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    Yeast cake looking weird to me... (with pictures!)

    It's similar to what I would expect from the Irish moss. RDWHAHB
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    Adding Cold Water to Hot Wort?

    Your system is good...aeration only matters after fermentation starts...prior to fermentation, you want as much oxygen as possible...that's why many people add oxygen to the wort, or shake their carboy prior to pitching their yeast.
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    Need something better than cardboard for storing bottles...

    I use "Sterile File Crate, Set of 6" from Walmart.
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    First Batch Problems

    One inch is closer than you want, but it'll turn out fine.
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    First Batch Problems

    Don't worry about oxidation. You need a blowoff tube.
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    Planning first hop addition

    I use Beersmith.
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    What's the point of a hop "flavor addition" in an IPA?

    I've often wondered the same. Looking forward to someone smarter than me enlightening us.
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    help with faucets....

    Best value I could find. I've been very happy with them. http://www.ritebrew.com/product-p/843162.htm
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    help with faucets....

    Bet value I could find. I've been very happy. http://www.ritebrew.com/product-p/843162.htm
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    Another Water Report

    Thanks for the input.
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    Another Water Report

    Thanks for the advice
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    1.5 week camping trip - keeping beer cool efficiently

    I'm not sure how it would work, but I've always thought about wrapping a keg in rope. If you wrapped the keg in a rope that would absorb some water, then kept the rope wet, when the water evaporated it would cool it off. I've witnessed it on a water jug sized scale, and it works surprisingly...
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    Worried about Belgian Tripel

    Doesn't really make sense. Hope it taste good.
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    What to buy

    My two cents: Get a hydrometer and learn how to use it. Purchase Beersmith and have fun designing beers, while you apply everything you learn. Make yourself a 10G mash tun. Buy a banjo burner. Use your keggle. Spend the rest on ingredients. Next phase would be grain mill, stir plate, and...
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    Unfortunate swinging ferm. temps

    Impossible to say, but I bet it turns out fine.
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