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    Hops Rhizomes (in so. cal hardiness z 9b)

    Really want to get about 10-20 or so hops rhizomes so i can use them to shade the south wall of my house, as well as have fresh homegrown hops would prefer 3-5 types and would love collumbus and cascade in the mix hopefully someone can help me out here.
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    First All Grain

    I think the best question you can ask yourself is how much exercise do you want in your brew day, in comparison to how much that extra work is worth. I am currently doing BIAB because of the cost. I don't really mind the work for right now and my wallet is fairly empty. BIAB i think requires...
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    Efficiency skyrockets in larger batches

    My chemistry book tends to disagree, a super thick mash with no sparge should not induce any good efficiency. Although i could see how keeping the enzyme reaction as dense as possible could result in a better conversion. At this point i would like to point out that i did not say a thin mash...
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    Efficiency skyrockets in larger batches

    I am pretty sure that a large batch size theoretically would do nothing to your efficiency. thin grain water ratios would increase efficiency as would meticulous technique... Do you usually shoot for 'bigger beers' when doing a 5 gallon batch vs when you are doing 10 gallons? By bigger of...
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    help with white film possibly infection?

    give your equipment and brew area a little better of a pre clean before your next brew day?
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    how long can wheat ferment

    I left my first wheat for 6 months
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    BIAB 7.5 gal brew kettle big enough for 5 gal batch?

    in a 8.5 gal pot i can accomplish a rather beefy brew, i do a modified dunk sparge. It takes a lot of my day to accomplish it and i really need another vessel but is is possible. adding another vessel would easily shave an hour or something off your brew day. My initial thoughts on getting...
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    New Kettles in! Taller than wide! 9, 15, 20 and 25gal....

    why does it appear that a 'blank' 20 gal is 210 dollars but one with couplings is an even 200?
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    Wife knocked off the air lock...

    The real question is.... How are you going to get even for this atrocity?
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    help with white film possibly infection?

    Sounds gross! I would always just assume it IS going to happen and wage the war in advance. What you are describing sounds like some sort of rhizomorphic fungi
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    harvest yeast from bottle of beer?

    Assuming you already have all of the equipment to do so, you just prepare a media and use a sample to 'nnoc up a couple petri's. Crack a brew, pour into glass, flame brim of bottle gently, using sterile innoculation loop get sample, swipe onto agar, drink beer. Or if you want to be simple...
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    new fridge, soon to harbor my beer

    so i found a fridge, it was on the side of the road abandoned and needed a good home and repurposing. its probably around 4-5 cf, maybe more, and i just plugged it in to see if it gets cold. the compressor sounds like it is working so i don't see why it wouldn't so long as it has coolant in...
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    SMASH 2-row and Cascade

    Lookin smexy! Your sig made me jam to jimi all day
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    SMASH 2-row and Cascade

    did you adjust sg readings for temp?
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    Internet gaming while drinking home brew

    Just got to keep your apms high yo! When playing games and drinking, you got to ask yourself, what would a korean do
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    Holy Hops Batman

    still down to meet up sometime for a couple lbs?
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    Internet gaming while drinking home brew

    well you know what they say, marriage = game over
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    Internet gaming while drinking home brew

    mafia wars is barely even a online game sc2 is like chess on crack
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    Internet gaming while drinking home brew

    I play sc2 every night while drinking beers. Anyone else into sc2 wreckedGav #834 hit me up
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    Ford 6.4 Diesel EGR Cooler Counter Flow Wort Chiller

    it would be interesting to know how much surface area that thing has inside of it and therefore how quickly it would cool the wort.
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