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    Looking for a first brew suggestion!

    Unfortunately I don't have the exact recipe on hand. It was one I picked out of a recipe binder while I was in the brick and mortar...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 13, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Couple extracts under the belt... ideas for good starter all grain setup

    I would say it depends on how much you are willing to invest. I just brewed my first all grain batch last weekend. The new gear I invested in...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 13, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Looking for a first brew suggestion!

    The absolute hands down best brew I have done to date was a Russian Imperial Stout. I brewed it shortly after finding out my wife was pregnant...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 13, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    First All Grain Brew - High pre-boil gravity

    The recipe I had seemed to call for smaller volumes of water that made sense to me. That being said, I did end up adding more water to the mash...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 11, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    First All Grain Brew - High pre-boil gravity

    Is it not strange that the pre-boil gravity reading was basically the same as the OG? I guess I just assumed it would change rather than stay...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 11, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    First All Grain Brew - High pre-boil gravity

    Well, my OG was the same reading as my pre-boil, so I'm chalking it up to a bad hydrometer. I'll have to invest in a refractometer. It looks...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 10, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Oh crap, just dumped a half bottle of defoamer into my boil

    I used to battle boil overs doing full boils in my 8 gallon kettle. i just kept a spray bottle of water close by, or the hose on mist. If a...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 10, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    First All Grain Brew - High pre-boil gravity

    So my first all grain brew is underway. After mashing, i took a pre-boil sample and stuck it in the freezer until its temp dropped to 70 degrees....
    Thread by: Leggoma, Aug 10, 2014, 13 replies, in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Pre-brew day prep. Aluminum Kettle seasoning

    Yeah, I just drained the water out after seasoning. The last couple of inches of water was pretty cloudy white. I'm glad that crap isn't going...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 10, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Pre-brew day prep. Aluminum Kettle seasoning

    One mistake i made is that the thermometer probe is a tad too high. it sits like half an inch under 5 gallons. I think when I was filling it, i...
    Post by: Leggoma, Aug 10, 2014 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Pre-brew day prep. Aluminum Kettle seasoning

    Just made a video of me seasoning my new aluminum brew kettle. Not sure what value the video is, but if nothing else, a before and after look at...
    Thread by: Leggoma, Aug 10, 2014, 5 replies, in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Best state for Craft Breweries?

    I just moved from Idaho and it seems there are new craft microbreweries popping up like crazy over the last 2 years. Plus Boise is a very HB...
    Post by: Leggoma, Mar 30, 2013 in forum: General Homebrew Discussion
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    newbie brew question..... about boil size

    For me, I have only ever done full boil. 5 gallon batches in an 8 gallon pot. I have to be vigilant to combat boil overs for the first 15 to 20...
    Post by: Leggoma, Mar 29, 2013 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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