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  1. Hex

    Hard Apple Cider into Blackberry Hard Cider (Short Video)

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  2. Hex

    Counter Pressure Bottling (Short Video)

    [YOUTUBE]UUfjquxpyprZHyfypIjcFIkA[YOUTUBE]
  3. Hex

    Brewing Career Updates

    Two years pilot brewing for peanuts got me seven bottles on the wall and taught me a great deal about marketers and crafters. I'm still at it! I left that rat race, and found a partime home at our LHBS. (Folsom, Roseville, West Sac Brewmeister) For the last three months I have been tending our...
  4. Hex

    I Quit Smoking

    I picked up the e-cig five months after quitting, not one month as misleading statements suggest. It's a two steps forward, one back situation, yet still progress. I'm not pretending anything. I have ordered zero nicotine juice, and the stuff I have now is bare minimum 0.6 mg. I probably...
  5. Hex

    I Quit Smoking

    I quit five months ago, cold turkey. It took forty five days until I didn't feel withdrawal symptoms. It's 100% willpower. Now I feel great. Twice as much lung capacity, veins in legs doing much better, I never search for fire, and beer tastes much better! I'm 48, it was time, and I'm not going...
  6. Hex

    US West Coast Ale Yeast M44

    lallemand BRY 97 is similar, fyi
  7. Hex

    Whole coffee beans vs. cold brew coffee

    Here's a vid from our roasting partner about the selection of coffee for cold brew infused beer…
  8. Hex

    Tube & Shell Heat Exchanger

    http://byo.com/stories/item/2849-double-pipe-wort-chiller-projects
  9. Hex

    Tube & Shell Heat Exchanger

    IMO wort should be in tubes, and apparatus should be designed with large tri-clover fittings so tubes can be cleaned between uses with bottle brush. Propylene glycol or preheat water to HLT through shell.
  10. Hex

    Whole coffee beans vs. cold brew coffee

    I've done many cold brew beer batches of coffee beer, but never tried steeping in secondary. Two of them have been scaled up for production, The Kenyan and The Sauce, very well received. Make a strong base beer 7-8% Alc/Vol and dilute with 16% cold brewed coffee at bottling time, blend in brite...
  11. Hex

    Tube & Shell Heat Exchanger

    You always seem to be one step ahead of me…
  12. Hex

    Dry Hop Questions

    I don't use bags, just toss them in loose (whole cone or pellet). Whole cone will separate top and bottom (see pic) pellets will settle to bottom. Problem with bags is they are hard to remove when full. There is a cylindrical stainless mesh dry hopping apparatus available, but again, why...
  13. Hex

    First carboy bomb

    thisthreadisuslesswithoutpictures :mug:
  14. Hex

    Funny,sad and ironic story.

    Yes you can!
  15. Hex

    Over Carbonation.

    Other factors may be at play. Are your beers completely fermented at bottling time (extending fermentation in the bottle)? What temperature is the batch at bottling time (62*f liquid holds more CO2 than 70*)? Is there a secondary fermentation taking hold (infection)?
  16. Hex

    2014 Season Kick-Off :: Inaugural California Hop Exchange

    Howdy Hop lovers! Here is a free event that our company has put together for all of us! Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PDT) Dixon, CA http://hopx.eventbrite.com "Ruhstaller invites the regional craft beer community – hop farmers, brewers, and enthusiasts from...
  17. Hex

    Smokin' Hopz

    We are currently contract brewing our recipes at other established microbreweries. They are in business to make profit, and we also need to show profit on our books to maintain investor interest. If we keep or investors interested, we hope to build our own profitable microbrewery. The Tripel...
  18. Hex

    Smokin' Hopz

    From Ted's cigars, premium longleaf tobaccos season with centennial hops. Paired with my fourth pro-brew, a California Tripel. It's a good cigar. Light draw, medium body. It's not bitter, but I really can't pick up the hops contribution. Has any one else tried one?
  19. Hex

    Not sure if I can still hang out and post here...

    Being pro is more about marketing and distribution than having the best recipe in the world. This is one reason why production brewers don't have a problem sharing recipes when asked, and why we are finding many craft breweries to contract our beer through. Most can't keep their fermenters full...
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