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• Posted in thread: Converting a 60 QT cooler into a mash tun? on 04-11-2013 at 01:37 PM
  Resurrecting an old post here but I just bought the same cooler online for under $30.My
  question is since the drain hole is so high off the bottom how do you get all the wort out? Do
  you have to give ...

• Posted in thread: My Pale Ale on 03-26-2013 at 07:25 PM
  I was just looking through your shopping list and saw that you plan to buy 6 vials of wyeast.
  at 6-8$ per vial you're spending 36-48$ of your total budget. I would suggest researching yeast
  washing an...

• Posted in thread: Easy Partial Mash Brewing (with pics) on 02-28-2013 at 06:13 PM
  Awesome post - thanks for the detailed instructions! I just started home brewing and have made
  two pretty successful batches from LME kits. I'd eventually like to move up to all-grain
  brewing, so the ...

• Posted in thread: Secondary Fermentation? on 02-15-2013 at 02:24 PM
  My general rule is never! Waste of time with no benefit in my opinion...NOT Never... Rack when
  you need your primary for another batch!

• Posted in thread: First batch bottled! on 02-11-2013 at 12:38 PM
  I bottled my first batch yesterday. Smelled awesome. The sample in the thief jar tasted great.
  Now I need patience!One thing I read is make sure that beer you just bottled stays in the
  dark.I put mine...

• Posted in thread: New to Homebrew on 02-11-2013 at 12:36 PM
  I rack to secondary mainly to free up the primary for another batch!!Cheers mon

• Posted in thread: Chicago Water on 02-05-2013 at 05:53 PM
  ]Look to see if you can find a current Evanston water report. The source is the same but they
  do their own analysis. Not sure if they treat the water the same but that shouldn't change the
  mineral num...

• Posted in thread: Chicago Water on 02-04-2013 at 09:51 PM
  Look to see if you can find a current Evanston water report. The source is the same but they do
  their own analysis. Not sure if they treat the water the same but that shouldn't change the
  mineral numb...

• Posted in thread: And here we go! on 02-04-2013 at 05:53 PM
  Howtobrew.com

• Posted in thread: Easy Partial Mash Brewing (with pics) on 01-24-2013 at 07:34 PM
  Still living in that cabin in Alaska Dick?