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• Posted in thread: wanted: tips for convincing SWMBO to let me invest in All-grain equipment on 03-12-2013 at 01:15 AM
  It will taste better...once I dial in the process. This could, of course lead to further
  expenditures and an unrealistic intrusion into our available living/storage space. But Honey, I
  feel I am on th...

• Posted in thread: Using roasted malts for clarity. on 03-01-2013 at 01:29 AM
  Papazian says to add it at the end of the mash, but the other guy recommends adding it directly
  to the boil. Mash makes more sense to me. Which is correct? Either way, Im probably never going
  to try i...

• Posted in thread: Water help on 02-25-2013 at 12:09 AM
  Check out the water chemistry primer sticky in the brewing science forum. It'll give you a
  starting point. It helped me! I have terrible water and just brewed a spectacular IPA thanks to
  some of the t...

• Posted in thread: brewing in the snow on 12-29-2012 at 05:57 PM
  It was 15 F when I started my stout this morning.

• Posted in thread: Funny things you've overheard about beer on 12-27-2012 at 12:46 PM
  Same thing happened to me at a sports/wings bar. I ordered a San Adams, but got some cloudy
  (tasty) wheat beer. Waitress insisted that it was Sam Adams when it clearly was not. Another
  person at our t...

• Posted in thread: Acidulated Malt on 12-25-2012 at 01:39 AM
  I use it bc my water is very alkaline, so when I'm brewing a lighter colored beer, it lowers
  the mash pH. Also, it adds a little flavor depth/complexity that u won't get with straight-up
  acid addition...

• Posted in thread: Funny things you've overheard about beer on 11-26-2012 at 02:12 AM
  My BIL loves most of my homebrew, but usually drinks only Coors Light. His favorite beer is Bud
  Light Lime, but he can "only drink 1 or 2 at a time because it's so strong. And he (effing)
  hates Miller...

• Posted in thread: 25ft Copper Immersion Chiller on 11-20-2012 at 03:12 AM
  Payment sent

• Posted in thread: 25ft Copper Immersion Chiller on 11-20-2012 at 12:57 AM
  I'll take it.

• Posted in thread: Husky Tannic Taste, pH? on 09-20-2012 at 01:59 AM
  I'm getting the same thing here in West Texas for the 3 beers I've brewed here, and our water
  comes from an underground aquifer and is very hard. I have done a 50/50 mix with RO water with
  my last bre...