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• Posted in thread: New Better Bottle with scratches in bottom punt on 05-18-2013 at 05:08 AM
  Run your fingernail across the scratch. If your nail gets caught its on the outside if not its
  on the inside. Better bottles are hard to tell. I have one that's scratched to **** on the
  outside. It wo...

• Posted in thread: Mash tun losing heat on 05-15-2013 at 12:54 AM
  Just packaging styrofoam I had laying around from offing beer equipment.

• Posted in thread: Mash tun losing heat on 05-14-2013 at 08:33 PM
  I just built a lid out of styrofoam wrapped in aluminum foil. Holds temp for the whole hour.

• Posted in thread: First 10 gallon batch on 05-14-2013 at 05:56 PM
  Hello, I havent installed the valve in my pot yet, still need the step bit, I just siphoned the
  brew into 2 fermenters after cooling to pitching temp, worked like a charm.Cheers :mug:Does
  your syphon ...

• Posted in thread: First 10 gallon batch on 05-14-2013 at 04:28 AM
  I'm looking to do a 10 gallon batch as soon as I get my weldless bulkhead installed on my pot.
  It just came in from brewhardware yesterday (great site by the way). Glad to know I shouldn't
  be intimida...

• Posted in thread: Measuring yeast on 05-07-2013 at 01:48 AM
  I was hoping to just repitch without a starter but I might have to make one now.

• Posted in thread: Measuring yeast on 05-07-2013 at 12:35 AM
  The jar is about 24 oz. I do have dry yeast so maybe I'll try it. Even if it takes off could
  there be other problems if I under pitch

• Posted in thread: Measuring yeast on 05-06-2013 at 11:05 PM
  I'm about to brew a black ipa with some us o5 I top cropped 5 days ago. Mr malty say I need 131
  ml of yeast or 240 billion cells. I don't know if I collected enough yeast. The og of the beer
  is 1.072....

• Posted in thread: Strong yeast taste after weeks in bottle on 05-04-2013 at 01:25 AM
  Mine was like that from the begining so I don't know

• Posted in thread: Strong yeast taste after weeks in bottle on 05-04-2013 at 12:49 AM
  I had an ipa that was crystal clear and in the fridge for over a month and it was like a
  belgian it was so yeasty. I couldn't get rid of it. So use gelatin.