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• Posted in thread: mashing one day and boiling the next? on 02-01-2007 at 02:01 AM
  any reason why I shouldn't split up my sweetwort extraction and my boil?I would like to break
  it up into two evenings...Thanks

• Posted in thread: Welches Grape Juice Wine on 11-03-2006 at 12:35 AM
  It's great, especially if you're planning on serving 4-10... ...Years.what??? I don't get it.

• Posted in thread: Boosting with brown sugar in secondary; who does it? on 09-11-2006 at 12:58 PM
  My last 3 batches I have added about 1.3 (packed) cups of organic brown sugar to the secondary.
  I boiled the sugar in the water I used to top off my secondary after transferring from
  primary.I was rea...

• Posted in thread: So over my PM on 08-16-2006 at 05:04 PM
  Well, you'll need 2 hyrometers. Tap one of them on a table (like a pencil) until the paper with
  the scales on it moves all the way to the fat end. Use that one to measure OG. Take another
  hydrometer a...

• Posted in thread: Here's another use for spent grains on 08-16-2006 at 04:50 PM
  so aren't spent grains totally devoid of nutrition?Can't animals die of malnutrition form
  eating spent grains?just curious.

• Posted in thread: favorite GP yeast on 08-06-2006 at 05:05 AM
  what's everyones favorite yeast?I used to really like WL cali V, but it crapped out on me
  several times in a row and stopped fermenting and 1.020 ~ 1.015.So I switched to WL
  german/koelsch, and while ...

• Posted in thread: squeaky sparge arm... on 08-05-2006 at 02:41 AM
  Man, I thought this thread would really take off.I thought it was the funniest thing I had
  written in months.I guess no-one appreciates a good troll job around here... :Danyway, :tank:

• Posted in thread: squeaky sparge arm... on 08-03-2006 at 12:40 AM
  I have been trying to sparge with this Phil's sparge contraption that spins as the HL is
  passing through it. It works pretty well, and I have hit efficiencies in the low to mid
  70'sSomething that's bo...

• Posted in thread: efficiency gurus, rate my wort. on 07-30-2006 at 06:39 PM
  I had7 lbs of pilsener4 lbs munich1/2 lb german dark crystal1/4 lb german medium crystal1/4 lb
  german melanoidinand came up exactly 5 gallons of wort with OG of 1.065 (temp corrected).seems
  pretty goo...

• Posted in thread: 2nd bad batch... on 07-30-2006 at 05:13 PM
  I am sure it was not contamintation, just bottling too early.I bought another carboy, so now I
  won't be tempted to bottle too early for want of another secondary.i dryhop by "dissolving" hop
  pelets in...