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    Carbonated skeeter pee

    Any reason that you couldn't sweeten with lactose? Would that give you sweetness? And if so, how much would one use? (I.e. use the same amount as sugar or is more required)
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    What to do with empty yeast vials

    My stoner friends like them as they make good travel containers.
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    Lemon Tincture

    What you are describing is basically a precursor to lemoncello. Do not use whole lemon peel, only the zest. Use a potato peeler. You only want the yellow surface part and none of the white. Lemon tincture: I'd put in the 10-12 lemon's worth of peels (make sure they are chopped up into roughly...
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    Brewing at Higher Temps

    One of the problems with trash cans is that they are poor insulators. So in 80+ degree weather, the ice melts pretty fast. Some company was selling insulated bags for carboys. Just drop a frozen two liter in there and it would keep it cool without having a freezer full of ice blocks. Seems...
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    If you could only buy one brand of beer, what would it be?

    If I could only have what is available in bottles where I live, Lagunitas. Love the house style, love the diversity inside that house style. If I could get whatever was on tap at the brewery's tasting room, Union Jack. There is a TON of stuff on tap at the tasting room that you will never see...
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    Vendor Processing Time

    Not that long ago I had a pretty bad wait time from Northern Brewer. They took about a week before it was even shipped. Then it took another week to arrive. Recently placed another order with them and it was shipped within 36 hours, which I consider reasonable. Nothing can be done about the...
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    Northern Brewer

    I have been critical of NB timeliness of shipping in the past. Recently I placed an order with them. The product shipped within 36 hours of the order being placed. While it isn't the three hour turn that I am accustomed to with Williams, it is a damned site better than the week+ wait times...
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    Kegerator compressor sizes

    Well, when I use a sanke keg, the brew day is non-existent as I have just plugged in a commercially brewed beer ;)
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    Immersion Chiller Vs 40 plate chiller

    +1 to the IC in a bucket of salted ice water and passing water through the IC and into plate chiller. Move both the water and wort slowly through the chiller for max efficientcy and chilling.
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    What is the one piece of add-on equipment you couldn't live without

    Blichmann plate chiller was my best big money purchase.
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    wort chilling in warmer months

    I have found that the blichmann plate chiller has been the most effective way to drop the temp of your wort. But no matter how much piss warm water you run through a plate chiller, the wort will never get colder than, well... piss. I recently built a jockey box inside of an Igloo "coach gets a...
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    Citrus hops and best way to attain lemon flavor

    Zest has oil in it. Wonder if that will affect the beer's head. Sorachi ace is famous for having a lemon flavor, though I find it to be more of a dill flavor. Citra might be a good option. Amarillo (or any other hop) won't give you a lemon flavor if added at 45 min, just bitter. Late addition...
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    Which hop is "dank"

    Nugget for sure. Sorachi will give you dill flavors that might contribute to dankness, but not likely.
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    What came in the mail for you today?

    1 pound of Sorachi Ace pellets from Label Peelers. Decent price. Hop Union sourced.
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    Thoughts on weekday vs. weekend drinking?

    I limited my drinking to 3 nights per week and started riding an exercise bike for 25 min per day 5 days a week. Weight loss was a steady 2 pounds per month for 11 months (then december hit and all bets were off). Weight has been slowly coming back (about a pound per month). one of these weeks...
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    dry hopping flavor

    is it being asserted that dry hopping doesn't add any flavor to the beer? That one literally would not be able to taste dry hops in a side by side beer comparison, one that was dry hopped and one that was not? I too struggle with that assertion. There have been too many threads that talk about...
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    Poll: What is your investment in homebrewing?

    Most expensive single item? Well, that would be the initial purchase. The morebeer starter kit. After that, the most expensive single item would be the Blichmann plate chiller. Best investment after the initial purchase? Again, the Blichmann plate chiller. Couple hundred bucks, but well worth...
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    To Dry Hop or Not To Dry Hop

    I'm trying a little experiment that I am sure many others have tried in one form or another. I am brewing the same beer back to back with one variation, one of the hop additions. I've been a fan of Sorachi Ace. I think... So I am brewing two beers one with Sorachi and one with Amarillo at...
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    BAD BEER WARNING: Henry Weinhards IPA

    That's why I always have Pintly on my phone when I go into a beer store. I always check reviews if I am not familiar with a brewery. I love trying new beers, but I don't want to piss away my money on, well... piss.
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    Pliny clone - More Beer vs. AHS?

    I'm sure that they are both good approximations. I have made the morebeer version several times and been happy with it.
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