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Widmer Brothers Pitch Black ale uses Warrior, Simcoe , Amarillo and Cascade

+1 on Pacman

I just racked both beers into the secondary both read 10.18 after 8 days. As flavor goes the WLP007 ale seemed to accentuate the darker grains and was a bit dryer. The WLP004 brought out more chocholate with no off flavors at all, smoother and rounder. Definitely the better of the two. I've...

Alright ,this is good, as long as you guys have had similar results I'm more confident that I won't be dumping 5 gallons down the drain.

I have a 10 gallon split batch of dry stout in primary. Fermenter#1 : WLP007 (english) Fermenter#2 : WLP004 (irish) During the first 4 days the irish gave off a sour flavor (lactobacillus?)but seems to have normalized to a clean beer flavor similar to the english yeast in fermenter #1...

I mistook OC to mean Ocean County, I'm a bit farther north,above the South Jersey dividing line. I have heard of M&M's Pizza, pretty good pie by all accounts. But it is tough to get a bad pizza in NJ. Was it Smitty's Clam Bar by any chance ?

Passedpawn , I'm in OC around TR near the beach.

Thanks,for the welcome guys. it is a lot of fun . Being a process oriented guy i enjoy tinkering with my system(no, that's not a euphemism) as much as I do brewing beer. my beer stuff is always at the ready,but it's tough to get the time to do it. I'm sure it's true for most brewers. Just gotta...

Ice ...Damn

Hey All, Old brewer, new forum user . Been brewing since '92 on and off, mostly off. Started all grain brewing in 2000, and after another in a series of brewing hiatus' I'm back in. Looking back, so much has changed in home brewing since the Papazian era. I've made some additions to my old 15...