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• Posted in thread: over pitching yeast on 12-03-2011 at 05:38 AM
  It still took about 3 weeks to completely ferment. The FG was still a few points higher than
  what the kit said it should be.Not worth the extra packet of yeast, although since this was
  just a kit pack...

• Posted in thread: Dogfish Head 60 Minute Clone (AG) & Extract on 10-12-2011 at 05:40 AM
  This is still one of my favorite recipes I have brewed so far. I want to do it again but I am
  going to wait until I get all my AG equipment, then I will try the AG recipe. maybe I should
  stock up on s...

• Posted in thread: Priming sugar sank to the bottom of my bottling bucket on 09-10-2011 at 07:26 AM
  I have learned the hard way to just give it an extra few stirs. I always put my priming
  solution in the bottling bucket and rack on top of it. Usually the swirling of the beer being
  racked mixes enoug...

• Posted in thread: Dogfish Head 60 Minute Clone (AG) & Extract on 07-22-2011 at 06:23 PM
  You can dry hop in the primary. However, I HIGHLY recommend you use a hop bag. I just dumped my
  hops in. It didn't hurt the beer, but it made racking at bottling time a nightmare. My racking
  cane clog...

• Posted in thread: Dogfish Head 60 Minute Clone (AG) & Extract on 07-12-2011 at 05:39 AM
  When I did the extract version, one thing I didn't do was hit the original gravity. I was quite
  a bit over (1.082). I made 2 liter yeast starter starting with a 1.040 wort and using the
  WYeast 1056 Am...

• Posted in thread: Dogfish Head 60 Minute Clone (AG) & Extract on 07-09-2011 at 01:24 PM
  I just made this on the extract recipe right before Easter. Great beer. Unfortunately, I didn't
  mix my priming sugar well, so some bottles were either flat, or others were too sweet. Either
  way, the e...

• Posted in thread: over pitching yeast on 07-09-2011 at 05:40 AM
  Hmmm. Yesterday I over pitched because I want to get a quick turnaround on a stout kit. I
  pitched the packet of dry yeast, and I had another packet of dry yeast from another ale kit I
  made but used a ...