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• Posted in thread: Fresh Squeezed IPA on 02-28-2013 at 07:15 AM
  Holy crap! I never do someone else's recipe but this one sounded too good to be true. Thanks! I
  don't know how it will all end up, but the first gravity pull at 5 days was unbelievable!
  Totally orangy...

• Posted in thread: fresh dfh 120 for pliny the elder on 01-18-2013 at 03:00 PM
  I had two of the (OK three) of the Stone Enjoy By's last night and in my opinion, they are in
  the same class as Pliny and DFH120...easily. Absolutely friggin' delicious! I'm gonna go buy
  the rest of t...

• Posted in thread: 2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013 on 01-11-2013 at 06:51 AM
  I will do around 150 gallons this year. :)

• Posted in thread: dry hop w/ muslin bag on 11-21-2012 at 10:09 PM
  I encountered an issue today after dry-hopping in my primary (Glass carboy) for two weeks. My
  Double IPA came out fine and filled my corny keg but I can't get the bag out. So, I've decided
  to break it...

• Posted in thread: First Cider - Smells Like rotten Eggs!!! HELP! on 10-29-2011 at 07:51 AM
  So....I just brewed my first Ed Wort cider batch and guess what? I have the dreaded Rhino Farts
  smell. Now, I can totally deal with it but I have to live with 3 females (1 wife, 2 daughters)
  and they ...

• Posted in thread: Partigyle: Two Separate Brewings - Three Different Beers on 06-08-2011 at 04:23 PM
  **Update**After decent fermentation, some here-and-there-tweaking and a fair amount of
  finger-crossing, upon taking a few gravity readings and, more importantly, taste tests, the
  partigyle batches lac...

• Posted in thread: Partigyle: Two Separate Brewings - Three Different Beers on 06-01-2011 at 08:36 AM
  Thanks for all of your replies.This is what I did...I brewed the RIPA first, drew off 7 gallons
  and then sparged an additional 4 gallons into a separate kettle. Then, I brewed my 20-Day IPA,
  again, dr...

• Posted in thread: Partigyle: Two Separate Brewings - Three Different Beers on 05-28-2011 at 03:06 PM
  Good idea!! Thanks!WD

• Posted in thread: Final Gravity on 05-27-2011 at 09:39 PM
  I'm a noob...but I typically pitch two slap packs to ensure that I'm pitching enough.Also, you
  can play with this thing here:

• Posted in thread: Heat loss in cooler on 05-27-2011 at 08:35 PM
  You preheat for an hour?? I preheat mine for 5-10 min and it does the trick.I'm pretty sure
  that the grain has a much higher thermal mass than the plain water, so it will hold temps for
  longer.Ok...30...