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Just had my last bottle of this. The harsh roastiness has mellowed considerably. The beer is much more drinkable now, and quite delicious. A wee tad dry IMO, but a dynamite beer. Thanks again KD

Dude, I look forward to hearing about the DF50. I gave up on US-05 on this beer for the same reason. I have found more consistent attenuation with 1056 and 1272. The beers come out better for me.

Yes, that is correct. It's a glorified toggle switch.

No need to worry. You can use 120V switches; the output is just an SPDT switch, which can carry either voltage. Just use a 24V 40VA transformer into a barrier strip and wire your switch. Herre is a photo, but I'm not sure if it helps.

This isn't mine, but I thought it pretty cool if you are a computer geek:

I just pulled a draw off this after 8 days on Chinook/Cascade and American Oak Spirals. The dry hopping improved the beer considerably IMO, and the oak is just peeking through. Two more weeks on the wood and I rack and carb.

Gotta love when a woman tells you "too big". :)

I think it's a different Vermont person, but you are right; a guy can hope!

I would leave it random. I would hate to see some dude in Vermont miss out on some fine California hooch, and vice-versa. What's with the blue star in NE by the way?

Yes, I agree. Freshops has them Dude. I'm kind of embarrassed to say, but I got another medal with your recipe! 3rd out of 42 entries in category 10. I used Maris Otter, WY1272, and all whole hops in that batch.

To tell you the truth, I think this beer is damn fine and hopped perfectly. I'll back off the hops a touch, but not 25%! Competitions are funny: I scored a 45-46 (highest in contest) with a variation of Dude's Lakewalk in this same contest and only scored a 3rd behind some 31-32 point beers...

Sorry, I missed this before. I was actually a touch high at 1.058/1.012 and lagered for 8 weeks. I was fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to have a rare BJCP Master judge this category. Here are the results for a 2nd in category. I actually like the hop balance but will try to brew closer to...

No, i did this with no-sparge. I was planning to do a decoction batch using the same recipe for comparison, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I did a ten minute rest at 130 and ramped to 154. Mash-out infusion to full volume. KD

Yeah, I got the aroma hops idea from YOU in an earlier post!

Just scored a 2nd in Quaff's America's Finest City comp. with this beer. Have not seen the scoresheets yet. Thanks for all the tips guys.

Damnedest thing. I ended up with 1.054 to kettle today doing a double batch sparge. I'm calculating 85% efficiency and 1.074 OG. I Usually only get about 65%, so I don't know what the heck happened and I checked with Hydro and Refrac. Anyway, I am beefing up the IBU now to make a Lake Walk...

Brewing up Some of Dude's Lakewalk today. Just messing around with the flip I got for Christmas. Sorry about the damn leaf blower in background. VBO1h94TOjQ

I use mine the same day but you should store in a paper bag if you are resting it.