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as g@y as this sounds dont flame........:cross: so the wife and i have this argument alot what is what with x's and o's ? (hugs and kisses) she claims x's are kisses and o's are hugs i thing shes wrong .. my theory... A. hugs come first in the "saying" B. hugs arms make an X C. kisses...

I know every one says not to worry about the starsan foam when bottling...... I was bottling today and wondered if it was possible that the foam/leftover star san in the bottle could help fight off any bugs. when bottled......? Do you think it could help or its too diluted at that point?

does it bother any one else that when you buy a folding set of allen wrenches they work great but then become loose and guess what you need tio tighten them an allen wrench..... it should be a damn philips screw....... /rant

just had an angry orchard at the bar.. i enjoyed it very much .. i have had other ciders and didnt like them to me they tasted like rotten apples .. is the angry orchard going to be similar to the apflewine i have had in the primary for 3 months ? wrong forum....

so after a few slow sparges im thinking of trying something else.... when i first made my 10gl round tun i used 3/4" braid.. but i also saw this at lowes and thought about trying it as a manifold.. what would work better slits at the bottom or holes ? its also 3/4"

im thinking i want to keep the ibu's around 60 Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill % 9 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 78.3% 1 lb Vienna 37 4 8.7% 1 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 8.7% 0.5 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 33 1.8 4.3% Hops Amount Variety Time AA Type Use 0.5 oz Citra...

At once..... I've got 15gl to do tomorrow,,,,, 6 cases sanitized Any one want to help?

Well im glad they have a forum for drunken rambling. I have been wondering why they don't have ketchup in the same trays they have nugget sauce. And finally tonight they hand me 2 in tray form instead of packets. That's all......

Who buys their plants. At Lowes or depot? I usually do I don't have time to start from seeds. Any way the Lowes and depot by me only have 80 diff tomatoes herbs and bell peppers. Im looking for cucumbers and zuchinni Is it too early?

Why cant you behave while im at work..... Well about a week ago I posted saying "oops I made a starter with dry yeast" I guess your not supposed to. Something about mutation and dead cells...... I let it go for 36hours and chilled it 3days later warmed and pitched it...... 11 hours later

Hey I just mashed in my red pale ale Im having 2nd thoughts on my additions .5warrior at 60 .25 warrior at 30 .25 warrior at 10 .75 warrior at 1 .25 glacier at. 1 Dry hop .25 warrior .5 cascade Im trying to keep the ibus below 50 (I think) And I want great aroma. And flavor I also have a...

hey guy is there any books out there for the more advanced brewer. One that covers more grain types and what they are used for? I know how to brew is good but is that geared towards first stating out?

Hey I just wanted a thread for all the different variations of this stuff. I know there are alot in the actual thread but its going on encyclopedia status in length..... And I just made my first batch so if its as good as every one claims ill be making it alot So post them up successful or not

well didnt search the topic first. just went ahead and made it . so i searched and some say its not a good thing.... so what do i do know since im not brewing for a couple days :(

who ever has this as thier lhbs is lucky. i usually use thier bethlehem which is much smaller but an hour closer to me.. but if you live with in driving distance of this place check it out its really nice, great selection ect. just giving props to them and saying check them out :mug...

hey i want a "red eyed warrior " pale ale .... but i dont have a clue what im doing so im winging it will that c120 give me a nice red color ? idk if my LHBS has cara red 11# pale 2 row 1# caramel120 .5#crystal 10 .5#vienna .25#cara pils 1oz warrior @ 60 .25warrior @ 40 .25...

man, i love my 4 day work week.. having a friday night on wednesday is great breaks up the week any one else have this other than retired and 4 on 4 off'ers ?

On a scale of one to ten Ten being must be perfect one being eff it.... Ok with me being a new all grain brewer I don't get all the water hype... I live in a condo so I brew every where but home.... so I obviously can't have water reports for all the towns I brew in..... What are some of the...

Has any one else thought it would be cool to put bubbles in the air lock (I know you can't actually do it) Or maybe put a check valve incline on your blow off tube so it couldn't suck back. And put the other end in a bowl of mr bubble. Because im getting pretty nice bubbles from starsan I could...

Ok so I forgot to put my steel wool under my pick up tube before the boil. What are my options besides being carefully when I rack to 2ndary or bottling bucket..... Does cold crashing bring all the hop junk to the bottom?