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• Posted in thread: Dang! on 03-13-2013 at 10:32 PM
  Altho I can not make the connection between Starsan in your beer and banana bread, I would not
  think that a little bit of sanitizer in the keg should not give any off flavors or health
  issues, provide...

• Posted in thread: First boil over on 03-02-2013 at 08:40 PM
  +1 on the spray bottle, I also use it to shoot the hop debris that clings around the side of
  the keggle back into the mix once the boils settles in.

• Posted in thread: Im Looking for a Good Recipe Book on 03-02-2013 at 01:17 AM
  There is also Designing Great Beers, and Clone Brews. I would agree the web is great resource,
  but there is something about having a 'page turner' in hand. I have all these and Radical
  Brewing, How to...

• Posted in thread: troegs on 02-27-2013 at 12:45 AM
  Had a bottle of their Dead Reckoning Porter that I received in a mixed six pack for Xmas and
  was impressed with that offering. Will keep Troegs in mind when I am out doing a little R & D
  as my daughte...

• Posted in thread: RDWHAHB being put to the test. on 02-04-2013 at 10:58 PM
  Although I have not had the fortune of dunking my arm to the elbow, while you are RDWHAHB, I
  can say that I brewed that 'Black Widow' recipe as he calls it back on Black Friday and it is
  mighty tasty ...

• Posted in thread: How long was your break? on 01-24-2013 at 10:58 PM
  I think I took a similar 8 year break, as at the time my first kid, new house then a new job
  all in the same year took the attention. Then a second child, and all. Kids got older and
  didn't need the s...

• Posted in thread: Gunk in airlock on 01-20-2013 at 02:18 PM
  Clean it or replace it with a blow off tube. if too much pressure builds up behind a clogged
  airlock you could have woke to a big mess.

• Posted in thread: Bottle bomb on 01-14-2013 at 09:17 PM
  Most of the ones that have broken on me usually break close to the bottom, but I would assume
  breaks happen where there is the most imperfections are.

• Posted in thread: first all grain recipe. does it look good. on 01-03-2013 at 09:49 PM
  I think you'd do fine with a 60 minute boil, Mash temp would be your preference on how sweet or
  dry you want it,and I would run short of boiling water to preheat your mash tun as if it is too
  hot it m...

• Posted in thread: General hydrometer questions. on 12-28-2012 at 05:19 PM
  you need to put a sample into a test cylinder with a thief or baster, sanitized, and take the
  reading from there.