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  1. J

    Sea Dog Blue Paw Clone questions

    SWMBO forced me to make a blueberry beer recently. I threw together the recipe below, and she loves it, and she's a big fan of Wild Blue. Boil Size - 4g 60min boil 6lbs Briess Pilsen DME .5oz Warrior (14.5%AA) - 60min .5oz Warrior (14.5%AA) - 40min (no specialty grains since we are shooting...
  2. J

    Question about OG, SG, etc.

    Hop on YouTube and check out a couple vids on taking the reading. A few simple pointers would be to pull a sample into your sample tube. Wait for bubbles to dissipate, and give it a spin. When it settles, take the reading. Any bubbles up against the hydrometer can throw off the reading. Hope...
  3. J

    First glass of my first brew

    There nothing better than cracking open the first home brew! Except maybe cracking open the second... and third... Nice work!
  4. J

    IBUs in small boil volume

    I'm a relatively new brewer myself, but I've asked the same question in the past. The answer that I received is that you get poorer hop utilization in higher gravity boils. Lower boil volume (7L vs say 16L) with the same amount of fermentables will result in lower ibu. I hope that's...
  5. J

    Understanding Brewing Volumes

    Great article Jason! As an extract brewer that's close to going AG, I love this type of info. I plan to piece together, and make most or all of my AG equipment, so understanding volume is a huge help.
  6. J

    Understanding Brewing Volumes

    Great article Jason! As an extract brewer that's close to going AG, I love this type of info. I plan to piece together, and make most or all of my AG equipment, so understanding volume is a huge help.
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