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• Posted in thread: gelatin finings? on 04-11-2013 at 06:04 PM
  Thanks for the great information everyone, looking forward to trying this with my IPA!

• Posted in thread: Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider) on 03-13-2013 at 01:23 PM
  Looking forward to bottling my Graff this weekend!

• Posted in thread: Beginner extract brewing howto on 03-02-2013 at 05:19 PM
  Just bottled my first brew, a two hearted ale clone from Northern Brewer.

• Posted in thread: Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider) on 02-19-2013 at 07:31 PM
  You can also take the center out of the 3 peice air lock and put the tubing on the post
  inside.Thanks for the tip, after setting up the blow off tube last night I saw another post
  using the airlock pi...

• Posted in thread: Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider) on 02-19-2013 at 03:57 AM
  I don't want to freak you out, but I used S05 in my most recent batch at an ambient temp of ~60
  degrees, and the five gallon batch blew the airlock off the 6.5 gallon carboy it was fermenting
  in. You ...

• Posted in thread: Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider) on 02-19-2013 at 03:56 AM
  At 64F you should at least be protected against the yeast "going crazy" before you notice . . .
  no promises on that, though. :) Are you controlling based on internal temperature, or at least
  a fermome...

• Posted in thread: Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider) on 02-19-2013 at 02:08 AM
  Mine produced about an inch if that in my 8 gallon bucket. Less than any of my full beers have
  ever produced. It started fast and went fairly quick, it was down to 1.010 within a week on a
  fresh pack ...

• Posted in thread: Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider) on 02-19-2013 at 01:56 AM
  How much krausen does this recipe usually produce? I just brewed today and it is currently
  bubbling away in a 5 gal better bottle with a 3 piece airlock. I currently only have the
  standard tubing that...

• Posted in thread: Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider) on 02-17-2013 at 12:30 AM
  I brewed my first beer 2 weeks ago. I saw this recipe and decided I had to try it. I picked up
  the ingredients and should be brewing in the next few days. Thank you for the thread, I made it
  about 40 ...

• Posted in thread: Beginner extract brewing howto on 02-11-2013 at 07:37 PM
  Very nice write-up! The only thing I would add is to have a water spray bottle handy when your
  wort first comes to a boil - it's great for knocking down foam and preventing boilovers! Also,
  the pitchi...