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• Posted in thread: Safale US-05 fruity aroma on 12-19-2012 at 03:22 AM
  Assuming your fermentation temperature was in a reasonable range not higher than low 70's than
  you should be fine. Generally comes out nice and clean like any west coast style IPA you've
  had. I've use...

• Posted in thread: Starter 4 day lag? on 12-14-2012 at 02:58 AM
  He uses a pretty clean yeast profile so you could also add another starter of any Chico or
  Sandiego super yeast type strain.

• Posted in thread: Turkey fryer timer on 12-12-2012 at 03:10 AM
  I needed a new burner and got the same thing. Ended up unscrewing one side and cutting the
  other then attaching a male end to pull the tube over and then used a flange to secure it.
  Bring the regulato...

• Posted in thread: expensive ag ? on 11-15-2012 at 02:08 PM
  What I saw in the original post was that you didn't preheat your mash ton. Next time take your
  sparge water and boil it and add it to your mash cooler in order to preheat the insulation.
  Then draw it ...

• Posted in thread: Recipe help on 11-14-2012 at 02:43 AM
  I would encourage you to lower your corn sugar a bit because it might make it thin if you're
  not adding wheat malt or carapils to give it some body. Maybe keep it to 5-8% or a .5 lb. Also
  if your inte...

• Posted in thread: Recipe help on 11-13-2012 at 02:15 AM
  Use whatever yeast you like, for something dryer use US-05 or WLP 001, for malty british stye
  use S-04 or wlp002.

• Posted in thread: Recipe help on 11-13-2012 at 02:12 AM
  Here's a recipe for a porter that would work with what you have.2.5 Gal batchOG 1.055IBU's 3560
  Minute boilSingle Infusion of 6.56 qts. of water at 168 deg for Mash temp of 156 for 60
  minutesSparge wi...

• Posted in thread: Price of Sierra Nevada????? on 11-10-2012 at 11:34 PM
  Sierra Nevada goes for $12.99 a 12 pack on sale here which happens frequently now that the
  holidays are rolling in. I've cloned the SNPA as well. Saves a ton of money and it's pretty
  simple to brew. T...

• Posted in thread: how did you choose recipes when you first started brewing beer? on 11-10-2012 at 11:27 PM
  What are your favorites that you've had so far? Styles?Start brewing clones of your favorites
  and then you know what your favorite malts and hops are. After that you can create your own and
  explore ne...

• Posted in thread: stout help on 11-05-2012 at 01:38 AM
  You should be ok, your in the right range maintaining at least 75% base malt for conversion
  when dealing with all that dark malt. Looks like a tasty brew. It looks like its going to have
  a strong citr...