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Welcome from South Jersey!

Single Malt And Single Hop

a black and tan, made with my pumpkin stout from last fall that never quite carbonated and an IPA i did a couple months back. pretty good combo.

yes, you will want to steep your grains. the temps for steeping don't have to be as accurate as when mashing. a 1/2 hour in the mid 150 range with around 2 gal volume should do. pull the grains out, rinse with hot h2o or don't, start your boil.

could oxidation be the problem?? i know a lot of times that's reported as a cardboard or bready flavor but I believe it can also be responsible for a lack of flavor???

I see you're from Collingswood. I lived there from birth until 2 years ago.

Founders Breakfast Stout Only planned on having one but I just cracked my third.:drunk: So good

Happened to me this weekend during my first attempt at a partial mash. My brother and my dad stopped by. I put them to work, but unfortunately I drank a lot more then I normally would during a brew day and this led to me pitching my yeast at a little to high of a temp. It's all good though, we...

I just brewed a CDA this weekend and even though I'm from jersey I'm choosing to call it a CDA. I see it as kind of the porter vs stout argument, if the brewer calls it a Black IPA, its a black IPA. If he calls it a Cascadian Dark Ale, it's a Cascadian Dark Ale. :mug: It's definately become...

I picked up 12 for $16 plus tax on Saturday and I was happy to pay that. For 12 bucks I might have bought out the store. I can't get enough of this stuff, I place it second only to Nugget Nectar which you can easily pay $12 for a 6 pack.

I love Cascade for dry-hopping. I just throw them into the primary after 2 weeks and let them do their thing for a week before bottling. As said above, Columbus is also good.

I think I'm going to knock out a black IPA this weekend. I'm going to attempt my first partial mash.

I'm in!!

a little bit of silicone where the tubing meets the copper? works everywhere else where you don't want water to get in.

do you do full boils or top off with water? you can get a low reading if you haven't mixed your wort and top off water.