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    Winter Seasonal Beer Holly (Christmas Ale)

    I was actually thinking of trying this. I cracked one of these I brewed in late September last year with a friend of mine last night, holy crap this thing ages extremely well!! We were thinking of doing a split batch of this recipe making one a harvest pumpkin ale and the other will stay a...
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    Wee Heavy Strong Scotch Ale

    Ok thanks! I havnt tried a beer like this yet. I mostly stick to my west coast ipa and pales but my bud brewed an oaked scotch ale and it was stooopid good!! It instantly made me want to brew 1000000 gallons of this style so hear i am! Thanks for this thread, im gonna brew this in a couple...
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    Wee Heavy Strong Scotch Ale

    Yeah, ill do just that! Is the special roast the same or similar to special b?
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    Wee Heavy Strong Scotch Ale

    This looks like my next batch!!
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    Winter Seasonal Beer Holly (Christmas Ale)

    I just popped one of these last night... This beer definetly ages well!! I bottles this stuff october 1st 2012. I have a case of bombers left that ill be tasting one a month this year!!
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    Blonde Ale Centennial Blonde (Simple 4% All Grain, 5 & 10 Gall)

    I'd do it. Good idea for a summer thirst quencher!
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    Galaxy SMaSH

    So i brought this beer in a keg to my buddys going away party and it was a total hit!! We bled it dry in about an hour! All my buds who "dont like hops" were all amazed and even their SWMBO were liking it! Complete success!!! Cheers!
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    Galaxy SMaSH

    These galaxy hops are really good, ive brewed 2 of my other recipes and used galaxy instead of what i had used in the past. I think this is my new favorite!!
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    Galaxy SMaSH

    I did dry hop this with an ounce of galaxy, just put it in the fridge for a 4 day cold crash after taking a gravity sample. 1.004 and oh wow, this tastes amazing!! Its such a simple recipe but has so much going on, i cant wait til this is carbed and on tap!!
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    Consistent Off-Flavor in my Centennial Blonde

    When was the last time you took your mash tun apart and cleaned or replaced any crusty looking parts? I just had a couple batches in a row taste like what youre describing. I rebuilt my tun using all stainless parts instead of the brass stuff cuz it had some nasty stuff building up in and around...
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    Galaxy SMaSH

    Saf 05 chuggin away!! And me chuggin down some juicy sticky IPA!!
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    Winter Seasonal Beer Holly (Christmas Ale)

    Just cracked one of these last night! It has changed so much since i last tried one a little over a week ago!! The ginger is finally at the back end and the vanilla and cinnamon are up front followed by nice hops flavor with sweet almost chewy malt flavors!! My good friend who is a beer and wine...
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    Galaxy SMaSH

    I was thinkin about a DH of at least half oz. so that confirms it!! They have a bunch at my shop, awesome!!
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    Galaxy SMaSH

    Hops are an amazing thing! I cant get enough of them!
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    Galaxy SMaSH

    Brewed up 5 gallons of smash today. I was at my LHBS yesterday chit chatting and saw they had galaxy, which i have never seen before. They were 14.6 AA and smelled like some one shoved a tangerine up a passion fruit and sprinkled pine needles all over it!! Ended with 1.052 OG which put me...
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    Winter Seasonal Beer Holly (Christmas Ale)

    Its used in the spice tea that you make on bottling day.
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    Winter Seasonal Beer Holly (Christmas Ale)

    Brewed this on 9-6-12 and drank a second bottle tonight..... Oh my goodness!! This is the absolute best "Christmas Ale" i have ever had!! This beer is perfect!! I gave a bottle to another homebrewer and he told me last night that it was amazing! Obviously he couldnt wait either!! All the flavors...
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    Winter Seasonal Beer Holly (Christmas Ale)

    Theres plenty of free online calculators for this stuff. Brewersfriend.com is the one i use. It all depends on the temp of your grain and the heat loss to the tun, all of these are factored into the calculator. Check it out, its very helpful.
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