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    founders bolt cutter

    Picked up a case. Im not cracking one as its far to green for a 15% barleywine. Has anyone tried one? One of my favorite styles from one of my fav brewerys. Hows the hop rate? Super hot? Malty?:drunk:
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    Stift Engleszell ??

    Anyone try one? Any word on availability?
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    over pitch belgian dubbel.

    I brewed a belgian dubbel with a 1600 ml starter with one vial of wlp 500. Finished beer had the esters i was looking for but thought it could use a hop adjustment. I harvested about cup of yeast slurry from the primary. One month later i brew the same one minus .5 uk goldings from the...
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    Easiest counterpressure fill ever.

    I just filled a bomber at full 14psi with almost no foam. It worked very well. Its made of my old spring loaded bottle filler tube, a small drilled stopper, a small zip tie, and a 1 5/8ths length piece of 7/16 OD vinyl tube. I zip tied the tube on one end of the bottle filler and removed the...
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    Belgian dark double

    I brewed a "lets see what happens beer" saturday. 12lb bel pils 4 oz special b 8 oz ger wheat malt 12 oz dark d2 sugar added for 5 min boil 90 min mash @ 150 90 min boil White labs 530 fermed at 75 deg. 1.5 oz uk kent goldings for 60 min. 5.5 gal batch. Any thoughts? Ill...
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    gelatine and dry-hops Q

    Ive got a pale ale that spent one week in primary and 2 weeks seconday in the keg. It has a some weirdness that i wont get into now. Hiwever, i want to hit it with gelatine to clear it up as its hazy as heck. I also want to dry hop its face off to round it out a bit. Its chilled 41 degrees...
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    Saison du Buff

    Just cracked a victory and gotta say well done. Not a traditional saison at all but they picked a good base style. Anyone else try? Its a colab between dfh, stone, and victory. All three bottle it. I suppose there are suble differances,i only have the victory. Herbal infused with...
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    First 10 gallon batch issues.

    Broke int the new 20 gallon ss kettle with an imperial amber today and missed on a few grav points...12 of them! 24.4 lb grain Single infusion to 154 degrees Mashed at 1.3 qt/lb maxed out mlt volume. 60 min mash sparged with 4 gallons of 168 degree water. My sparge technique is to open the...
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    Scaling recipe dos/donts

    My 20 gal stainless kettle will be here in days and with the 48 qt mlt in place im ready to bump a few select recipes up to 10 gallons. I have been doing 5 gal AG batches in my 10 gal pot for 3 years. Im also reluctantly moving to pellet hops for the usual reasons. What should i be aware...
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    Diy sightglass/thermometer?

    Has anyone slapped one together? Will end up buying one if i can fab one up. Seems like a good HD project.
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    Air bubbles in beer lines.

    I have 10 and 12 foot lengths and 1/4 and 3/16. Im gettin co2 bubbles forming in the beer lines and its foaming up my pours. Any hints? Its a 7.0 ge set at 40. 1/4 line is bevlex braided and the 3/16 is vinyl.
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    Belgian blond ferm temps?

    I have a belgian blond in the primary blowing off at the moment. I wanted to ferm at a warmer temp than usual to get the fruit going on this one. However i have no good means of maintaining a temp. Just curious if im going to bring out the sweetness of the white labs 550 between 68 and 72...
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    Dover DE. craigslist steal.

    http://delaware.craigslist.org/for/2960489761.html Not mine but wish it was.
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    Maturation question.

    Ive only kegged 3 of my beers so far. I recently did my belgian white. Normaly it would ferment out in 10 days and then get bottled. Its a beer that needs a few weeks in bottle to come around. This time it went to a keg then into the keezer. My question is did i halt the process that...
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    WTB: 20 or 15 gallon kettle.

    Looking to expand the brewery. 20 gal preferred but a fifteen works too. No keggles though.
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    Little concerned with brew.

    Im currently brewing my kolsch recipe. I noticed during the sparge that there was a gray film on the top of the grain bed. The grist is 10 lbs american pils. It was visible again at the onset of the boil sitting on top of the foam. Ive been all grain for a while now, never have seen...
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    Good price on 80 qt?

    Anyone know of a good deal on an 80 qt aluminum kettle? My 40 is getting smaller and smaller.
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    effervescent at racking.

    Was racking my blond ale to a keg and noticed it was slightly fizzy. Is this a sign of something funky? Grav was .012. Tastes a bit off but kegged it and will see what happens. Never had an infection before so im curious.
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    WTB: through wall kettle thermometer.

    2 inch probe with a bulkhead if you have one laying around. Also looking for a weldless sight glass.
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    Ball lock kegs for sale

    SOLD OUT. Thanks to those who stopped by. Good guys.
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