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That's the likely culprit. The other thing I found with my kegged hefe's is that if I didn't kick the keg quickly enough it the hefe would clear more than it should. An occasional swirl around after pouring the last beer of the night helped keep the pours "mit hefe", but if you disturb the keg...

Are you correcting your hydrometer readings for temperature, both the OG and the FG? Your hefe seems to have a high FG vs. my experience - could me you mashed at high-ish temp and got more unfermentables out of it, or you had a wheat extract that had a higher proportion of unfermentables... The...

Ed, did you ever get any photos of the hop garden just prior to harvest and/or during harvest? How much did it yield in dried out hops?

How did this end up for the OP? Did the plastic conical construction photos ever get posted?

I do extract brews, I don't do full 5 gallon boils (usually about 2 1/2 to 3 gallons in my biggest pot with some extra room above to prevent boilovers). I use an icebath, and as long as I planned well and have plenty of ice on hand, I can chill from boiling down to 80F in about 10 minutes -- I...

Do any of these places offer graduated discounts? It kind of rubs me funny when I drop $400+ on a single order and only get a "big whoop" low shipping price. I kind of like feeling like I've been rewarded for spending a considerable amount of cash with just "supplier A" vs. shopping around...

I'm all over the chart on your poll, so I voted for about the 5 most frequent descriptions of my drunkenness. I think a lot has to do with what I'm drinking, what kind of stress I'm under lately, what the environment is (club, bar, sporting event, party, our home). It used to be when I was...

The corded one will be 110 volts AC, vs. the 12 or 18 volts DC. The wattage will give you an indicator of horsepower. If you really want a drill with a lot of torque, get a 1/2" drill vs. the 3/8 drill. The 1/2" chuck drills are torquier.

Happy Birthday ova dayr! Try not to end up your night looking like this!

Now I understand. Figured you just adjust at end of boil and cooling like w/extract brews.

Maybe we can get a separate group buy going for our area. Adolphus is in "the county" in Maine, about 8 hour drive north of Boston...

I don't hear them on Sirius, either, which I spend tons of time listening to since I drive a lot for work -- that's part of the reason I wonder if they're ever on radio outside of MA/New England...

a little paste of dishwasher soap and water, kind of a thin paste, and let it sit a while on the bad spots after you scrubbed it a bit. Seems to work decent.

If the stabilizer told you what was inside the packet, post that info here. I think if it was sorbate, you're probably out of luck. There are a few posters on here that have done several of the Island Mist kits, someone will know the answer to your question, so hold off on opening any bottles...

Around here the Drop Kick Murphys are on the radio a LOT. I know they're a local band, and I like them a lot, just curious if this is just a local thing or if they're getting air play in other geographies (starting to become more of a national act?). Having lived away from here from 92-06...

Perfect comment! How are you cooling your wort? I know that I use an icebath and I often worry about splashing into the wort or sweating into it while I'm stirring the wort and moving the pot around in the icebath. Also, I have some older tubing that I use for siphoning -- I always soak...

Yeah, baby! Boston! Might not be the biggest, but this place is the BEST!

Just licence your business in another state, if that's an option...

Got the PM, thanks for the invite! I'm really hoping I can free up my schedule to make it down there! You brew, too?

That mobile brew-mobile would be a classic! I like how you think!