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• Posted in thread: Raspberries in secondary? on 06-16-2013 at 04:02 AM
  I personally wouldn't do it that way. But I'm not you and vice versa. :DI've always pureed them
  in a pot with a hand blender and heated that up to 180ºF for 10 minutes. That pasteurizes
  (sanitizes) th...

• Posted in thread: APA gone Belgian on 06-11-2013 at 08:07 PM
  Yes, mutated or infected. No, not over pitched.I do this all the time with the same yeast and
  have had success for several years and several consecutive generations of yeast cakes. (Not
  usually more t...

• Posted in thread: Review of brewing process on 06-06-2013 at 05:16 PM
  I would leave your hops in the bag in the wort during chilling. Your final strike is only
  getting 90 seconds of exposure and therefore not really contributing anything. I usually wait
  until the wort i...

• Posted in thread: Outfit for pro brewing interview? on 06-05-2013 at 12:52 PM
  I wouldn't over think it. I don't think you can ever go wrong showing up for an interview in a
  suit. It certainly isn't appropriate wear for the day to day in a brewing gig but it sure is a
  sign of re...

• Posted in thread: Us-05 yeast cake question on 06-04-2013 at 07:22 PM
  I pitch on US-05 cakes all the time and multi-generations as well. My beers normally finish
  around 1.008 even with the massive overpitch. I would taste your sample just to be sure it's
  not a minor inf...

• Posted in thread: diluting hydrometer sample??? on 05-31-2013 at 08:14 PM
  An even cheaper refractometer is from ebay. I got mine for $25 to my door. It does just fine
  for reading most beers and the calculation post fermentation is not difficult, there are many
  online and on...

• Posted in thread: How Soon Do YOU Keg? on 05-29-2013 at 06:16 PM
  I have an ongoing challenge for myself for reducing my grain to glass time. I haven't done it
  in a while but last time I did it I was down to 10 days. I allow a day (overnight) for carbing
  so with tha...

• Posted in thread: Anyone Else Have A SWMBO Who Loves Really Hoppy IPAs? on 05-13-2013 at 02:19 PM
  Yup, right here. I'm very thankful for that! It keeps me brewing.

• Posted in thread: I'm thinking of brewing with tap water. Terrible idea? on 04-24-2013 at 02:54 PM
  The simple answer to this is to just brew a batch with all tap water and see what you think.
  You can get water reports and analysis and read and measure and keep going with that and still
  have crap be...

• Posted in thread: Dry Hopping (leaf or pettet)? and oxygen. on 04-15-2013 at 04:03 PM
  Ah HSA. I wouldn't worry about it. You can get oxidized flavours from other places. I'm not
  sure I understand your comment about BeerSmith. I use it and there are pull down menus for the
  hops to indic...