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• Posted in thread: Founder's Breakfast Stout Clone on 05-24-2013 at 12:35 PM
  Brewed this for the 2nd time, first time was extract and this time was all-grain.I used 2oz of
  Sumatra brewed in a French Press added to the end of the boil along with 2.50z of bittersweet
  baker's dar...

• Posted in thread: Storing Counter Flow Chiller on 05-18-2013 at 08:07 PM
  So I just used my new Counter Flow Chiller for first time and it was wonderful. Brought my wort
  from boiling to 74degrees in 10mins.Now I'm wondering about storing it. I usually only brew
  once a month...

• Posted in thread: Opinions needed for new chiller on 04-15-2013 at 12:24 PM
  So I upgraded my whole system for All-Grain. I use to do partial mashes in my kitchen and now
  have a new house with a great deck for brewing.I have a 15gallon Polarware Kettle and a
  Hopstopper install...

• Posted in thread: Widening Copper Immersion Chiller on 04-05-2013 at 06:03 PM
  I have this immersion wort chiller from Midwest: worked great in my old 7.5gallon stove top
  kettle.But, I have since upgraded to a 15gallon polarware kettle which is much wider.So now the
  chiller onl...

• Posted in thread: Founder's Double Trouble Clone on 03-04-2013 at 12:05 PM
  This thread is pretty old, but I did a Double Trouble IPA yesterday. I got the recipe from
  either BYO or Zymurgy, don't remember which, but I still have both on hand. If you're still
  interested I can ...

• Posted in thread: HomeBrewTalk 2013 Big Giveaway! on 02-04-2013 at 08:25 PM
  Count me in!

• Posted in thread: Off-flavors produced after a week? on 02-03-2013 at 09:52 PM
  Probably not. If the yeasts burned up most of the sugars before the temperature spike, you
  should be mostly ok. That being said, English Ale yeast produces more fruity esters (banana,
  clove) flavors w...

• Posted in thread: Off-flavors produced after a week? on 02-03-2013 at 09:38 PM
  So I have a Stone IPA clone with WLP002 English Ale Yeast.I keep my carboy in an igloo cooler
  with an insulation foam top. I put water in it with an aquarium heater hooked up to a Johnson
  Digital Cont...

• Posted in thread: Johnson Digital Temp Controller with Chest Freezer on 02-01-2013 at 02:42 PM
  Yea if you are measuring liquid temp with the probe you should have a differential set at 1
  degree. Air temp and 5 degree DIF works well for me. I always tape my probe to the bottom of
  the fermenter s...

• Posted in thread: Missing Gravity Points?! on 01-30-2013 at 01:23 PM
  This was morebeer's response:"Thanks for the inquiry. With the current ones we carry the 20
  brixs mark align to 1.083 gravity as with yours, which appears to be correct while testing a
  hydrometer and ...