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Beers I like with NZ hops are Widmer's Bro's Drifters Pale Ale and Moon Man (New Glarus Brewing - Wisconsin). New Glarus is close hold on their recipes so I made an attempt. To me, it didn't taste anything like theirs but was a good, very good beer that had that "guava", citrus hop taste to...

I'm looking to make a belgian strong ale soon as well but I've been told I'll need to use a yeast starter. Is it necessary with the Wyeast you used?

So, what kind of pump? A $15 submersible aquarium pump? Could I just use it out of one bucket? I could see using it to pump cold ice water from the one bucket thru the chiller dumping back into the same bucket. Appreciate the help

I'm sure this question has been asked but can you use your auto-siphon cold water from an iced bucket of water into the immersion chiller and have the output dump water back in the same bucket you are siphoning from. The siphon should stay primed and as long as you keep ice in the bucket you...