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So brewed a double of this yesterday to split with a buddy. We were debating and researching water profiles to add in to my RO machine water, because the original recipe has a lot of different ways to go. We spent so much time talking about it we forgot to add any of it to the mash...:smack: I...

I don't think you'll have a problem, maybe closer to a stout feel. I love this beer, still my most complemented recipe base.

Ive never heard of that happening....odd. Mine seriously has zero foam when it ferments.

Because most never have had any? I personally have never had any kind of krausen whatsoever that would warrant a blowoff tube being needed. What did you use for your recipe?

Is all that hassle for the glycol tower really worth it? Does it collect condensation and drip on the kegerator a lot?

I kegged mine with no concentrate. I forget, but mine may have not quite reached FG before i halted and sweetened. I think the amount of Starbucks syrup is a little heavy for my taste, and I also used no concentrate once tasting it after the syrup was added. It still could have used less in my...

I think I did the same thing. First attempt was, I think, with s-04 out of availability and it was wonderfully nutty. Just re-brewed with Notty and it tastes somewhat bland, fruity and sweet, with minimal grain character.

I tried to make mine that way, it was too much work to keep watching it. I'd rather be lazy and just buy the starbucks stuff haha :)

I can't say about that because I keg, but when I did mine, I used the campden and potasiun sorbate to halt fermentation, then added the syrup only, per the original ingredient's amount of 12oz i believe, and it came out very cinnamon-y and very sweet. I know bottling is a different animal, and...

Which syrup, the DIY or the starbucks stuff? The DIY is a messy stringy PITA, the starbucks stuff is really easy to use, dissolves really well, basically like priming sugar dissolved in water.

I brewed 8 gallons of this back in June. Bottled 2.5 gal pretty fresh and it was pretty spot on, maybe a touch less bitter, fine by me. I wasnt very efficient, hitting 1.08 but oh well, I was maxing out my system with a thick mash and double sparge. Bulk aged 5 gal in a carboy in the ferm...

That Danby is like all other standard mini fridges with a compressor hump inside that wont allow for kegs like a true kegerator fridge does. Preeeetttty sure at least.

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You aren't understanding. The people who disagree with the buying in bulk ideas aren't buying these $80 kits you're talking about, we are getting our ingredients from a LHBS piecemeal though, which is between the extremes: Cheaper than a kit like that, more expensive than building from a bulk...

I know the feeling haha. I see like 6 partial 2oz bags in the freezer and try to figure out how to use those up via compromise hahaha

Again, if that works for you, good! It's like you're trying to explain to me how I could be saving costs, but i've worked it out and it doesn't make sense in my situation. I never poo-poo'ed anyone for buying in bulk as you suggest, conversely, I replied in kind to mr Rotten's tone of why...

What works for you doesnt work for everyone you know...crazy, I know, but true. 1. Sure it can, but after how many batches? I'm brewing maybe a batch every other month, so to me, this isn't worth the hassle. Also, I need to store one and maintain one (minimal, but still) 2. Ok, still need to...

Also, some people don't live close to a LHBS, or are intimidated by it. I started buying kits for extract and then my LHBS when i went to all grain. I hear some people talk about the nearest LHBS being 45mins+ away, and not even very good. Sometimes it's worth it for the convenience as well. I...

Lines need to be insulated or cooled when they go through warm places. Like said above, long runs or when there is a good chance of picking up ambient heat would require insulation or cooling. For kegerators and the like, its all within a cooled area so no issues. I would say that's a decent...

My wife isn't big on many of my beers, but she and a lot of our friends loved my raspberry berliner