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• Posted in thread: NZ Cascade vs US Cascade on 09-14-2012 at 07:08 PM
  Thanks for the info. Seems to be Same Same but Different. Similar but not the same. Back to the
  LHBS I go.Mark.

• Posted in thread: NZ Cascade vs US Cascade on 09-14-2012 at 06:30 PM
  Sent SWMBO to the LHBS to grab some hops for the brew this weekend and she came home with NZ
  Cascade. Close enough I suppose. AA% is 8.5 or something. Anyone notice and particular
  differences between ...

• Posted in thread: Thinking of buying this temp control - opinions? on 07-14-2012 at 07:48 AM
  The way I'm set up, one controller probe is in a large jar of water, the controller is set to
  11°C and it runs the fridge. The second controller probe is taped to the carboy, the controller
  is set to ...

• Posted in thread: Thinking of buying this temp control - opinions? on 07-12-2012 at 06:49 AM
  I have two of these: Johnson Controls A419 and they work really well.One runs my fridge, the
  other runs my heater wrap. I could use a two stage controller to do the same thing but... I
  don't.

• Posted in thread: So who's brewing this weekend? on 06-25-2012 at 05:10 AM
  Tasty's Janet's Brown is brewed, pitched and in my ferm fridge. Ran out of time to bottle my
  Northwest Red, then got called to go out of town for work. I guess I'm not bottling tomorrow
  afternoon any ...

• Posted in thread: Starter looks odd... on 05-18-2012 at 03:37 PM
  Used that yeast for a beer last weekend. My starter did exactly that. Chunky.

• Posted in thread: Is this yeast normal? Ive never seen it like this before on 05-18-2012 at 03:34 PM
  I've seen that before. Seems to be yeast that stuck to the sides on its way to the bottom. Some
  of it eventually settled to the bottom for me, some was still there when I bottled. Racked away
  from it ...

• Posted in thread: More Buckets or a Carboy? on 05-17-2012 at 03:51 PM
  I've never had a problem getting my glass carboys squeaky clean, no matter how much
  fermentation funk is clinging to the insides. I fill with hot tap water and PBW and leave it
  for a day or two (or mo...

• Posted in thread: Monster Mill 2 Crush? on 05-13-2012 at 10:38 PM
  Another vote for 0.032. Like you, I started out with my MM2 around .045 but found my efficiency
  was about 60%. Made my crush a little finer and today I hit my targets bang on. I was aiming
  for around ...

• Posted in thread: Has anybody from Canada, ordered any products online from Hopdawgs homebrewing? on 05-12-2012 at 04:48 PM
  You could also have a look at Bosa Grape in Vancouver. They mostly do wine stuff but have moved
  into beer equipment and supplies recently. They have way more in store than what they show on
  their site...