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  1. Balue

    BrewHardware Giveaway!

    In for the win! Cheers!
  2. Balue

    Never Ending Word Thread

    Northern
  3. Balue

    Is it bad to move the grain bag around while steeping?

    Fondle your sack all you want we wont tell! I prefer to squeeze mine when I am done.
  4. Balue

    Count Fair results are in!

    I will post recipe when I get home tonight there was actually a mistake when I was getting grain for it and it worked out so this is the new recipe
  5. Balue

    Count Fair results are in!

    So got my results back today and my stout scored a 44 and didn't place. Was hoping for a bit of feed back but pretty happy with the scores! Aroma 12/12 Appearance 2/3 Flavor 18/20 Mouthfeel 4/5 Overall 8/10 Comments: no head retention Tried uploading pic from phone but the HBT app...
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    Partial mash extract volumes

    If your recipe is for a 2.5 gallon partial boil then doing a full 6 gallon boil will throw your utilization off changing the hop and bittering profile you may need to adjust amounts Also hope you have a chiller as cooling a full boil takes a lot more than a partial
  7. Balue

    What are you drinking now?

    Decisions, decisions?!?!? Getting tonight's line up ready!
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    Malfunctioning Plastic Coopers Hydrometer

    Sounds like a un calibrated hydrometer to me. Water should read 1.000 based upon your posts you should be around 1.020 and og should have been 1.060 giving you about a 5.2% brew I my calculations are the OK. BUT based upon your post I would not trust that hydrometer and buy a proper quality...
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    Kids and brewing

    My 5y/o likes to help me. She also says she loves the smell of daddy making beer(mash) unless I am making an IPA then during the boil she doesn't like it so much. She also loves tasting the grain when we are at the LHBS getting ingredients.
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    Newbie Keg Cleaning Question

    I had a keg that looked real similar to that. Like you I was having difficulties. I finally used a lot of PBW and very hot water. I let it soak for an hour or so and then scrubbed while it was still hot, the scale flaked right off. I think the key was doing it while hot and a higher...
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    Heading to San Diego

    Alesmith Rough Draft Société Just to add a few more there are many! And as a homebrewer I say White Labs is a MUST. Probably the single best thing to happen to us local homebrewers they take the same batch and ferment it with different yeasts. You truly get an understanding of what the...
  12. Balue

    What are you drinking now?

    My take on Ballast Point Victory at Sea porter, I saved some bottles off the keg that are 9 months old now and tasting incredible! Only 7 bottles left though. :(
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