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I think that part is really the key. Making wild sweeping changes when you're 1/3rd the way through your mashing isn't practical. Take measurements, make notes. Adjust your next brew, take measurements, make notes. Dialing it in is a process. I likewise, rarely take measurements for my...

Blake's very approachable as I've reached out to him a couple times working on a Trop recipe. I'm brewing another Trop-ish beer on MAR12. I'm actually going to try (2) whirlpools; one at 170° and another at 140°. 3oz in the first and 6 oz in the second (10gal batch). I'm also throwing in a...

I just reviewed my notes with different generations of TYB's VT Ale yeast. 1st Gen - 71.5% 2nd Gen - 73.0% 3rd Gen - 77.2% Sample size is much smaller after that, but... 4th Gen - 78.3% 5th Gen - 82.5% 6th Gen - 82.9% 7th Gen - 88.4% 7th batch picked something up. My notes stated it...

Thanks @tagz! Glad someone noticed. You can get real bored waiting for starter wort to cool in the sink.

I have a coffee stout that was a little lacking so I decided to do some experimenting. With about 2gal left, I added 4oz dark amber maple syrup and 2oz of vodka cinnamon extract. Tasted better but the maple was still hidden. Following some advice from here or another board, I bought some...

Just wanted to share that I got my 310T hooked up with my freezer this weekend and took it for a test drive. Really a solid unit and feature rich. I don't know if there is anything else I'd want from a unit. I do have one question... If I've programmed the unit with 6 stages and say it's on...

Harvested some yeast from Curiosity 24. [/url]Untitled by mbbransc, on Flickr[/IMG]

I'm in, thx biz!

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BeerSmith does scale to commercial volumes. I've noticed many brewers like having brew logs on paper they can write on and keep with the beer as it moves through the brewery. I imagine Nate will print that out and write on it as the beer is brewed and ferments and moves into packaging.

Ok, might need to worry now.

Tapped my Columbus/Citra IPA this week. I have to say... this IPA is the least aromatic IPA I've brewed in a while. Smelled nice out of the bag, but maybe there is something to this after all. 8oz Citra and 2oz Columbus in the dry hop for 10g batch.

Good choice. You provoked me to bite the bullet and go ahead and get my pump. Of course, I also had to spend another $250 on TC fittings, valves and hoses for it. Ugh.

dibs on chugger

I didn't read all this thread, but wanted to comment. My brew partner gets fed up with me because I pick out flaws in all of our beers. I won't let him enter any competitions because I can't get the beer to taste exactly how I want it. And THERE lies the problem, I believe. I have an idea...

I don't gelatin IPAs or pitch black stouts but do almost everything else. Cold crashing clears decently but I've never gotten commercially crystal clear beer like I do from gelatin. I prefer to gel in primary post-cold crash but have done it in the keg too. You could always transfer to...

@IslandLizard I do what you do with a slight variation - Fill clean keg with StarSan and empty with CO2. - Attach dry hop sack to separate sanitized corny lid. - Quickly release pressure on keg, remove lid and install dry-hopped lid. - Give the keg 2-3 bumps of CO2 to "purge" My thinking is...

Stainless fermenter? Interested in going bigger? Bigger kettle? I just recently got a conical but haven't used it yet. My next purchase will be a chugger also; recirculated mashes, whirlpooling and think i'm going to try setting up a recirculating dry hop to my conical.

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