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    First Cider EVER. Is this the right thing to do?

    Great, thanks for the info....here's to good cider....or more likely, bad cider on the first attempt, with the good stuff to follow.
    Post by: brando, Mar 12, 2011 in forum: Cider Forum
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    First Cider EVER. Is this the right thing to do?

    Dinnerstick, Should I try simply racking to bottles with no priming sugar? Perhaps there is enough residual to carb the bottles up?
    Post by: brando, Mar 12, 2011 in forum: Cider Forum
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    First Cider EVER. Is this the right thing to do?

    I love Beer-ville USA! Here's the game plan....Ferment 'till 1.015, cold crash for a day, siphon from growlers, rack to bottling bucket w/priming...
    Post by: brando, Mar 11, 2011 in forum: Cider Forum
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    First Cider EVER. Is this the right thing to do?

    Greetings, This evening, I'll be embarking on a new journey to create the first Cider of my homebrewing career, based loosely on Edwort's...
    Thread by: brando, Mar 11, 2011, 8 replies, in forum: Cider Forum
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    My Hefe tastes bad (follow-up)

    My Hefe took 2 months to lose that sour flavor, wait it out, put a little orange peel in the secondary and wait it out, it will be a good beer
    Post by: brando, Jul 12, 2010 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Portland Microbrewery

    1. Hopworks, try the cask-aged ipa. It is amazing. 2. Upright Brewing- oyster stout! 3. Deschutes brewpub- like 30 beers on tap, the old faves on...
    Post by: brando, Jun 20, 2010 in forum: General Chit Chat
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    Hops Survey!!!

    I was shopping at my LHBS this week and paid $5.00 for 2 Oz. of whole leaf hops. For most brews I'll buy about 4 Oz. of hops. I pay about...
    Thread by: brando, May 9, 2010, 20 replies, in forum: General Homebrew Discussion
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    Hef tastes like I'm drinking raw wheat

    Thanks for all the advice...perhaps I'm not a wheat beer fan...I was looking for a cross between blue moon and a hef...but got a wacky beer as a...
    Post by: brando, Apr 7, 2010 in forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing
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    Hef tastes like I'm drinking raw wheat

    two weeks in primary, two in keg at 60 deg...just carbed it up recently. The beer looked quite cloudy but a normal color for a wheat beer. It is...
    Post by: brando, Apr 2, 2010 in forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing
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    What is up with this Hef??

    It is more wheaty-tasting than yeast...2 weeks ferment 2 weeks keg conditioning in a 58 deg garage... The taste is akin to drinking dry wheat...
    Post by: brando, Apr 1, 2010 in forum: Recipes/Ingredients
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    What is up with this Hef??

    My first all-grain brew has been conditioning in the keg for 2 weeks and we just tapped it last night. The orange and coriander are great, were it...
    Thread by: brando, Apr 1, 2010, 3 replies, in forum: Recipes/Ingredients
  12. brando
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    Hef tastes like I'm drinking raw wheat

    My first all-grain brew has been conditioning in the keg for 2 weeks and we just tapped it last night. The orange and coriander are great, were...
    Thread by: brando, Apr 1, 2010, 14 replies, in forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing
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    ?? About using washed yeast starter

    I just washed my Pacman yeast off of an IPA on Friday. We pitched 2 jars right in the new batch of beer (Drop Top Clone) on Friday without making...
    Post by: brando, Feb 16, 2010 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    Top Drop (Drop top clone) lactose? hop substitution?

    Here is my first attempt at a clone recipe for my second beer This beer is slightly hoppier than the original with 25IBU instead of 20, the...
    Thread by: brando, Feb 12, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: Recipes/Ingredients
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    logo/label work for trade

    I can't stop laughing at the beer label. Great job! I used to love playing Mario on the OG Nintendo.
    Post by: brando, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: General Homebrew Discussion
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    1st Gravity reading, 1st beer...beer doesn't taste very good

    Ok, Got it...My best guess is that I may have watered it down a little too much because of an inconsistent mix when taking the OG. In addition,...
    Post by: brando, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    1st Gravity reading, 1st beer...beer doesn't taste very good

    Thanks for the help...I'm gonna go the full 4 weeks before bottling to make sure I do it right. Worst case scenario, it will probably still taste...
    Post by: brando, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    1st Gravity reading, 1st beer...beer doesn't taste very good

    I guess that's that...hope it doesn't taste bad in the end. Perhaps I should just follow the recipe and toss the hydrometer.
    Post by: brando, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    1st Gravity reading, 1st beer...beer doesn't taste very good

    I just took my first gravity reading at 1.5 weeks and the beer tastes watered down and a little bitter with no sweetness at all. The OG was 1.060...
    Thread by: brando, Feb 9, 2010, 11 replies, in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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    They say you always remember the first time.

    Good job on the first brew...does it taste better because you made it? I think the best thing is that it is drinkable...what more can you ask...
    Post by: brando, Jan 31, 2010 in forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum
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