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I'd like to find out more about this mint julep stout... got the recipe?

Anyone have to say anything about this: http://morebeer.com/view_product/8419/103458/Heavy_Duty_Brew_Kettle_-_With_Ball_Valve_32_Quart_8_Gallon vs. the Megapot? With the Therm and ball valve, the price is within ~$15 of each other.

Hey guys, So the recipe (http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/WaldoLakeAmber.pdf) calls for 1 oz Cascade hops to be thrown in at the beginning with the steeping of the specialty grains. I was hoping to make some dog biscuits with the used grains and I don't want to get any hop...

I've done 3 full boils now. Best result I had was to start with 6g of water, ended with 5g (almost on the nose) after boil off.

Sounds good, should be quite gingery :) I bet it could use some clove and cinnamon as well, a nice holiday cider. The thing with cider is, even when it's bad it's still pretty damn good.

It was actually 1tbsp to 1 gallon. In the future, I'd double that, it felt a bit on the too little side.

Ginger was def. my favorite..... so so good.

If you give me the location, I can probably go out there and check up on it for ya ;)

This one of those instances where that Homer Simpson quote, "Beer -- the cause of and solution to all of life's problems" is true :) Just buy beer, drink it, use bottles for your beer.

SammyJ on the city forum :)

I was visiting my LHBS recently and they mentioned that they were hosting a new home brew competition and might need some help. Since I'm rather new at brewing, I figured this would be a great opportunity to learn so I volunteered. The competition was yesterday and, let me tell you, I learned...

I've made ginger cider before -- delicious. Think about 3 tbs/gallon of grated ginger would be good. Also think about maybe pumpkin/apple pie spice, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg (be easy with this one), cardamom. Also, you can try orange peel. I haven't tried this yet but we used to make hot...

Nope, ambient temps were around 72 deg F. Saflager worked just fine.

I've used Lager yeast with great results. Check out my post "Sammy's Simple Cider" for my detailed pictorial

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/sammys-simple-cider-203224/ Should help, please feel free to PM (or ask here), I'll be happy to answer any questions you've got. BTW, the cider is getting rave reviews from all of my friends.