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It's not supposed to get 107 degrees in August, either, lol. But yeah, for those of you who were confused, I guess I should have been more clear. The homebrew experience I am planning for my visitors consists of enjoying the fruits of my labor, not brewing with them.

In today's example, an American Amber with English Ale yeast ended up being one of the best ESB's I have ever had.

Well said. I actually posted a personal best for brewing efficiency. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) it will turn a 6.5-ish beer into a 7.5-ish beer. Oh well, my two oldest friends from Nebraska will help me drink it when they come out here for the Oregon game.:rockin:

Spectacular. Seriously. If I could repeat that brew I would be a millionaire. It was with 3rd generation s-04 yeast that tore through the wort like it was nothing. I haven't been able to replicate it.

I do it all the time. It depends on the beer, but some are amazing young. I had a Blonde that was grain to glass in 7 days.

I ended up just brewing today. Everything went great.

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Kegged an American Amber and an ESB (same recipe, different yeast). I'm also in the midst of brewing a 9 gallon batch of a Wee Heavy.

I have some friends coming to visit in early September and wanted to give them the best homebrew experience I could, so I meticulously planned out a brewing schedule. I brew outside and live in western Oregon, so, while it can get hot, as long as I plan my brew day well, I have no issues. Well...

I picked one up just for that purpose earlier today.

I was trying to change a blowoff tube. I just stick the blowoff hose onto the airlock tube. I put the new one on and it was sitting kind of wonky, so I adjusted the airlock and cracked the outside part. Then, I was trying to remove the dirty hose from the dirty airlock, and the whole middle tube...

I'm 20 brews in, so I'm not sure if I'm a beginner or not, but I broke an erlenmeyer flask and two airlocks in about 15 minutes today. It wasn't even a brew or keg day.

Sometimes I brew specific styles, but more often than not I like experimenting. I used some harvested 3944 from a witbier in a red beer that had a small wheat percentage and it turned out pretty good. The witbier had a moderate banana/clove flavor/aroma, but in the red it was really restrained...

My original gravity was 1.043. It finally started warming up here, so it fermented at around 70-72, but that was expected. The truth is that the final gravity sample I took tasted wonderful, even uncarbonated and warm.

Yeah, I totally blame myself. Checking after the fact was a mistake I won't make again.

I harvested and washed some S-04 and pitched one jar into a blonde. It finished in 6 days at 1.002 (from 1.043). The yeast was originally pitched into an ESB. I pitched a Scottish export on top of the ESB yeast cake. I harvested that yeast, and pitched it into another Scottish Export. The...

This is one of the beers I had concerns about the crush on. I also had concerns that I might have a stuck fermentation a few days ago. Well, it wasn't stuck, it is done. The final gravity was 1.002 and the ABV ended up over 5%. I pitched harvested and rinsed S-04. I was actually afraid I...

This is the plan. They are great people. The owner's wife was filling in, and I think she just didn't know to check the gap. My brewing mentor says I should be thankful for the sub 4% blonde and several people are excited for my "light stout." The Biere de Garde should finish great. I designed...

Too much math. I am predicting a second hangover tomorrow, though.

It was. 30 bombers, 8 corny kegs, 1 hangover.