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• Posted in thread: My wife is pissing me off on 07-19-2011 at 09:21 PM
  Women need to be lead, never assume that one can accomplish anything without male guidance.

• Posted in thread: What kind and size cooler.... on 06-30-2011 at 09:21 AM
  I use a rectangular cooler and get good results when batch sparging because of the way my
  manifold is set up. I think that with a circular cooler you will get a thicker grain bed.

• Posted in thread: Carboy/ Keg Cleaner Giveaway on 06-22-2011 at 08:55 PM
  Can Canadians enter?

• Posted in thread: Problem with low exraction on 06-22-2011 at 04:55 PM
  I don't understand that at all. If your OG was 1.045, why is it "1.060....or higher"? You mean
  because you didn't chill it before taking the sample? Usually, you chill the wort, take the
  sample, then ...

• Posted in thread: Problem with low exraction on 06-22-2011 at 01:56 AM
  Next time, make sure you cool the sample down before checking the OG. Even with temperature
  correction tables, they are notoriously inaccurate over about 90 degrees. Cool the sample, then
  check the re...

• Posted in thread: Problem with low exraction on 06-22-2011 at 01:09 AM
  Adjusted Hydrometer Reading!I was looking at some brew software and I realized that I never
  made an adjustment for temperature when taking a gravity reading. So this must mean that when I
  tested the w...

• Posted in thread: Problem with low exraction on 06-20-2011 at 08:18 PM
  What about your crush?Do you have a crusher or is it LHBS crush? Your first infusion should be
  the consistency of slightly runny oatmeal and you need to stir the piss out of it.I crushed the
  grain mys...

• Posted in thread: Problem with low exraction on 06-20-2011 at 04:43 PM
  I have made two all grain beers now, similar recipes and each time I end up with a OG of about
  1.020-1.030. I was hoping for a OG of at least 1.045. So what I ended up doing was collecting
  the 6 gallo...