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    Drinking while Brewing

    I usually drink 6 to 8 beers (almost always homebrew) while brewing. All of my brews have come out excellint from the first ot the last (I have only brewed 11 batches so far). I have only brewed on friday and saturday evenings and start about 6 or 7. I can brew all grain brew (5 gallons) in...
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    my homebrew

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/28265202@N03/ my SWMBO
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    my homebrew

    My girlfriend just told me to post on this site that she adores my homebrew. She considers drinking anything else "swine". I agree. I am drinking some Bier Muncher's Centenniel Blonde now with my own modifications of the recipe and some Belgian wit. Oh Yeah, I like dry yeast. :mug::off:...not...
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    Lousy Neighbor Thread

    Damn, I am so glad that my closest neighbor is half a mile down the road. I go out on my front porch and shoot guns and piss everywhere.
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    First all grain brew, OG only 1.038

    no, I didn't. how exactly do you do a conversion test?
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    First all grain brew, OG only 1.038

    my boil volume was 6.5 gallons and ph of wort was 5.6
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    First all grain brew, OG only 1.038

    I added 2 gallons and stirred then drained and repeated
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    First all grain brew, OG only 1.038

    I have a 5 gallon rubber maid cooler. I used a 5 foot stainless steel braid coiled up as a filter..... no need to worry about a stuck mash with 5 foot of braid. I used 3.2 gallons of strike water, kept at 152 degrees for 1 hour (checked with 2 thermometers) then added 4 gallons of sparge water...
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    First all grain brew, OG only 1.038

    Aw man, I just finished brewing my second all grain brew a few minutes ago.... I now have a big bowl of beans and corn bread in front of me to eat!!!! llol I love beans and cornbread!! I brewed Bier muncher's Centennial Blonde tonight. I was very methodical in my mashing and I still didn't get...
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    First all grain brew, OG only 1.038

    oh yeah, how do I calculate mash efficiency?
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    First all grain brew, OG only 1.038

    Well, I made my first all grain brew last night. I think that I made some mistakes though...... I made a wheat beer. Here is my recipe: 4.25 lbs Belgian Pilsner Malt 5.0 lbs white wheat 1 lb flaked oats 8 oz rice hulls Cascade 0.25 oz, pellet, 60 minutes U.S. Golding 0.25 oz, pellet...
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    another noob question - bottling from kegs

    This is what I want to do: 1) Keg my brew in 5 gal cornies. 2) force carbonate at room temperature (73 F) and remove from CO2 3) let condition for 4 to 6 weeks at room temp. 4) hook up CO2 periodically and fill sterilized bottles with beer gun at room temp and put bottles in fridge...
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    I feel the need to brag....

    I'm sorry, but i feel the need to brag........ I have only made 5 batches of home brew but I have gotten awesome reviews on every batch. i have to attribute it to my water. I have well water with what tastes like it has the perfect mineral content and the perfect beginning pH (6.1). My father...
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    wassup?!?!?!!?!?!

    I'm so happy right now.
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