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Recent Content by Laakkeet

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    2nd brew concerns

    Sampled a bottle today and it was great! Not much head tho. Leaving it for another week to carbon could help? Its now 3 weeks since bottling....
    Post by: Laakkeet, Nov 1, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    I've had it at 61F for 6 days, very low airlock action during that time and foamy krausen that is not falling. I was planning to move it into...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 25, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    What I did for beer today

    Got my wife mad by drilling a spigot hole on my new bottling bucket and cleaning my brewing gear instead of cooking. Emptied a room temp closet...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 23, 2016 in forum: General Homebrew Discussion
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    2nd brew concerns

    Will do, thanks! Was planning on dry hopping after 2 weeks as I figured it should have fermented by then. So possibly start rising the temp...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 20, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    I had bucket of star san on my feet but mug / pan on the table is great idea. Why I didn't think of that misefl! Thanks! All I can do now is...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 20, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    Brewing day done! I had to dilute the wort post boil for about 1L to get my og to 1.050 but all went ok. Boiloff was about 15% and my preboil...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 19, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    Alrighto, brewday is getting closer and was going through my equipment. Broke my hydrometer last time. Now I got couple old ones from my dad...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 17, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    Since I have to order my supplies online, Ill save some cash and order for next batch on same order. Was planning to brew some red ale for xmas!...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 11, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    True! I used the solution last time and it feels much easier and sugar gets sanitized too. Ill just take the tap from my old one and get some...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 11, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    Ok, will drop the recipe efficiency down to 70. And if I happen to go really high, I can add some water pre-boil to even it a bit? I was under...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 11, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    Thanks brewpool! That should do the trick. Hoping I wont get unlucky with temps and off tastes this time. Mainstreaming my process and removing...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Sep 11, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    2nd brew concerns

    Hey. Time for my second brew! Last time around things didn't go too smooth but I did learn alot about brewing and my setup. Got few questions...
    Thread by: Laakkeet, Sep 10, 2016, 22 replies, in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    First brew - og off the charts

    I tasted one bottle week ago and it sure was beer. Nice hoppy aroma and good bitter taste, but it had a bit of "alcohol" side taste to it. From...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Feb 5, 2016 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    First brew - og off the charts

    I am planning to bottle it at 3rd of January so total time in primary would be 17 days. I could push the bottling back to 10th but not sure if it...
    Post by: Laakkeet, Dec 26, 2015 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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