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Double Diamond was a wonderful beer when I first had it around 1980. It had a creaminess that American light lagers of the time couldn't touch. When I had it again years later I didn't like it. I learned later that another brewery was producing swill and just slapped the old label on it...

Back in the day when there was only Budmil (Coors not sold in east US) and related lagers Anchor Steam was the only alternative except Sierra Nevada. None of the IPAs existed yet. Anchor Porter was pretty good.

12 oz bottles with 4 or 5 pint bottles. I have a few manual cappers I use.

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I start off with cool wort (because it’s been cooled in an ice bath) and pitch when it approaches 48F. I’ll ferment in the low 50’s until the bubbles come minutes apart. I’ll then rack to secondary leaving the majority of yeast behind but leaving enough for a 1/8 or 1/4 inch layer when it...

I’ve been using the More Beer and Northern Brewer calculators and they give me 3.9 and 3.6 oz dextrose for 5 gallons carbonated to 2.2 volumes of CO2 at 68F. They say this is 0.5 cups. My beer is totally flat after 2 weeks. These calculators are way off. From now on I’m using 2/3 cup (British...