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• Posted in thread: Fixing low SG on bottling day? on 03-16-2008 at 12:45 AM
  Thanks for the quick response and for pointing out that my math was off on the DME addition.
  Here's the recipe:Size: 5.28 galEfficiency: 78.35%Attenuation: 78.7%Calories: 151.73 per 12.0
  fl ozOriginal...

• Posted in thread: Fixing low SG on bottling day? on 03-16-2008 at 12:21 AM
  Today I brewed an APA with a target SG of 1.046, but for some reason my efficiency was off by
  about 20 points and I ended up with 5.25 gal. of 1.035 wort. I've never had to add DME to
  adjust the gravi...

• Posted in thread: A question for those of you that fly sparge on 02-16-2008 at 10:19 PM
  I did a mash out for the first time today in my cooler mash tun, using Beertools Pro to
  calculate volumes and temps, and while the results weren't perfect, they were pretty damn
  close. What I did was ...

• Posted in thread: Why do most homebrewers make really hoppy beer? on 02-08-2008 at 12:13 AM
  I'm not crazy about overly-hopped beers either, a little goes a long way and I prefer my beers
  on the sweeter side. I also think some people are just more sensitive to bitterness. My wife
  won't drink ...

• Posted in thread: Water 1st, or Grain 1st? on 01-22-2008 at 10:44 PM
  What, there's no one right way to do this brewing thing? Man, this is hard.I always heard to
  add grain to the water to keep the grains suspended and avoid a compacted grain bed. But then,
  if you stir,...

• Posted in thread: Third AG Batch, Not Sure What I'm Looking At on 01-22-2008 at 10:33 PM
  Do you use a program to figure your strike temp? What temp was that supposed to be? I don't use
  a program, what I did on my first two batches was heat the strike water to 170F, use it to heat
  the tun ...

• Posted in thread: Third AG Batch, Not Sure What I'm Looking At on 01-22-2008 at 02:59 AM
  Yesterday I brewed my third all-grain batch. I overshot my mash temp, tried cooling with cold
  water, overdid it and dropped my mash temp to 140F. I gradually added small quantities of hot
  water to rai...

• Posted in thread: Steam beer on 01-16-2008 at 02:23 AM
  I brew a steam beer with White Labs San Francisco lager yeast and ferment around 66-68 and the
  beer turns out great.

• Posted in thread: Yeast Concern This Morning on 01-06-2008 at 01:20 AM
  Out of sheer laziness and/or bad timing, I've pitched smack packs without starters, and while
  fermentation took a bit longer to start, the batches turned out fine.

• Posted in thread: What cotainer to use for yeast starter? on 01-06-2008 at 01:15 AM
  I'm surprised no one has mentioned the erlenmeyer flasks yet. The real advantage here is that
  you can set it right on the burner to boil your wort before you pitch the yeast and it's got a
  flat bottom...