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Soak em in vinegar. It will take the scale right off. I have the same problem whenever I leave any item for too long in oxygen based cleaners like Straight A or Oxyclean because of my hard water. No amount of scrubbing will take the scale off, but a weak acid like vinegar will easily remove...

Same thing just happened to me with a European Bock I brewed about a year ago. I didn't even know I had any left and was actually about to throw it out because I thought it was part of a batch that I brewed that came out really bad. So naturally I was sipping the stuff prior to dumping it down...

There are several factors that tend to stress me out during brew day. 1) I am relatively new to brewing (only ~6 batches or so), so my "system" is not very well developed. This is especially true when I go too long between batches, which is pretty frequently. 2) I am constantly having to...

My tops: 1) Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale (fall 2007 version) - unbelievable fresh hop taste and aroma 2) St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout - very unique mouthfeel similar to Mackeson XXX 3) Avery IPA - This is a fantastic IPA, but I had a dry-hopped version of this at the Avery Brewery tasting room in...