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    How long can my wort sit before I start mt boil?

    So here's my deal. I have my two sons (1 & 2 years) all day on my days off while the wife's working. I want to do my mash in the kitchen and keep an eye on the curtain climbers at the same time. Then boil later outside in my keggle when my better half gets home. My plan is to mash late...
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    Should I be conerned about this high ferm temp?

    Hey all, I brewed an DME wheat on Sunday using Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Wheat yeast. Made a healthy starter and pitched at 70*. My problem is this: I had to place the carboy on my freezer for space reasons. I was looking to ferment on the high end of the scale. Optimum temp: 64°-75° F. The...
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    Old rubber bung in my carboy....

    So I just dug out one of my old glass carboys and realized I had got a rubber bung stuck down the thing about 6 years ago. To make matters worse it has a bunch of crud in it. Do you think I can clean/sanitize this thing well enough to use it?
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    Does this recipe need Carapils or no?

    I'm doing an IPA this weekend and I'm not sure if I should be using any Carapils in this brew. I wasoriginally going to steep 1/2 lb but the guy at the LHBS advised me to just steep the whole pound I purchased from him. After reading more about the Carapils, I'm not sure if he's correct. Here's...
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    Just a heads up....

    Got my copper coil immersion chiller outta the garage this week. It had been in there all winter. To my surprise it had frozen and the ice inside the coils split the copper, leaving a gaping slice in it. This is prolly common sense to most but I overlooked blowing it out with my air...
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    Adding LME pre-biol to reduce scorching?

    Hey Guys, Getting back into the game after a 6 yr lay-off. I was all-grain brewing when I left but now due to time constraints (two toddlers) I'm going to be doing full boil extract brews in a keggle outside on my cooker. My question is this: Can I add my LME to the pot pre-boil to reduce...
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