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• Posted in thread: The apartment brewery on 05-13-2013 at 11:35 AM
  I'll post more pics when I'm back from my honeymoon (first stop Russian River before wine
  country, woop). For the kettle I have a 10 gallon SS pot that I fire on the gas stove, which is
  supplemented b...

• Posted in thread: The apartment brewery on 05-10-2013 at 01:29 PM
  Living in NYC provides a lot of challenges for brewing, most of them space related. After going
  all grain a few years back, I decided to upgrade to a HERMS system, which again, with space
  restrictions...

• Posted in thread: Humbling brew day.. on 04-18-2013 at 05:18 PM
  Am I the only one who saw 40-50 batches on ONE YEAR? I love to brew, but where are you putting
  all this beer? That's like 6 beers a day! Gotta admire the passion though, brew on, good sir,
  brew on.

• Posted in thread: Things a homebrewer shouldn't do. on 04-11-2013 at 09:39 PM
  I love when I see this happen because I get to use this:

• Posted in thread: Galaxy/citra recipe on 04-05-2013 at 05:08 PM
  I've done a real galaxy heavy IPA, and it actually won some awards, but in my opinion is was
  very fruity. Knowing Citra's rep, I'd guess that using both will give you a real
  berry/juicyfruit taste. I'...

• Posted in thread: Why not FWH on every APA and IPA on 04-02-2013 at 11:59 PM
  I like to use a high-alpha hop that's know for it's smooth bitterness (Warrior/Galena/Super
  Galena) as a FWH for the bittering backbone in all my IPAs. Other than that everything is added
  from 15 mins...

• Posted in thread: Final recipe for 15% imperial stout on 04-02-2013 at 08:52 PM
  Head retention in beers like this are tough, and really aren't called for in the style. From
  looking at it (this is one hell of a complicated recipe), I'd say your mash temp is too high.
  1.035 FG is p...

• Posted in thread: Pliny the Younger Clone on 03-27-2013 at 11:17 PM
  If you leave hops in too long you will start to get grassy/vegetal flavors, but 8 days isn't
  too long (but I may cut it to 6). In terms of dry-hopping clearing yeast, your idea makes sense
  but I think...

• Posted in thread: Your worst beer comp score on 03-27-2013 at 07:15 PM
  Am I missing the part where a 27 is a bad score? IMO really bad scores start at like 22-23,
  where you're in technical flaw territory. Most of the beers that I've had score in the 26 - 30
  range were go...

• Posted in thread: Beer was great...for 1 week?!? on 03-27-2013 at 04:56 PM
  Also, for the OP, if you haven't already, put these bottles in some kind of sealed tupperware.
  Infections in bottles are a notorious cause of bottle bombs, since whatever has infected your
  beer may co...