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Up here at Rahr today we are brewing a batch of our Ugly Pug. I was in the walk in weighing up some Perle hops, when I noticed that one of the pellets was a lighter color. It looked an almost blond/amber color. I thought that perhaps that some organic material such as stems or twigs got...

I went ahead and made the plunge to full time brewer at Rahr. I'll make 3k more a year then what I'm making at TI. :ban:

My First week working at Rahr and Son’s Brewery For those who don’t know Rahr is located in Fort Worth Texas. My first day was both tiring and enlightening. I started out by sweeping a large puddle of water from the corner out the garage door. This I would come to find would be...

I can barely believe it myself but I got a job as a brewing assistant at Rahr and Sons brewery in Fort Worth Texas! :ban: Hooray for free home-brew ingredients. :tank:

The only decent looking recipe I could find for a Shiner Bock clone is as follows 5 lbs. American Pale Malt (Briess) 1.5 lbs. Munich Malt 1 lb. Flaked Maize 1/8 lb. black patent 1 oz Centenial (most likely have to use amerillo as substitute) Bittering @60min 1/2 oz Liberty Finishing @...

I just finished my Two Hearted Ale clone. I had a problem though, with draining/siphoning from my keggle. The hop bill was so high that the spigot quickly clogged. So I switched to the siphon with a stainless steel pad on the end of it. With about 1.5 gallons left I lost the siphon. The...

I am making a Pumpkin Ale tonight but the recipe I have does not list the Mash Temp. I was thnking of going with 154, but I thought I would check here and see what ppl think. Grain Bill: 9lb Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt 1 lb Crystal Malt 60 L .5 lb Chocolate Malt Aprox 2.5 Lbs of...

I just got one of these bad boys yesterday for my birthday. Fluke 62 Mini http://www.testequity.com/products/1343/ I bet being able to take instant readings on my mash will save the heat in the MLT and possibly give me a better OG. No more burning my arm trying to get a reading on my...

Sorry for the cross post but I should have posted here first I guess since I didn't get any responces in Gen Tec thread. I was reading the article on a build your own hopback in the Brew Your Own magazine, vol. 13 no. 7, when the idea came to me of using my Rubbermaid MLT as a hopback. It...

I was reading the article on a build your own hopback in the Brew Your Own magazine, vol. 13 no. 7, when the idea came to me of using my Rubbermaid MLT as a hopback. It seems like I could just clean it out while the wort is boiling and conect a high tempurature tube from the kettle's ball valve...

I'm having my Oktoberfest party tommorow night kinda late for a traditional oktoberfest. I had to have my party later in the month to accomidate the lagering time on my Oktoberfest, and a Einbecker Ur-Bock Dunke clone. They are my first atempts at an all-grain lager. The Oktoberfest was also...

I do not have my own mill yet so I have to crush my grain at the LHBS. How long will grain stay good after it has been crushed? I won't be able to brew until next week but I was going to be in the area of my LHBS tomorrow.

I have had this problem before where I attatch an airlock to my primary fermentor and the cooling action ends up sucking the iodaphor water into it. I am currious if the iodine taste will be permenant or will it disapear over time?

I made my 3rd All Grain last night and I ended up with a lower OG than is specified in the recipe. It is a Einbecker Ur-Bock Dunkel from the book Beer Captured. I followed the recipe exactly but I must have messed up somewhere along the way, or perhaps the recipe amounts in the book are for a...

I brewed up my first to all grain batches last week. A Honey Heffi, and an Octoberfest. I used the Decoction method on the Octoberfest. Both times I brewed a batch I had a baby racoon come right up to the portch and walk around with us, like 3 feet from us. He would also crawl along the roof...

I just picked up this book and I was disapointed to see that all of the recipes in the book are extract ones. Does anyone have All-Grain versions of these recipes?

I ordered a kit from Northern Brewer for a Belgian Tripple. The instructions show OG: 1073 / Ready: 3 months. Is this 3 months the time it should spend in the carboy? Or could that include the time I keep it in the keg after I have carbonated it? Wyeast #3787 Trappist High Gravity. I aerated...