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• Posted in thread: Glass Carboy vs plastic bucket on 08-19-2012 at 11:47 PM
  My kit kit came with a glass 5 gal carboy and plastic bottling bucket. I soon after my first
  batch bought a 6.5 bucket fermenter. The bucket is now my number one fermentor. Its nice to
  have the glass ...

• Posted in thread: Is this ascam?? on 08-19-2012 at 04:39 AM
  If it takes 3 days to get it down to 65. Isn't the most important firment time the first three
  days ?

• Posted in thread: Nutritional yeast as a cheap yeast nutrient? on 08-19-2012 at 03:57 AM
  I look at it as one small,cheap tweak to my brew day.

• Posted in thread: New brewers.Stop trying to doctor your beer ! on 08-19-2012 at 03:41 AM
  New brewer adding pipe tobacco or beef jerky to there secondary. Not to mention fruit flys and
  infection. Wonder why there beer didn't turn out. It's easy for us who have made great first
  brews. We st...

• Posted in thread: Extra low volume boils on 08-18-2012 at 01:22 PM
  I've been doing the "steep small and boil big". The next tweak I want to try is late extract
  addition. I think the reason you wouldn't want to boil small is scorching the extract. That
  along with the ...

• Posted in thread: I did it!!! on 08-18-2012 at 01:40 AM
  Looks good ! :rockin:

• Posted in thread: I think it's time to stop lurking on 08-18-2012 at 01:38 AM
  I'm in the Bronx just over the bridge from you. I know a little about the clubs and LHBS here.
  Read little. I got around bottling by doing 22oz bottles. It halves the amount of 12oz you need
  and space...

• Posted in thread: New brewers.Stop trying to doctor your beer ! on 08-17-2012 at 03:33 AM
  New brewer adding pipe tobacco or beef jerky to there secondary. Not to mention fruit flys and
  infection. Wonder why there beer didn't turn out. It's easy for us who have made great first
  brews. We st...

• Posted in thread: New brewers.Stop trying to doctor your beer ! on 08-17-2012 at 01:58 AM
  Que Dos Equis cool dude.

• Posted in thread: Is patience really a virtue? on 08-17-2012 at 01:28 AM
  Spot on IMO. What else is there to say but he is right. There are such things as 4 week turn
  around beers out there that we can make. With today's yeast and techniques . I'm seeing
  fermintation ending...