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- Skiing,Mountain Biking,Gardening,Home Brewing & to RDWHAHB!! :)
- oh in real life I play a realtor & copywriter
- Anne-Britt Ostlund Schenk
- I like to ferment things, not sure how I became interested but both my brother and I got into it around the same time years ago, it's juts plain fun.
- Prickly Pear Fruit Mead!
- Back in Black IPA
- Porters, brown & light ales
- Willow Street Brown, Holidaze American Pale Ale
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Posted in thread: Never dump your beer!!! Patience IS a virtue!!! Time heals all things, even beer! on 04-20-2013 at 11:55 PM
Okay here's one for you, I brewed a batch of APA before I left to visit family over the new
year (which by the way was way darker than it should have been, a question for another thread I
suppose). Wh...Posted in thread: starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres on 01-12-2013 at 01:28 PM
Hi Rudds, Dan's comment about his classes was in regards to my question, in his defense he
wasn't trying to sell me on them it was relevant to the thread :). Back to your project, I've
tried to find s...Posted in thread: starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres on 01-08-2013 at 02:50 AM
In our classes we break down the financials for starting at an acre. Same with our growers, we
require they start with an acre but never let them start with more than 2.It is a HUGE
investment in time...Posted in thread: Never dump your beer!!! Patience IS a virtue!!! Time heals all things, even beer! on 01-08-2013 at 02:37 AM
My guess is that you're probably OK, although that is a bit of time for the airlock to be
off...I would take a quick taste just to see if you can detect any souring. But otherwise I
would proceed as n...Posted in thread: High altitude brewing? on 01-08-2013 at 02:34 AM
You should make a starter regardless of altitude with liquid yeast. Make a starter next batch
and watch how quickly it takes off.Will do!!Posted in thread: Never dump your beer!!! Patience IS a virtue!!! Time heals all things, even beer! on 01-08-2013 at 02:25 AM
should be fine. clean up the best you can and proceed as though the top hadn't been blown off.i
would think looking into an o2 system for aeration would be wise. oxygen is important to yeast
and you h...Posted in thread: starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres on 01-08-2013 at 02:17 AM
Wow you guys thank you ALL so much for this incredible & helpful insight & so quickly!!! I
think this is more support & info than I've found in many, many hours of research and number
crunching. I wil...Posted in thread: Never dump your beer!!! Patience IS a virtue!!! Time heals all things, even beer! on 01-07-2013 at 04:29 PM
Okay here's one for you, I brewed a batch of APA before I left to visit family over the new
year (which by the way was way darker than it should have been, a question for another thread I
suppose). Wh...Posted in thread: starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres on 01-07-2013 at 03:38 PM
Hey beer family..sorry for the lack of update..this year was a wild year...didn't think it
would be as much work as I thought and wow...I was in for a wake up call... had soo many issues
...Did you en...Posted in thread: High altitude brewing? on 01-07-2013 at 03:23 PM
There is a formula out there that will let you calculate the decrease in hop utilization due to
altitude. Just in Denver alone, I lose 20% of my IBU's.That is really interesting, I've
definitely notic...
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