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That's probably what it is. I forget that is there sometimes. I had mine set to Tinseth. When I reset it to Rager it was much closer. Thanks. Ron

I was working on an all grain version, but I reset it for the Amber Extract at 15 minutes and I still only see 25.2 IBU. Is there a hop addition missing on the first post? All I see is 2oz of Fuggles for 60 min, which shows 28 IBU. Then the description shows 38.2 IBU. Maybe I missed...

Quick question. I was playing around with this recipe in Beersmith and my IBUs come out around 25. I know I'm not adjusting for the cocoa bitterness, but did you adjust for it in the IBUs as posted with the recipe? I think you show them up around 38. Was that with 8oz of cocoa? Recipe...

There was this green chili beer at the base of Taos one day for lunch. That may be the only 12oz beer I never finished. And I was fresh out of college, lol. Ron

Is there some sort of hop strainer setup that will work with an electric brew kettle? One that won't melt if it touches the element? Ron

Sent you a PM, interested.

We need pics!

Was that from the bakery at Sam's?

Got mine today too, thanks for the special. I can't wait to try out the Pliny pack. That is a bunch of hops. Very cool though because he breaks them out in individual bags labeled for each timed addition. Ron

I've used the Oregon fruit strawberries in the past and they work well. The main problem is finding the strawberries, they seem to be hard to find. All the other fruits from Oregon are pretty plentiful, but the strawberries are tough. Ron

Jeff, You have probably covered this before, but I couldn't find it. What do you do to the raspberries before adding to the fermenter, what's your process for adding fruit? Do you sanitize, boil, bag, etc.? Thanks. Ron

I've only made one wine kit to date and I used wine bottles. However, I was listening to a Basic Brewing podcast recently where James was talking to a guy about wine kits. The wine guy said to not be uptight about it and just use the beer bottles. That's my plan going forward. When you...

I've got Radical Brewing open and he doesn't give a specific recommendation for grapefruit that I can find other than to say it can be used. He recommends the zest of one bitter orange per batch. If you have sweet oranges he recommends the zest of two of those with one part grapefruit zest...

I'm just wondering, what yeast strains have you used with your wheat beers and how they turned out? I'm not really thinking about the American Wheat or Heffe strains. I'm more thinking have you used some other strains on a wheat beer, like Pacman, Kolsch or something else unusual and how they...

I went by for lunch but they weren't open, still working in there. They were supposed to open for lunch today, but it appears they are a little behind schedule. I'm going to be in that area again on Thursday so I'll check and see if they are open for lunch. Ron

Not really a beer pub, I think, but I am checking out BRC Gastropub for lunch today. I hear they have a great selection of draft and bottle beer. I'll report back later. Ron

Well it depends on what type of wine she likes to drink. We just opened the first bottles on my first batch of wine, which was the Luna Mezza. My wife likes Chardonnay so I thought this would be a good one and she is happy with it. I've got one of the Island Mist kits going right now, a Peach...

Yooper, I thought Northern Brewer wanted to charge extra for the heavy wine kits last time I looked? I ended up ordering from Austinhomebrew.com because even though the kit was a little more they charged the standard $7.99 shipping so it came out cheaper. Ron

Very cool, keep us posted. And we need pictures, lol. Ron

I use the Abita bottle quite a bit and have never had a problem. I do have a bench capper though, so YMMV. Ron