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• Posted in thread: Sanitizer from a store on 02-26-2012 at 09:13 PM
  Hmm, thanks for all the tips. Maybe I'll just wait until I order StarSan before putting this
  batch in, no sense in wasting a whole batch of beer just because I wanted to get this one done.

• Posted in thread: Sanitizer from a store on 02-26-2012 at 09:05 PM
  Oxi-Clean Free though! ; Don't want no perfume what I was looking at, is that acceptable?

• Posted in thread: Sanitizer from a store on 02-26-2012 at 08:59 PM
  Thanks for the quick response, I'd rather avoid using bleach unless absolutely necessary. I
  just saw that Lowes has a 5lb container of Oxiclean for 10 bucks, I might pick that up until I
  can order a t...

• Posted in thread: Sanitizer from a store on 02-26-2012 at 08:50 PM
  Seeing as how Myrtle Beach doesn't have a LHBS I need to find a store that will supply me with
  a good sanitizer, Walmart didn't really have anything along the lines of what I was looking
  for. I starte...

• Posted in thread: Is this a sufficient way to clean and sanitize bottles? on 02-26-2012 at 07:22 PM
  Do not use dish soap in a dishwasher, you will end up with soap suds all over your kitchen
  floor! If your dishwasher has a sanitize setting, use that. It heats up the bottles hot enough
  to sanitize it...

• Posted in thread: Summer beer recipe, few questions! on 02-25-2012 at 01:46 AM
  Do you mean hoppy? I used this scale to see that flavor. Obviously it's not completely accurate
  but I'm aiming for a little more on the hoppy side.

• Posted in thread: Summer beer recipe, few questions! on 02-24-2012 at 08:42 PM
  The rice hull suggestion was to help avoid a stuck mash, not to cut down the grain bill. Unless
  you're pretty confident in your lautering system in the face of that much wheat, it's a cheap
  and effect...

• Posted in thread: Alpine Spring Clone on 02-24-2012 at 06:25 PM
  Yeah, I'm interested in an update on this as well. Alpine Spring is one of my favorites. I'd
  like to try this for a end of summer brew.

• Posted in thread: Summer beer recipe, few questions! on 02-24-2012 at 06:15 PM
  Thanks for the prompt response Catman. I updated it a little, took 2 lbs off the grain bill as
  well as added more hops. Does that look a little better? Trying to figure out all grain is
  hard. But I gu...

• Posted in thread: Summer beer recipe, few questions! on 02-24-2012 at 03:49 PM
  With that much wheat, you might want to add rice hulls to the mash...Cheers!Haha, well I was
  trying to keep the estimated IBU around 29ish. So I should dial back the wheat a bit huh? :P By
  how much, i...