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• Posted in thread: Ordinary Bitter with American Ale Yeast? on 01-26-2012 at 07:00 PM
  Not to hijack, but i can also lend my opinion. I think WLP023 is cleaner than WY1275. Pitch the
  appropriate amount of yeast and run a fermentation around 65 degrees and you would have a nice
  bitter, n...

• Posted in thread: Ordinary Bitter with American Ale Yeast? on 01-26-2012 at 06:36 PM
  Cool, thanks again. Is there one of the 3 that you list which you like the best? Is one the
  "cleanest" tasting?

• Posted in thread: Ordinary Bitter with American Ale Yeast? on 01-26-2012 at 03:21 PM
  Thanks for the responses. You are right, the main English yeast I have worked with is s-04 and
  I didn't care for the flavors it thru off. I also used Windsor once and found a similar, but
  different tw...

• Posted in thread: Ordinary Bitter with American Ale Yeast? on 01-26-2012 at 12:36 PM
  Any thoughts on making an ordinary bitter with American Ale yeast (s-05) probably or possibly
  Nottingham instead of english yeast. The reason I would try this is that I prefer the flavor of
  English ho...

• Posted in thread: Bottle conditioning on 04-26-2010 at 03:10 PM
  I'm sure it's just coincidence but I had the same problem with a wit. Never had problems with
  carbonation in >20 batches or so (forget how many I've made now) and had it for the first time
  with the wi...

• Posted in thread: Ale to the chief on 03-30-2010 at 12:47 PM
  Darn I thought this was going to be a thread about me:p

• Posted in thread: Does this tell me anything about my water? on 01-27-2010 at 04:11 PM
  Thanks for all your help remilard :mug:

• Posted in thread: Does this tell me anything about my water? on 01-27-2010 at 03:39 PM
  If you brew a light colored beer with no adjustments, your pH will be higher than optimal. In
  addition to perhaps sluggish or poor conversion in the mash, this tends to lead to insipid
  tasting beers.W...

• Posted in thread: Does this tell me anything about my water? on 01-27-2010 at 03:25 PM
  Ok so I called and got my report and it turns out I have hard water. I tend to brew more light
  colored beers so is it gypsum I would want to add? What would be the effect of brewing a light
  colored be...

• Posted in thread: Does this tell me anything about my water? on 01-27-2010 at 01:25 PM
  Now that I have gone all grain I am trying to get a better understanding of the whole water
  chemistry thing. I found this on our water dept's webiste. Is this info of any use to me for
  brewing or do I...