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    Anyone in Stamford, CT area?

    Hi all, Just trying to connect with other local home brewers and wanted to see if anyone is near the Stamford area. I have a couple brew dates coming up including a nice Citra hopped WitPA! Let me know if you're interested! Chris
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    Thoughts on this Hoppy Wheat Style Recipe?

    Thanks guys! Here is an updated recipe based on all your comments. What do you think? Target OG: 1.060 Target FG: 1.015 Mash: 3.75 gallons for 60 mins @ 151 degrees. Fly sparge until volume reached Boil: 6.5 Gallons for 5.5 Gallon final wort volume Fermentables: 7 lbs Golden PRomise (UK) 4...
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    Thoughts on this Hoppy Wheat Style Recipe?

    Hi all, working on my first recipe from scratch and wanted to get some tips/tweaking advice. Trying to make a nice hoppy Wheat style IPA. Looking to achieve yeasty, smooth body of a light German wheat style combined with the strong dry flavor and aroma of an American IPA. Feel free to be...
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    Help! My Beer Tastes Awful

    So interestingly enough... I just racked my first all grain 5-gallon batch. I used the SAME water as before with the 1-gallon extract. The only main differences are 1) all-grain as apposed to extract 2) liquid smack pack yeast instead of dry 3) StarSan instead of other cleaner 4) All LHBS...
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    Help! My Beer Tastes Awful

    Even after cracking open the first bottle at two weeks, I have waited and then cracked a bottle at 3 and 4 weeks and it actually tastes worse than it did at 2 weeks. I've also been using the Safeale US-05 yeasts strain for most of the batches. While I pitch at 72ish I am fermenting at 68ish...
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    Help! My Beer Tastes Awful

    I posted the process below. As for the the Carbon Filter, is that an expensive process? Maybe I would be better off to just buy bottled. But I plan on eventually doing all grain, that's a LOT of water to buy no? And what about the sanitizing bucket, can I still sanitize with tap?
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    Help! My Beer Tastes Awful

    Here is the process: 1-Gallon Extract kit from Northern Brewer - Steep grains during warm up - Boil full volume with extract and hops - chill to 75 - pitch dry yeast (will begin using Smack packs from now on) - previously sanitizing with EasyClean but will start using Star San - ferment in 1...
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    Help! My Beer Tastes Awful

    Hi all, I am becoming increasingly frustrated with my beer results and could really use some tips to help! I've brewed 4 batches so far and I have yet to have a drinkable beer. Despite a few changes here and there, these are the three main problems I am experiencing in my finished...
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    Best US Microbreweries

    Fellow brewers, My girlfriend and I will be taking a cross country road trip this June and my plan is to hit up as many great microbreweries as we can along the way. Below are some of our destinations. Any suggestions for places we hit up along the way? Washington, DC Greensboro, NC...
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    Controlling Fermentation Temperature

    Hi all, Just curious what types of tricks and techniques different people are using to control their ferm temp. I personally can really only ferment in my bed room (city life, small place) and sometimes that sucker starts to get to warm in there. Anyone have any good home remedies they use to...
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    Maximizing Yield

    Thanks for the help!
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    Too much head space in fermenter

    I pretty significantly overshot the OG. however, at this point the yeast is already working pretty strong so I don't think I want to add in anything at this point. For next brew, is it simply sparging more water to get my brew kettle volume up that will fix the trick?
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    Too much head space in fermenter

    Thanks guys. I figured as much but just wanted to make sure.
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    Too much head space in fermenter

    Hi all, Just did my first 5 gallon all grain batch today and when I siphoned to the fermentor I came up with a yield of about 4 gallons... Problem is, I was looking to hit 5 gallons. I'm guessing I didn't sparge enough and there was more evaporation than I anticipated. Now I'm left with a lot...
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    Maximizing Yield

    Hi all, Just did my first 5 gallon all grain batch today and when I siphoned to the fermentor I came up with a yield of about 4 gallons... Problem is, I was looking to hit 5 gallons. I'm guessing I didn't sparge enough and there was more evaporation than I anticipated. Now I'm left with a lot...
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