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• Posted in thread: Kolsch temperature setting. on 04-02-2013 at 01:31 AM
  I've had great beers with wyeast Kolsch II pitching at 58 and setting at 59 or 60F. I tape the
  temp probe on the bucket and put packing insulation over the top of it to try and get an honest
  read on t...

• Posted in thread: IPA Recipe on 03-30-2013 at 09:43 PM
  Hey, I just brewed a rye IPA and hop bursted with 4 oz's of Columbus leaf hops late in the boil
  and a couple oz's of willamette pellets. The airlock smells awesome but I'm pissed that I
  didn't realize...

• Posted in thread: IPA Recipe on 03-30-2013 at 09:36 PM
  It's your mouth, but I would drop the crystal and munich a bit and then drop the ibu's by about
  50. But that's just me. You might really want a punch in the face, and I like those once in a
  while too....

• Posted in thread: brewing my first Pilsner with first real water report on 03-23-2013 at 11:41 AM
  Can't really help you, but curious about the responses. I'm planning my first bo pils Sunday
  and the current plan is to just add 75% RO water. It takes my calcium way low but I think there
  will be ple...

• Posted in thread: Worst Part When Bottling From a Keg on 03-08-2013 at 01:43 AM
  Very cool and a bit inspiring. I need to do a big boy brew to age for special occasion.

• Posted in thread: Major Sanitation issue on 03-03-2013 at 11:45 AM
  What do you mean by sanitize the gas line? In my thinking I want the gas lines completely dry.
  I set up a new system and was spraying starsan in the gas lines as I was pressing them on the
  barbs. It m...

• Posted in thread: funky smelling first pours, wet dog. on 02-24-2013 at 11:30 AM
  The sanitizer question is interesting. I remember re-smelling the spray bottle thinking I
  caught a wiff of something off. I even opened it and smelled inside the bottle. I made fresh
  sanitizer in the ...

• Posted in thread: any one need rhizomes? on 02-24-2013 at 01:04 AM
  I would love a few:CascadeCentennialColumbusGoldingsCheers

• Posted in thread: funky smelling first pours, wet dog. on 02-23-2013 at 11:41 PM
  So I'm rockin kegs now, schwing...! But my first pours smelled like a wet dog. I was worried my
  whole keg was screwed so I was key word searching 'wet dog' but after a few pours and a week of
  aging it...

• Posted in thread: quick disco question on 02-10-2013 at 04:15 AM
  Right on, thanks for the tip!