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True. You'll find that your friends (and SWMBO) generally don't want to hear all the glorious details of your project. They love to drink it though!

"How did you make it?" - What followed this question was generally a very long 'salesman' like answer that they really didn't want to hear. It took me years to adjust.

My fellow Marylander, Kolsch shares some characteristics of a Pilsner (like color) but the two are not the same. Kolsch is typically a warm fermenting beer where Pilsner is lagered.

At least the Starsan didn't end up in the beer. Sounds like you had good time.

16,951 + 10 = 16,961

Thanks for sharing. I've been apprehensive about using more than eight to nine ounces in a five gallon batch.

How did your last batch turn out? A pound of hops for a five gallon batch sounds a bit intense.

15899 + 5 = 15904

12 yr old Fiddich

oops. I was referring to an immersion chiller.

104F ? Wow! Did it ferment at these high temps? At this point, I would just bottle it and store it in a cool place.

It is important to cool the wort down as quickly as possible once your boil time is complete. I struggled to cool one of my beers for about a half an hour this summer and saw no ill affects to the final product.

Run cold water through the wort chiller not beer. I drop my wort chiller in the brew pot ten minutes before killing the flame to insure sanitation. No need for a second chiller.

Love me some DFH. I tried to hit 151F but ended up with 154F instead. Ah well. I'll just end up with beer that will finish at ~1.020 instead of ~1.016. With six ounces of hops at the boil and two at the dry hop, I should be fine. I used 15lbs of Maris, .5lbs of Carapils and .5lbs of Crystal 120L.

FUNNY stuff. I am doing the Centennial/Cascade combo as well. I plan to mash 15lbs of Maris Otter, .5lbs of Carapils and .6lbs of Crystal 120L @ 154F. Think it's too high? I plan to sparge @180F