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So I recently just started mashing really efficiently. I use to step heat my mash putting it through all the different steps like protein rests and the whole sha-bang on a stove. Now I do a one step infusion at 152 in a ice chest.. So easy!!!!! Grain in a mesh bag. Nothing easier. Here's...

Lol they just can't keep themselves. .insert wwii propaganda poster... "loose lips sink ships!"

Thanks for all the replies. I forgot all about brewing salts. I never used them before. I just want to make sure my mash pH is straight. I mean buying 8 gallons of spring water is fine but I am looking at 20 or so. Kinda makes things expensive. I re read some john palmers book on brewing...

Not only I brew my own. I catch my own crawfish.

Right. I heard that RO is not good for beers for there lack of minerals. I am thinking about just pulling off the RO unit and running it through the carbon. I can keep the lead and heavy metals out and minerals in. Anyone rejects that?

I am brewing a blue moon clone. And a strawberry ale. Using 2 row and white wheat. No I don't trust my water. I live in NOLA. So I am down river from the Mississippi. All your poop in the north comes down here.

So I am brewing a couple of big batches of beer. I need about 20 gallons of water. Problem is that water is a lil bit expensive when buying spring water at 1.25 a bottle. I do however have a 8 stage Reverse Osmosis / De-ionize water purifing filter. I make water at zero tds. I can produce 80...

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I overdosed on the corn sugar one time too. Watch out for exploding bottles. Handle carefully. Had the same experiences as the other posters too. Edit* yes I did have a few bust. Cheap bottles. Refrigerating the beer will drive the CO2 into solution.

lol.. 2 weeks isnt enough time, but I bet you had your fill. not! :mug:

lol wow, i was just going off of what I read, but you actually been to Colonge... I'll take you word on it! haha. :mug: still need to fix my alcohol and my FG though. I am happy with 4.5 to 5, but I cant seem to balance it out with out messing up the SRM and FG.

ah, ok. I was looking to have a stubborn frothy head. So what grain or maybe an adjunct would you add to keep head retention? Or 'save your money'... :fro: *edit..... ALSO, I was sort of relying on that because my alcohol, srm, and FG, are hard to balance. I almost want to add dextrose sugar to...

So its "faux" because I am not using German Hops. Amarillo is used at flame out. The terminal gravity is a little high, but I cannot adjust anything without bringing SRM and alcohol out of the guideline....any tips for that? Its not that big of a deal, just would like to know for my...

Mardi Gras is fine to visit, but its too touristy at that time. Everything is over done, streets are crowded, trash all over, kids peeing EVERYWHERE, police are a$$holes to everyone... for locals 'its a love hate relationship'. For SUPERBOWL, when the Saints won...WOW...that was a party!!!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I see what you did there... and http://www.brew365.com/hops_horizon.php <---- Horizon Hops for bittering? I think this idea is a win. I think this name should be reserved for a MEAN IPA though. A bitter drink for a bitter'ed community of people. Despite perception New...

ahhh that would make sense. I agree. So how is this recipe? Ok for a blonde? Should I just look at other blondes just to get an idea for hop schedule? edit: I need a bittering hop. Like Northern Brewer.

Oh I even thought about using Amarillo..... I really like the aromatics.

Ahh, yeah, I forgot that Cascade is American. "Americanizing" is good word for it then. So hop choice has a large role in what style of beer it is? "N'AWLINS" <--- spoken in tourist speak.... or how about, "Southern Gentlemen"........... if this is not a big hint of where I from...

7.15 lbs. German 2-row Pils info 0.34 lbs. German Light Munich info 2.04 lbs. German Wheat Malt Light info 0.26 lbs. Weyermann CaraFoam® info 0.4 oz. Perle (Pellets, 8.25 %AA) boiled 60 min. info 0.4 oz. Hallertau (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 30 min. info 0.3 oz. Hallertau (Pellets, 4.50...