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cleaned up a mess. The hose wasn't plugged. Lid was on tight. o_O

Yes I did. Hoping to get a couple bottles of the "real" stuff to compare.

Made Three Floyds Dreadnaught American IPA clone. Missed my O.G. though :( First big grain bill, worst efficiency ever.

I've been in the habit of rinse after empty for many years. Even store bought bottles and cans that go to the recycle. Even since I hardly bottle anymore. I use the bottom rack of the dish washer to clean, before sanitize and they come out great. Pots and pans, air dry for the washer setting I...

Got my equipment ready to brew Three Floyds Dreadnaught IPA clone tomorrow.

This is a great refreshing summer beer. It has a nice tart citrusy smoothness to it. I didn't add any citrus to it other than bitter orange peel in the boil. I'm pretty pleased how it turned out. :mug:

After 2 and a half weeks I tasted it again. Much better, that bready/yeasty flavor isn't so apparent. The Hibiscus does shine in this beer. I racked to the keg and primed with 1.80 oz. of corn sugar. Put it in the fridge this morning.

A little slow on getting this up here. I do like posting my brew days, and getting feedback. If there is anything I should add to my brew day posts, let me know. This is the 3rd all grain beer I've made. So I've been wanting to make a hibisbus beer for a while now. When extract brewing I...

So when bottling I sampled the beer. It definitely had a coffee flavor to it. Not sure if the cocoa flavor shows though. Still good flavor either way. What I don't understand is why the companies went from a ceramic to a "plastic" top? the bottom bottle is ceramic. Two of the Grolsh...

I am really happy I went all grain. :ban: Had to put some in the 3 quart boot (DAS BOOT!) :mug:

After corn sugar priming in the keg. About 3 weeks later. A light smokeyness to it, better crispness to it than the extract version. I'm very pleased.

So after reading more than I cared to. I decided 4 oz. of cacao nibs and 8oz. of whole bean Sumatra coffee. The nib were raw. Convect baked at 275 for 5min. They smelled like brownies. Put the nibs and coffee in a sock. Soaked in this, cut to 40% for 24 hours...

Thanks, it was a spur of the moment fix. My jet-sparge hadn't arrived when making my first all grain batch. It was a friend's idea. I had that little bucket laying around, seems to work ok.

Racked on Feb. 26 Decided to make a chocolate coffee porter out of it. Read so much on what, how, how much..my head hurts. more to come....

Had my first go at cider on the 2-16. It's fermenting nicely. Since it's my first batch didn't want to spend much on it. I knew a local store had pure pressed juice, but didn't know if the added chemicals for preserving or if it was pasteurized. I got there and it was the last day of being on...