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Excited to get mine today. I figured I didn't win anything by now, but I did get a T-Shirt. My Dusseldorf Alt got a 36 and my Kolsch got a 38 and placed 4th. Enjoying the Alt right now as I read the results.

I think a half pound of crystal is prolly better for the style.

I would echo the coopers kit praise of the fermenter. Considering buying another one because it works so well and makes things like bottling super easy.

Pretty sure that you'll reduce the cell count with a starter. (one source here, but i'm fairly sure safale's site says that as well)

I bought the Ranco controller off of ebay, I think there's another brand, Johnson Controls (?), that is good as well. Not sure about any other ones, I scoured this site to get information and those were the two that constantly showed up. You can also check this site as well for when people are...

I use a chest freezer with a digital ranco single stage temperature controller that are in my garage. The controller sits outside of the chest freezer and has a probe that goes inside and sits against my fermenter with a bit of bubble wrap taped around the probe for insulation. The chest...

Temperature change? (guessing here)

I believe Briess Wheat DME & LME is not 100% wheat btw., for example. It's 65% Wheat / 35% Barley. Source: http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/Products/Malt_Extracts.htm#BavarianWheat

What does "ordinal position in flight" mean on the BJCP competition form I have in front of me? I can think of two completely different interpretations: - It's the order that they tried the beer (ie. 2nd means it was the second beer tried) - It's the place I got (ie. 2nd means 2nd...

Hey Paul and everyone else I got to meet, Thanks, I had a good time for my first homebrew gathering. It was nice to meet you all and get feedback on a few of my beers. Also, the party favor (giant bag of pork) is awesome. I'm devouring it now on my lunch break. Hope to see you all...

So I had a nice Pale Ale with WL 029 (Kolsch) yeast where I washed the yeast. Unfortunately my jars don't look like they have as much yeast as the other photos I've seen on this thread, and I'm not sure why (or if it's even that bad). The two things I've thought of are that I have a Coopers...

I'm from Weymouth and now I'm pretty interested in taking a tour sometime.

"This Vs. That" is a sticky in this forum and contains a lot of info for these kinds of questions. DME vs LME is in there. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/vs-pro-con-analysis-109318/#post1206306

1.052 = 8.9% ABV? Even if your yeast attenuated 100% I don't think that's possible. (Maybe I'm missing something though, still relatively new at this hobby :fro: )

I added a Hallertau hop tea I made to my Coopers wheat kit and it came out really great.

That is really cool, but I don't have the patience/time to put that together right now. Maybe for my next chest freezer! :) I just bought a Ranco off of EBay for about $50 + 5 shipping, thanks for the help folks.

Looks interesting, but I'm interested in something that can could cold crash should I want to. Looks like that only goes down to 45 degrees (link).

Just checking to see if there's anyone out there that wants to get rid of a temperature controller, wired or unwired, doesn't matter. Thanks. Looking for something under $50, otherwise I could just buy one new.

there's a bunch of good recipes from this thread as well

I've been following the same rules from the first Cooper's kit brew (2 drops for 750ml, 1 drop for a 12 oz bottle and probably the 500ml bottles like you have), and it's been working fairly well. Although I've noticed less carbonation with the PET bottles than my reclaimed glass bottles, but...