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Yeah, at this point I'm fairly certain it was. It was brewed right in the middle of the hot summer, and I remember it taking a long time to cool the wort. I distinctly remember over-imbiding as well :) so I probably wasn't as careful with the cooling wort as I should have been. Good thing is...

Thanks guys. Yeah, it made no sense to me at all. Maybe it was a typo and they meant if you "freeze" it, to let it thaw in the fridge for a week. The mystery of the tangy hefe remains......

I read somewhere recently, not sure where, that if you store LME in the fridge, that you need to take it out for at least a week before you brew. Is this correct, and if so, can you offer an explaination? the reason I ask is that is that I'm trying to figure out why two of my last 10 or so...

I second that... I feel lucky to be so close to Listermann's. I bet they are about sick of seeing me though. Listermann's is Phabulous! Their extract kits are awesome too.

I was reading something about brewing recently and had heard the suggestion of brewing pre-pro lagers. I am embarrased to say that I really can't characterize a pre-pro beer. Could someone enlighten me? I definitely understand that there were exponentially more brewers before prohibition - the...

Exactly what I was thinking. I've only brewed about 12 batches so far (hey, that's almost 2 barrels!) and I don't use one. Never have. I remember opening it on on my first batch and looking at those crappy instructions, and thinkin' "damn, do I HAVE to use this?" Ever since, it's been quietly...

I'm just curious what ill effect freezing might have on beer in it's various stages of production. I have a scottish ale in secondary in the garage, and it dipped down to 32... never saw ice crystals or anything, but I was out of town and wondered what might happen if it did start to freeze.

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Well I'll be darned. I did this a week ago, but only did 200 degrees for about 10 minutes. Didn't do a thing. Tonight I did it again, 350 for 25 mins, and they are workin' again! Also boiled them first in a mild Straight-A solution in case there were solme lodged solids in there...

Yeah, I'll get a picture of it when I get home. Coolest looking 5L keg I've ever seen. They have one left too... might have to go pick that up and stick it in the cellar until spring... The buyer at the store told me that Bell's only made a few of them, they were made for some big party they...

Oberon is fantastic. Luckily there is a shop here that carries EVERYTHING Bells and they were able to get a handful of 5L Oberon Kegs. Pretty nice lookin little buggers. My friend and I killed one in front of a campfire on the last day of summer. Sorry, no clone though...

Hey all, first post... been brewing with extract for a couple years. I have two of those wire/probe thermometers, one is a polder, and the other one is from target. They have both gone bad... and I suspect the probe is the problem. They read about 50 degrees too high :confused: I'm...