi there,I am hoping to do my first AG within the next 3 weeks...but im scared. I really want
  to make sure I get a good efficiency, but not overdo my wort boil bc my pot is only 7.5
  gallons, maybe 8. ...

• Posted in thread: watermelon wheat on 05-27-2009 at 02:52 AM
  SO....I felt like giving this one a try, but twisted it a bit.Tsunami-melon Ale-9.6 lbs Gold
  LME-2 lbs sugar-1 lb carapils-10 oz german pilsen-6 oz Belgium aromatic-.75 oz yakima magnum
  (14.4%) @ 60mi...

• Posted in thread: "Kick you in the face Banana Hefeweizen on 05-07-2009 at 02:44 AM
  I always do 2 steepings for 15 minutes each. Makes sure to get all of that good flavor
  out...sorry for the long delay in the response.So I bottled a couple weeks back, but tried one
  maybe 2 weeks afte...

• Posted in thread: "Kick you in the face Banana Hefeweizen on 03-19-2009 at 01:46 PM
  hey all,Ive been checking this thread for a while, and trying to formulate my own. I wanted to
  add some vanilla flavor to it also, so im throwing in 2 split vanilla beans into the secondary.
  Also, I h...

• Posted in thread: BIG CIDER advice on 03-05-2009 at 07:15 AM
  I was intrigued by a barley wine that I had sampled at my brothers house, it was 15-17%. I love
  beer, but prefer high alcohol because you need less beers to hit the spot. But I also am quite
  fond of f...