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    Extra Special British Malt?????

    i have used a couple hundred #'s of Gambrinus ESB and it is my 'house' pale ale malt. much more character than NW 2row and a bit more delicate than the bag of Crisp MO i tried(which seemed to be about half gravel, don't know what was up with that). used mostly for ~1.050 OG pale ales with...
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    What type yeast would be best for a brown ale?

    yoopers dead guy recipe has made me respect all things 'non-guy' about brewing.
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    Utah House passes bill to legalize home brewing/vintning.

    jeez, makes me happy to live in Oregon. of course i guess i could put that up against our incredibly restrictive laws about using your own property... ain't no free lunch i suppose
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    Belgian Dark Strong Ale Dirty Monk Belgian Dark Strong Ale

    that is a pretty brew! i must create.....
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    Raspberry extract Q

    gonna bottle a 60/40 pils/wheat malt hef this week. about 20 ibu of spalt in it. US05 yeast. My wife wants a raspberry wheat and they sold me a 4oz bottle of raspberry extract that i am supposed to add at bottling time. the question is, how much of this stuff am i supposed to add for a 5gal...
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    How do you like my Nuts? Brown recipe?

    the brown will take center stage....
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    If you could only pick one beer

    although a cruel train of thought it would have to be Newcastle, but only out of an unbroken 12 pak
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    Wort boil, lid on or off?

    lid on = boilover and a huge mess
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    How many FG points does priming sugar generally add?

    i checked it one time out of curiosity and it was 2 points
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    Brown malt

    i let it rest in a paper bag for several weeks. still have it in a ziplock, i think i will see how it is......... back and yep still pretty strong. kind of like 3/4 biscuit and 1/4 black patent. a lot of it was my own ignorance i think though. a little bit goes a long way. i used 1/3 of the malt...
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    Pitch one pack of yeast to starter or two?

    with how active nott is it might be fun to see someone make a big starter. might have to register it with the BATF though :)
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    Brown malt

    my experience was the same as CB's. i made the brown malt myself and that may have had something to do with it though. i was flying blind.
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    Grain on a budget question

    love those gambrinus canadian malts!
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    Northern English Brown, my first brown

    that much brown malt will definitely be a major factor in the flavor profile
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    Kolsch hops

    i would use 3/4oz of the perle for 60min and 1/2 oz of the tett at 2 or 3 min. they work well together and i like a bit of aroma with my hefe. i use spalt but tett is nice too. as in all things that is what i like and you might like something else.
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