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It makes a great saison.

The cidery flavor has completely gone away. This is a great beer.

This is my weldless stand. It's made of Super Strut from Home Depot. this pic is from last spring. It's not a HERMS anymore. I've added a panel and a RIMS tube to heat the mash.

I brewed the same recipes from CYBI. I followed the Fullers fermentation regimen almost exactly due to the rebrew show going on about how important it was. I also made my starter size based on Mr. Malty calcs. I'm a little bummed that the Pride is very cidery at this point. Its only been kegged...

My dad has been talking about a similar sap idea of replacing some of the water in a porter recipe with maple sap. You might save this idea till spring and tap some birch trees instead.

You must be extremely organized. If I tried that I would quickly FUBAR both batches.:)

Well the pump was seizing again this weekend. It wouldn't loose prime, it just wouldn't pump. After about 5 mins of swearing like a drunken sailor I decided to take the head apart. Sure enough the impeller was really tight. I drilled it out with the 17/64 bit and it worked again. The impeller...

Bell's is my favorite. Really rich and munichy. Strong too. Warms me up very nicely after freezing all evening in my tree stand.

I do the same thing in the summer for lagers. I also aerate in the morning just to make sure the yeast are getting the O2 they need.