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You should PM Yuri_rage about that.

I use a grain bag and clamp it to the boiler while it's boiling. When I need to make hop additions I hoist it up out of the wort, add em, and back in it goes. Once the boil is done, I suspend the bag to let the wort flow out. Once it gets cool enough, I sanitize my hands and squeeze that bag...

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It is important for it to be cold. That's part of the life cycle for hops. During the winter they vernalize. Many people grow hops where there's feet of snow covering them for months at a time and they perk up again the next year. Where are you where the record high is the same all year? I'm...

Yeast, proteins, hop goop, trub. It's all harmless. If you don't like it, swirl the fermenter around a bit and it'll fall in. If fermentation isn't done yet, the krausen will come back.

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I was at the feed store yesterday buying some chicken feed, and looking through their menu at their grain selection. No barley, but I did see a 50 lb bag of cut oats for $15. Got me to thinking how many stouts I could make.... Then I realized I'm not a huge fan of stouts, so I threw out that...

Whoa, it got Jamie Fraser from the Outlander series.

You CANNOT get E. Coli poisoning from beer. The pH is too low and the alcohol kills off the microbes. NO KNOWN PATHOGENS CAN SURVIVE IN BEER. or any other fermented beverage, for that matter.

Actually I did it myself. I figured Yooper'd just do it anyways, may as well try to stay somewhat on her good side. I wouldn't want a paddling or anything. oh wai

When I saw the thread title and poster I thought it was going to be in the [Mod Edit]. Thread does not deliver!

Yep, perfectly normal. You're not supposed to boil it, btw which is probably why you're getting that smell.

Welcome from Portland, your cooler, yet slightly weird neighbor.

Yea there's a lot of us Oregonians here. Welcome to our grand obsession.

Welcome back to the brewing world! It's nice when the kids are old enough to be put to work.

Oh yea, a 6.5 gallon boil pot isn't nearly enough for AG. It might work for some other, lesser recipes but not this one :D. Sometimes when I want more malt flavor and/or a lighter beer I halve the 2 row and call it the Irritant Bastard. I have a converted keg and turkey fryer for my boiler, and...

I did a lump sum payment to a cell phone company a year ago, and I saved about $800 paying it off at once, and I never got a 1099 for it. I also make, uh, over $33,950 a year ;) The bill itself was $2700.

I don't know how much help I'll be, but I drive a 96 Nissan Quest. The rear air never worked right, and it's got a leak on the transmission seal. However, it has 161,000 miles on it and the only major trouble it's had is needing a brake overhaul. The only other expenses have been regular...

Who the hell said YOU could be so cheerful????//? Oh wait, this is general chit chat, not drunken ramblings. Hello there!!

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