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i like that idea. we have plenty of judges and time, we need stuff to do between sets to keep asses in seats so thats what we were thinking would do it, i was wondering more about things like do i need to be part of some group to run such an event? is it legal to have people bring thier beer to...

i am involved with some musicians who are planning to tour the great lakes region this spring/summer. we want to hit breweries, but since a few of the artists are homebrewers, i started thinking that we could somehow incorporate a homebrew competition at each stop. this is naive of me because...

awesome man, i dig the info.

i see, so how far can you take it? can you convert for two, three even more hours? or is there a point around an hour where you just wont be able to make any more starch release? and as far as that goes, whats the difference if i steep at 148 as opposed to 162? do the starches react to different...

i kinda figured it wasnt any traditional category, i just wanted to find out. thanks a ton!

the honey was definetly not for flavor, i have an affinity for Bell's Hopslam and i know that they use honey (im sure its not clover honey) to raise the abv. i have read around a little bit and basically decided that there is no good way to know how honey will add to the gravity, so i decided to...

I have made my second original recipe, but im not sure what it would technically be considered; perhaps an english pale ale, or is american? is it even a pale ale? here is the recipe, so hopefully you can tell me what i should be calling it. 2oz german halertau alpha 4.3 2oz uk kent goldings...

thanks for the info

partial boil, is that the same as partial mash? i went to a different supply store here in town a few days ago and the guy told me that the huge amount of grain i used in this recipe didnt do anything to add to the gravity because he said i needed to partial mash it. i just steeped it for 20...

yeah, i added another 3 and a half gallons to it to bring me to 5gal. i racked it to the secondary today but didnt take gravity readings as it was still bubbling every 20 miinutes or so, and has since started bubbling in the secondary like mad. i dont feel the need to waste the beer on the math...

as far as the details of the harvesting the liquid from the hops,after the wort reached 90f i set a collinder with cheesecloth wrapped around it in the bucket and poured half of the muck into it, i let it sit about 5 to ten minutes, then repeated the process, there was no trub to speak of, it...

i stared with 3 gallons water. i did not think about the fresh hops sucking up all that water. in detail, ill get back to that later when i have more time.

after a little research, i decided to add a 5oz priming sugar and 2tbl more honey to my primary today to give the double yeast something to chew on, it seems like a small amount but only time will tell. the aroma of the beer is quite wonderful when i had the top off and the color is perfect, it...

yeah, i used my big mesh strainer. i let it drip as much as i could, but should i have pressed the liquid out of the hops? i only ended up with one and a half gallons of wort. but i figured if i pressed the liquid, then it would cause bitterness. is that the case?

hop soup anyone? 13oz of hops right there.