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    How old are you? How long have you been brewing?

    Started brewing in 1981 after seeing an ad in a magazine(pre-internet). It was hopped extract w/ a crappy packet of pulverized hops and same kind of crappy yeast packet. Drank it all and my buddy said it was great. Don't remember enough about it to comment either way. Started sending for books...
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    New post a picture of your pint

    Chicago Bear glasses? hmmm.... musta used "choke cherries" hehehehe.....
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    Limited Edition German Lager X Yeast WLP835

    Meh... I prefer many others...
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    Question about Wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire Ale yeast

    Same experience for me, I had 10 lbs of Golden promise and decided to use 1469... made a small starter, pitched on Saturday afternoon and 8 hours after ptiching ..KABLOOEY! gobs and gobs of gobs and gobs...plugged a 1/2" blowoff line twice and blew the stopper out... today it has slowed enough...
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    Limited Edition German Lager X Yeast WLP835

    I have a batch that I just started to lager... let you know after Thanksgiving....
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    Ken Schramm's Fall's Bounty Cyser

    just tasted mine.... way too hot.... can I bottle and age or leave in the carboy?
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    Simple syrup for a starter?

    Crap! Typing on a iPadis making me crazy... I used a 1 liter starter and itq took right off.....
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    Simple syrup for a starter?

    I just made a batch using Malta India. 58 bottles plus I added a 1/2 gallon of water. Boiled and finished with a smidgen less than 5 gallons with a specific gravity of around 1.050.... Going to bottle this weekend.... Merry Christmas!
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    Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had?

    Wow....thinking about bad beer... I'm old so I remember many...but all time worst had to be a beer I drank in Pottstown PA. It came in a paper milk carton, quart size.... Wow ... I drank it forty some odd years ago.... I think it may have been called "Sunshine beer"..... And I still remember how...
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    Caimito season

    Nothing?
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    Caimito season

    Caimito season is fast approaching. I was thinking of a mead using caimito with vanilla beans. In case you don't know, caimito is a fruit that takes like a milk shake. (to me anyway) ..... And I figured that vanilla would be a natural in combination. Anybody got any ideas on how much vanilla to...
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    Ken Schramm's Fall's Bounty Cyser

    Crap....That's three weeks later...
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    Ken Schramm's Fall's Bounty Cyser

    My first cyser.... Followed an established recipe except used W/L English Cider yeast. No biggie...but three later at 68 degrees it's still bubbling away....this seems abnormal...smells fine.... Any cause for concern? Tom
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