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    WTB 5 gal cornys & 6.5Gal carboys Minnesota

    yes that is a option, I was hoping to find someone that has extra's and not in use to save a few bucks.
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    first soda q

    http://www.midwestsupplies.com/root-beer-soda.html I wish I would of kept the instructions, it got tossed along with the cleanup of my beer batch. how much sugar should I add, I did have it force carb under 30 psi for 2 day and it is nicely carbed and pumps out good with 20 feet of hose, but...
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    Hard Iced Tea

    Just gave this a try, 1 gallon recipe 12 tea bags brought to boil and then steeped for 20 minutes, removed bags and discarded Add 2 1/3 cups of sucrose, 1tsp yeast nutrient S.G. 1.051 Ice bath and then added to gallon Jug, topped off with water pitched 11g Nottingham yeast, capped and shook...
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    first soda q

    the instructions were for bottling, said to add certain amount into each bottle and then top off with water. there was no kegging instructions, the kit stated that it is for 4 gallons, so I added sugar for priming in the keg along with the yeast, extract, and 4 gallons of water. I guess next...
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    WTB 5 gal cornys & 6.5Gal carboys Minnesota

    Hello looking for some 5 gallon cornys and 6.5 gallon carboy's I am south of the twin citys in Minnesota
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    Wort Chilling in the Snow Took Forever!

    2 words immersion chiller. I used snow for my first cool down and it was a waste of life 2.5-3 hours. if you stir it while chilling in the snow bank will help speed it up. Sunday I chilled 3.5 gallons with a home made 25' immersion, with nice and cold Minnesota tap water and it went from...
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    first soda q

    just mixed my first extract soda. old fashioned brand. just wondering how this should taste after mixing. i did mix it well and it did not only seem flat but really watered down. Thats with 4oz priming sugar and 4 gallons of water. That is what it says it makes, Next questions is how can I...
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    yard sale score!

    Hey thanks for the tip I will check it out tomorrow and possibly get the grill functional again lol
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    I've had it with bottling!!!

    ^ it takes me about the same time. I put a few gallons of star san into a bucket. put 8 or so bottles in, and then set them on the counter fill the bucket again. move the counter bottles onto the bottle tree and go again. what was said above is pretty much it for your basic keg setup,
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    yard sale score!

    As much as I hate going to garage sales, now I dont mind going as much hoping to find some more beer stuff. Last week I picked up a outdoor fryer that looked like poo, he had it marked for 10 bucks. I noticed that it had the old style tank connector on it and offered him 5, he said sold, I...
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    faucets yay!

    my faucets came today, it's not pretty but the fridge and paint was free. I had to angle them cause I installed them high up on the door and didnt want to spill any beer of someone opened the freezer door. Next time around it will be pretty, with a better fridge of course. Enjoy
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    How to fix a OverPitched batch?

    Well if it's not over pitched, still being real yeasty, is the problem that I used the wrong yeast for it? I used nottinghamn and the batch was a MW New Castle clone. (OldCastle) I shall rename it "Ye Old YEast Castle"! I dont have any gelatin or any other clairafiers. So I will have to wait for...
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    How to fix a OverPitched batch?

    I should of added some info when I posted but was half in the bag :cross: The batch was in secondary for 2 weeks and now in the keg for a week dry hopping , I just tested it and the dry hopping in the keg has helped some but still has a yeast smell and taste, not much droped out within that...
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    How to fix a OverPitched batch?

    does anyone have some input on how to fix a over pitched batch? I brewed a new castle clone a few weeks ago and I got impatient and pitched a 11g packet of nottinghamn on top of a WL pitchable tube. the FG is 1.010. Smell and tasting quite yeasty
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    Mmmmm, Craigslist.

    Go pick em up and share the deal with HBT commuinty :) and ship them for the non NY people like me :)
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    FG problem need advice

    well before kegging it all I would notice was the funky smell, that is the reason why I was hoping it was the yeast smell. It has been in the keg 3 days force carbing and I turned down the pressure and poured a glass and noticed the smell has devleloped into a taste also. I could notice the...
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    Minnesotans, I need a judge for my last batch

    I plan to go to midwest tomorrow or saturday so I might bring a sample with, it dont have a bad taste, that I can tell anyways. just the smell. I am hoping that it is how I hoped it or the yeast. I did cut down the hop times during the boil hoping to give it a bit more malty taste, but from what...
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    Post a pic--let's see your ugly mugs

    chillin in the basment last heating season next to 3 tons of corn only one I found.....
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    Minnesotans, I need a judge for my last batch

    anyone in the south metro or south of the cities? My last batch is questionable for infection and need a educated opinion, I think it's the yeast that makes it have a funk smell but I would like someone to test it before I toss it if that is needed. Looking for someone that knows what a...
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