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    split batch, 1 good 1 bad

    Hey i tried to brew a 10 gallon batch of oatmeal stout this winter, it was very cold and my tank was low so kept freezing up.. mashing and mash temps were good but i never actually got the sucker to boil -although close. I cooled over night in 5 gallon pails ( i know i know but it was cold and i...
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    bought ingrediets to make cenntenial blonde and red ale but got the wrong base

    Hi any advise would be great, i haven't been able to brew because I'm in college and way to busy so I have planned a big brew day with my brother over the xmas holidays. Planning on making 10 gallons centennial blonde ale and 10 gallons of a red ale or porter. My problem is that i never noticed...
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    What did I cook this weekend.....

    sorry no pictures but venison loin roast, rare. haselback potatoes and gravey .added a cup of porter to pan to deglaze after browning venison. and made the gravey from there. amazing...
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    Still making bad beer after 30+ batches.

    I used to get a wet cardboard aftertaste in most of my beers .. I expect from all the transferring etc secondary then to bottle bucket.. ever since ive switched to just primary then transfer to keg.. no more off flavour.. always learning something new, always boiled with lid 3/4 on brew pot...
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    Who else has done a Friday prep for Saturday ?

    I grind grain and sometimes do starter but the rest I do while water is heating and wort is cooling
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    Costco wine kit - waste of money or not??

    I have made the merlot kit, first batch was great.. second I was using a carboy as primary and don't have any ltr marks like my bucket so I guessed on the water addition.. took a gravity reading.. was way high thought o well maybe will be better.. took forever to ferment and never reached the...
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    cherry chips in secondary?

    don't leave any bark on chips as bark of cherry wood contains arsnic
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    s05 vs winsor experiment

    mattdee.. I know what you mean but I also wanted to try and see if it worked.. by adding 05 yeast.. I don't think it will change the flavor profile but will make it a little dryer as I'm not a big fan of sweet beers. I should have bought 04 instead of winsor, just wanted to try it out.. I was...
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    s05 vs winsor experiment

    Hi I recently brewed the nierra sevada clone recipe 10 gal and split into two 5 gal carboys, pitched hydrated s05 into one and danster winsor into the other. winsor started active fermentation within a few hours and high kaurison later that evening and totally dropping out 1.5 days later. S05...
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    When Should I But a New Fermenting bucket?

    I have 2 but my original is over 10 years old and tons of scratches, even rust stains on bottom from when I left caps sanitizing in the bottom, never had an infection in 12 years of brewing, used to use bleach based but now use starsan. I also have 2 glass carboys as backups as most are primary...
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    What's your next brew? Why?

    imperial stout .. because ive never brewed a beer to age / high gravity. I finally have a bit of a pipeline so I wont mine waiting. finally finally I love imp stouts but they are hard to find in Canada and are very expensive
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    What did I cook this weekend.....

    no pics but grilled veggies on pasta and grilled lamb loin chops with mint and basil pesto
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    English Porter Black Pearl Porter (AG)

    I skipped the sweet addtions (don't like sweet porter/stout) and added a lb of amber malt instead of crystal cause its what I had on hand.. subbed bram cross hops cause its what I had too :) Turned out awesome, very smooth , nice alternative to my usual black bitter porters which I love...
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    English Porter Black Pearl Porter (AG)

    plan to brew this next exept im omitting the sweet additions and adding a lb of amber malt and using bramling cross for hops cause thats what i have on hand. I have always used 1/2 lb chocolate, 1/2 patent , 1/2 lb caramel as a base for my porter flavours so im looking forward to trying...
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    Who's smoking meat this weekend?

    3 large trout fillets and back bacon going in smoker in the am tomorrow, too cold today as its -20 c most likely turn tomorrow into a brewing/smoker day :)
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