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yah, YooperBrew...i was at the lhbs a week or so ago to buy some equipment and the old dude behind the counter, er, Pro Specialist Homebrew Helper, suddenly assumed mid-conversation that i was there shopping on behalf of a male brewing partner. odd, i hadn't mentioned any partner. but i went...

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hi i-hop, i don't know if i'm sold on the idea of the hop tea thing at this point. apparently hops attenuate (sorry if this isn't the right word, i'm in a hurry) more efficiently in water. i was shooting for a sg of around 1.085, and this is what the guy at northern brewer suggested i do...

oh yeah? ya know, i don't think i have tried fishtail. thanks for the love! yes, it really is one of the most layered ipa's i've ever had the pleasure to enjoy. so many overtones. for my bday i went out with loved ones to old lompoc and had a few. then i came home to a surprise party...

thanks, dontman...flameout...makes perfect sense. doi. yes, it's going to be a luscious double ipa. my first since august! i can hardly wait. thanks fratermus and everyone, excellent feedback.

i'm gonna work on this! should be a lot of fun coming up with the tasty trial n errors. if anyone in the pdx area wants to work on this with me, please pm me.

thanks for pitching in everyone and for the quote, jvetter. in retrospect, i must've initially read too much into his statement, "these are the points during the boil when you should add the hops". for some reason, i literally thought he meant at the appointed time of the hour, not the...

hi, i don't have the magazine on me right now so i can't provide the quote, but in essence, the latest b.y.o. magazine has a feature -- something along the lines of "26 tips for the beginning brewer". someone wrote in to provide a tip about an apparently common misconception about new...

hi, wondering if anyone can offer tips & advice on getting in the ballpark of the new old lompoc's c-note. i'm only equipped for partial mash at this point. from their site: "C-Note Imperial Pale - This HUGE Imperial Pale Ale (100 IBU!) is a hop head’s dream. Using Crystal, Cluster...

hmm, thanks for the tip, gplutt. and thanks, bull8042. all things in good time. it's a happy problem, as my mom would say.

maybe i shoulda posted this in the equipment area. anyone have any thoughts about using one of these vintage couplers?:mug:

so i just bought an old kegerator last saturday with the provision that i take the seller's shoe-box o' parts and sundries off his hands. amongst the sordid grunge, much to my joy, was a golden gate coupler (tap-rite), in pretty decent shape, considering. on the one hand, i'm thinking...

hi kriznac! welcome! albany is awesome. sounds like you're off and running.

Thanks, TexasStu -- you rock. And thanks, Kilted Brewer! I'm not too far from you. I'd head down to Milwaukie for any of your brews...they look delicious. :)

thanks so much, you guys! i'll definitely give the bubblewrap a shot.

hi, for those of you that use the fermwrap heater, quick question for ya. would you say it's do-able and pretty accurate to insert a long-stem thermometer in between the wrap and the carboy? or would this be completely insane as the wrap temp would be measured and not necessarily the liquid...

Hi, Available: Pike Place Red Hook Blank wood with nameplate (black/from Bridgeport) Blank wood with namplate (silver/from Brideport) :)

hey all, thanks very much for the warm welcomes. the extras i mentioned are soaking in a bucket of cleaner -- have been since yesterday afternoon. so i'm not sure about it all but i recall a couple of line disconnects (red, for commercial kegs, pin style?) and several sanke taps. the one...

i'm the new proud caretaker of this old gem. she's in the kitchen now awaiting her makeover. not too pretty right now. i'll clean her up as best as i can, replace the lines, put on a different tap handle, might screw on a driptray -- not sure if i want to mess up her svelte figure. i had...

hi all, life is good here in portland. i'm newly returning to homebrewing after a long hiatus. there's so much great beer to be enjoyed here that i really didn't miss brewing at all. until lately. as of this morning, i have a new-to-me single-tap kegerator --- an old rusty norge fridge...