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• Posted in thread: Few questions on 04-29-2013 at 03:04 PM
  You don't have to boil to sterilize, something like 178-180 for 5-10 minutes should be fine.

• Posted in thread: Thoughts on my FWH experiment on 04-11-2013 at 11:06 AM
  Well the results are in. I can't say I had any bjcp judges involved in tasting but presented
  the beer to about 30 people. Each person was given 4 glasses of beer, one of each type with the
  4th glass b...

• Posted in thread: No bubbling, I perhaps killed the yeast? on 01-13-2013 at 01:21 PM
  relax, if I had a dollar for every fermentation that went off in 3 hours Id be broke. Give it a
  day or two. Anyway bubbling doesn't mean much, I had a fermentation where the seal on my bucket
  wasn't g...

• Posted in thread: How small can you go on 01-11-2013 at 02:52 PM
  If you measure your hops in grams that should help with the accuracy of your scale.

• Posted in thread: Rookie Brewer - OG question on 01-10-2013 at 01:10 PM
  But if the mash was actually held at 168, it would have denatured the enzymes and stopped the
  conversion so it could very well be correct.Ah ha! Why didn't I think of that :)

• Posted in thread: Yeast starter on 01-10-2013 at 01:03 PM
  Good question! Your first step gets the highest growth rate so it would seem if you can 1 step
  is optimal. But to be honest I have no good answer for you, Im hoping someone else will chime
  in so I can...

• Posted in thread: What style is this? on 01-10-2013 at 12:59 PM
  Thanks, I actually have 6 gallons of Captain hooked on bitters fermenting now, split up between
  1968 and S-04. Maybe Ill wait till next week when I bottle and then split this batch onto the
  1968 cake ...

• Posted in thread: Yeast starter on 01-10-2013 at 12:55 PM
  While Im sure you can skip decanting I think optimal for yeast production would be to decant
  between steps.I was just reading something about how optimal yeast reproduction occurs at
  1.036, post 16 on...

• Posted in thread: Rookie Brewer - OG question on 01-10-2013 at 12:29 PM
  If that calculation is correct, and I see no reason why it shouldn't be correct, then you hit
  1.058ish for an OG giving you a 25% efficiency from your mash, yuck! At around 70% efficiency
  you should h...

• Posted in thread: What style is this? on 01-10-2013 at 08:17 AM
  Thanks bob, For the record all my grains are actually Weyermann (caramunich/caraaroma for
  C60/C120) and Weyermann Pale Ale.With the 10% darker crystal malts and 25% toasty deeper malts
  I was thinking ...