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My STC-1000 is displaying 88.8 and none of the buttons work. Has anyone seen this before? It's been unplugged several times and no change

We are looking to start a New Homebrew Club. First meeing in tentativley schedule for May 21st @ 7:30 PM and the 3rd Thursday of each month thereafter. Open to anyone (21 years of age or older) in the Hampton Roads area (Club will meet in Smithfield). First meeting location is TBD, but I am...

I'm in.

If it were me, I'd just use them as addy hop and call it good

What variety are they?

Alpha acid. Generally the higher the AA, the more bitter they are. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hop_varieties

And the average AA of said variety.

Depends on the variety.

If you want to cut the dip tube, you really don't need any special equipment a 10 dollar pipe cutter will cut it just fine. You can get them on Amazon or any big box home improvement store store. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NY6QUG/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I calibrate my thermometers at the Mash temp, not boiling and I use a Glass thermometer to calibrate the one on my mash tun.

I've used twist off bottles accidentally before. The cap was harder to attach. It seemed to seal just fine. Didn't even notice until I opened the bottle. I don't make a habit of it though.

When making extract only batches, sometimes if you don't mix it well enough before taking the gravity, the "Heavier" extract will stay the bottom wiht the thiner water at the top and it could skew your gravity results. With all extract kits, if you made it per the instructions, I would worry too...

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That is exactly what I use. Works great.

If it has been in the primary for 3 weeks and the gravity is stable, I would say that it is ok to bottle.