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I am just drinking my 2nd Dupont and you are right! It does smell like an old dirty blanket a horse or dog has been sleeping on. For me, the Dupont is a little too much like a Belgian for me. Just a little too pucker-forward. Colette, on the other hand, I really like.

Count me in!

I have used one for about a year now. Dead nuts simple and effective. So much easier than fly sparging. Also, it works well for pump circulation during the mash. Very nice product. Well worth the price.

I should have pointed out that my beer was kegged and fully carbed before I put it in the bottle. I don't think I would have attempted this if I was bottle-conditioning the beer.

I had a PBR in my keggerator that one of my son's friends left. I thought I would give it a try since there seem to be so many people that seem to "like" it. Honestly...it had the aroma of dog poop from the back yard. I tasted it anyway and it tasted like dog poop smells. I don't know what is...

I tried hopping in the bottle a couple days ago and, so far, the results are spectacular. I just filled a few bottles with my Chincade APA and then added 1/10 ounce of Cascade whole/leaf hops to each bottle and capped them. After 24 hours I drank one. I just poured the beer gently and the...

I tried hopping in the bottle a couple days ago and, so far, the results are spectacular. I just filled a few bottles with my Chincade APA and then added 1/10 ounce of Cascade whole/leaf hops to each bottle and capped them. After 24 hours I drank one. I just poured the beer gently and the...

Back in 2013 I tried really hard to like Belgian beer. I brewed and drank 5 gal each of Belgian Pale Ale Belgian Dubbel Belgian IPA Belgian Tripel I tried two different yeasts Wyeast 1214 Wyeast 3522 - Ardennes The Ardennes yeast was much better in that it had a milder "pucker", but try...

I use whole hops and considered the hop blocker. However, I think I have found a simpler solution. I slip a stainless steel scrubby over the inlet of my boil kettle drain. That does the trick. I have had 6 oz of whole hops in a 7 gal pot and never had a problem. BTW, the SS scrubby should...

Give me an American pale ale. I like the entire range of American pale ales.

Just be careful. With boiling water you may extract tannins giving you a harsh bitter flavor.

Wouldn't the multiplier be 75/37.5 = 2.0 ? That is, it takes twice the grain bill to get the same OG? Anyway, buy (insignificant price) BeerSmith. You will get more than you pay for and you will support a huge contributor to home brewing.

Given the price of BeerSmith and the effort required to download and install it and your overall investment in home brewing, I cannot imagine a reason why you would not purchase it. Just go get it. You will be happy you did.

Well, actually it is quite a bit better than that. I expect after you consider all the earnings-oriented taxes, that most people are in the 25 - 40% tax marginal tax bracket . Taking a 33% average, a penny saved is really about 1.5 pennies earned. That is, you have to earn 1.5 pennies to...

My chuggers are mounted in an open frame that acts as a carrier and shield. If they are just sitting on the floor running (recirculating, sparging and pumping to chiller) there is never a problem. Only once I set one down in a pot to catch wort when I was pulling hoses and forgot to remove it...

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No. You don't drink that much. That is only 1-2 beers per day, which by the way, is a medicinal and recommended level of drinking. Seriously! :D Last year, I felt obligated to drink virtually everything I brewed - which was a 5 gal batch every 2 weeks. Hey, I guzzled 20 gal of various Belgian...

Yep. That is a great article. I actually have been doing pretty well with almost all of it except keeping it in the keg too long. It really became obvious when I racked my latest APA to the secondary for clarifying. It is only 2 weeks since the boil and it was already very nice, light, hoppy...

You know, I have stopped calculating the cost of brewing. After taking into consideration grains, hops, water additions and supplies, I expect I am spending close to $40 a 5 gal batch. But honestly, there is no way to use cost savings as a justification when I have $2K - $3K in equipment...

Hmmm... That's ok. I tried real hard to like English and Belgian ales, but just can't seem to cultivate a taste for them. My tastes are not well rounded - but that's ok. I enjoy what I drink and brew. I hope you do too! :mug: