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ABOUT ME

About Me: Brewing since 2010!
Home Brewing Biography: I am recently retired and I was bored stiff. My son and I have been enjoying a few craft beers and he suggested that maybe I start brewing my own. I did a little research into it and soon found myself at my LHBS. I bought a starter kit and an extract with grains kit and made my first batch. It was a Midwest Supply kit called Octane IPA. When I transfered it to secondary I thought maybe I would get another kit and bought another extract with grains kit from Midwest. This one was their Noble Trappist Ale. Brewed it up, got it in primary. Turns out I did not get a good boil on the Octane IPA and it tasted like dirty socks but thank goodness the Trappist Ale can out unbelievable and I was hooked. In the year since I started brewing I have brewed 55 gallons.
1. Octane IPA kit from Midwest. Horrible. My fault though. I did not get a roiling boil on my electric stove and it just was terrible.
2. Noble Trappist Ale from Midwest. Fantastic. Saved a 6 pack and let it age for 7 months and it
Future Brews: Hop Head Double IPA
Stone Ruination Clone
DFH 60 Minute IPA Clone
Belgian Pale Ale
Belgian Trappist Ale
Primary: Surly Furious Clone
Yoopers House Pale Ale
Secondary: Empty
Bottled: Empty
Gender: Male
Status: Married

City: Lino Lakes

State/Province: MN

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Posted in thread: Anyone See a Problem... on 05-21-2013 at 11:25 AM
Sounds like the beer is still green. Give it another week or preferably two and see how it
tastes. When I taste a beer too early it normally does not taste right, not bad not wrong just
not right.+1 y...
Posted in thread: Hops that smell like pot? on 05-19-2013 at 11:05 PM
First time I ever tried Stone Ruination I said it smelled like pot.
Posted in thread: Can anyone tell me how this wort chiller works? on 05-18-2013 at 12:27 AM
You can hook it up to a garden hose or faucet and then have a drain hose or you can buy a
submersible pump to pump ice water from another vessel. I live in Minnesota and our tap water
rarely gets abov...
Posted in thread: Belgian yeast for an IPA on 05-16-2013 at 06:37 PM
I brew a clone of Flying Dog's Raging Bitch Belgian IPA and their yeast for this beer is Wyeast
3944 Belgian Wit. It makes a great IPA!
Posted in thread: My brew may need saving! (Or it might be fine....) on 05-16-2013 at 01:32 PM
As I said in my earlier post we don't really know what the alcohol content is. You got a really
good conversion from your mash, that is why it fermented to such a low gravity. I think you got
a low OG...
Posted in thread: Re-mashing??? on 05-16-2013 at 12:08 AM
So there is beta amalase at temps that low (130s)? I kinda thought OPs plan was a good idea.
Maybe that shows what I know. For the future: Say someone else asks the same question. At what
point is it ...
Posted in thread: My brew may need saving! (Or it might be fine....) on 05-16-2013 at 12:01 AM
Based on your numbers your ABV would be 3.4% You probably did not mix your boil and top off
water properly so you ABV is probably much higher but no way to tell without an accurate hydro
reading.Your ...
Posted in thread: Re-mashing??? on 05-15-2013 at 11:46 PM
If you were thinking you were mashing in the 150 range and you were actually mashing in the 130
range, you will have a lot of beta amylase enzymes which will create a wort with highly
fermentable suga...
Posted in thread: Shiiping problems midwest on 05-15-2013 at 11:36 PM
I think it may be normal as of the last few months. If you search on this forum you will find
quite a few slow Midwest Shipping threads. I have always been a big fan of Midwest but I placed
an order 3...
Posted in thread: Wyeast 3711 Starter Question on 05-14-2013 at 03:05 AM
Thanks everyone for the input. Cold crashing now.

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