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    Commercial APAs without Cascade?

    which sam adams brew would this be?
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    Looking for Sun King

    yes, I'm from madison/jefferson county. have lived here all my life.
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    Looking for Sun King

    I'm in madison, IN. is sun king an indiana brew? I have never heard of it.
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    vanilla beans in RIS?

    Thanks for the ideas.......Okay, I have cut, scraped three beans and placed the in a sanatized jar with four ounces of skyy vodka. I will let sit for a few days before adding some to the beer. Am I correct in assuming that the alcohol in the vodka will take care of any bad stuff that could be...
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    vanilla beans in RIS?

    I am fermenting a russian imperial stout now and am considering tossing some vanilla beans into the secondary. not sure how many of them to use. and for how long to have them in there. due to high abv(8.5-8.75) was considering bulk aging in the carboy. anyone have any thoughts?
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    Help. Low Low F Gravity

    what is the temp of your beer now?
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    yay, bottle day

    groving to some dave mathews and bottling my APA. now if only I didn't have to work tonight!
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    Bottling Tips for the Homebrewer

    good idea
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    just drank my first homebrew

    Yeah I was pretty nervous after the first tasting, all I could taste was the alcohol. Everybody says to relax but when it is your first brew you automatically assume that you messed up.
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    just drank my first homebrew

    let me know how it goes.
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    just drank my first homebrew

    A red ale, 5.5%. A brewers best extract batch. How about you
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    just drank my first homebrew

    After my taste test last week I was little nervous. This week went much better. They are starting to carb a little and the taste is a world better than a week ago. It has been bottled for three weeks, will try another one next week.
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    Bottling Tips for the Homebrewer

    just an idea: you may not have a tight seal between your diptube connection and the spiggot. once the fluid level gets to the leak, you lose the siphon effect.
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    Keeping Hydrometer in the Carboy?

    this may be common knowledge, but I have discovered that the outer cylinder of your auto siphon can be used as a thief sampler. remove the cane portion use the outer cylinder only. sanatize, then place bottom of tube under the surface of the beer. in a quick motion work the tube straight up...
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    first beer, still flat after two weeks in the bottle.

    ok, I was thinking/hoping that time was all I needed. just wasnt sure if this was normal or if something was likely wrong.
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    first beer, still flat after two weeks in the bottle.

    nope, I dissolved 5oz of priming sugar into two cups of water, added that to the bottling bucket then transfered the beer on top of it.
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