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• Posted in thread: Forty eight hours without snow!!!!! on 04-28-2013 at 02:08 PM
  Snow is almost gone from my backyard. Iceout on the lakes is going to happen in the next couple
  of days! 70n degrees here !

• Posted in thread: Allergic to All Grain on 04-24-2013 at 02:02 AM
  It's the dust. Gets me too, although not quite as bad as you describe. If you can mill your own
  grain at home, conditioning the malt (with water spritz)and ventilating the area will help.

• Posted in thread: i have a question! on 04-20-2013 at 06:14 PM
  Um So why not simply wait 3 months *always*? Then you *know* carbonation and maturing is done.
  You just don't know *when* it occured. The beer won't be harmed sitting in storage for 2 and
  1/2 months l...

• Posted in thread: imperial stout length in primary? on 03-27-2013 at 02:17 PM
  Do NOT rush a RIS. There is a ****load of fermentables in there and it's gonna take some time
  to ferment them out. Imperial Stouts taste best after aging, both bulk and bottle, for around a
  year.I lik...

• Posted in thread: Dry Enzyme resulted in 1.002 FG on 02-11-2013 at 03:24 PM
  Is there a limit to how much the enzymes will convert?If he added more un-fermentable sugars,
  would the enzymes enventually poop out? or will they continue to convert to fermentable sugars?

• Posted in thread: Temperature In Chamber vs Fermentor on 02-07-2013 at 05:59 PM
  Interesting thread. It's well-known that beer temp can get 5/10/15 degrees above ambient, but
  stratification of temps within the beer is new to me. I've always assumed that the churning
  created by CO2...

• Posted in thread: Temperature In Chamber vs Fermentor on 02-07-2013 at 04:08 PM
  I wonder what the temperature profile of the entire batch of fermenting wort is and how much it
  varies within the vessel. I assume that you have the probe in the top of the wort, centered and
  not too ...

• Posted in thread: Bottling by yourself... how do you do it? on 02-01-2013 at 08:45 PM
  Do like this, only have the bottling bucket on the counter, above the open dishwasher door to
  catch the drips. Double bottling - FTW

• Posted in thread: What do you think of these racks? on 01-29-2013 at 03:16 PM
  Interesting, but expensive. I think I could DIY something with PVC pipe and.....

• Posted in thread: Bottling by yourself... how do you do it? on 01-28-2013 at 03:19 PM