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Great idea to do a step mash.

I'm in! Hard to narrow that list down to just one. Might have to buy one or five extra!

Great prizes. I'm in.

My first search leads me to little oak flavor left, but they smell fantastic! Just like the wine. Has anyone tried reusing these in a stout or other beer? I make more beer than wine and would like to see if reusing this would be worth it.

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The last time I made a fruit beer, I made a peach wheat and used the canned fruit. The beer tasted like the inside of the tin can. Took a year to drink it. I won't make that mistake again. Either using frozen or boiled fresh fruit in my next brew: Cherry Brown

I'd love to give this a try!

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Drinking citra now. I understand why these are so popular.

I saw these at Bevmo in Scottsdale. Picked up one of each. Never brewed with these hops before so I think its a great way to know what the beer will turn out to be like before brewing.

I was going to go with 2oz candied ginger chopped up per the book. I'm starting to think EKG should not be the bittering hop addition. Suggestions? Anything outside of a high alpha?

I was looking to make my first IPA and found an idea in "Radical Brewing". There was no recipe just "make and IPA and use EKG exclusively. Add 2 pounds honey and ginger to secondary." I know that it's not extremely hoppy, I want to keep this close to balanced enough for to keep peace. Looking to...

+1 on Caribou Slobber. The only kit of their's I've made but it is fantastic.

Still haven't heard from four peaks brewing. I tried making a tea of orange blossoms and didn't get much flavor. a few handfuls for a cup of water might not have been near enough. Putting this idea on the back burner for now, but not giving up on it totally.

This set up got me 71% efficiency! Very excited! Hit all my temps too.