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Cigar City Guava Grove. pretty good! kind of like a much better version of magic hat #9 ...much, much better. (yes, I realize they used guava and not the apricot flavor that MH uses).

so...as a 10 year anniversary gift from my company, I got a smoker...a very cheap smoker...it was the best thing I could find in the catalog of crap that they gave me. I thought I'd actually like to play with this, so it showed up today, a red char-broil water smoker. (no jokes about 10 years...

I was just figuring this out myself when I was putting in my order for the South Jersey/Philly group buy (round 20!). I use Beersmith and added all of the recipes I'm planning to brew in the next few months to the shopping cart (from inside the recipe click the "add to cart" button) after...

I'll leave it up to ercscotty...he got this one started. I'm honestly good with any brand.

I'm in for the last 1/3 of Vienna (I think I may be going a little overboard, but what the hell!)

Anyone interested in splitting smoked malt? I need 1/3 of a bag. Looking to do a couple of smoked porters and just realized how expensive smoked malt is from my LHBS and online stores. Best Smoked Malt (2.5-4.0°L) Malt that has been smoked over Beech wood, Best Smoked Malt will deliver the...

anyone know if GI uses oak in any way producing this beer? I assume it is not barrel aged, but perhaps chips or cubes in the fermentor? I think I might have been picking up some oak that I mistook in part for Brett flavor/aroma

well...it's a little early for my beer (in bottles for 20 days) but I cracked the first bottle tonight (after 3 days in the fridge). tried alongside an actual Matilda bottle. I'd say I am miles off in my clone attempt. Mine is very thin bodied compared to Matilda and lacks the nice, full...

I can't believe this round isn't full / closed yet! What is going on around here?! I think the last round I participated in closed in ~24 hours (and this one has been going since Sunday)! Has Philly / Jersey finally had their fill of grain / beer? I would have thought that many shut down...

No problem bottling. Just rack your beer from under the pelicle and it will be fine. Just make sure you have reached FG. Prime using standard priming techniques. Generally the "sick" beer is attributed to pedio not Brett alone.

Woo Hoo! I'm in for: 1x FB-PILS (Milled) 1x CM-2ROW (Milled) I'd be interested in Starsan if there are others willing to get some as well and split the hazmat fee I'm also interested in a split of Marris Otter (any supplier is fine with me) (1/3 or 1/4 split)...unlike my other grain in this...

UPDATE: This turned out great! Nicely tart/sour (kind of tastes like sweet tart candies). Smell is incredibly complex funk and sour. I couldn't be happier with how this "accident" turned out. I hope to have some bottles age for another year or so and see how it goes, but will likely...

Brewed a dubbel last night (during the height of Irene here in Philly). About 30 minutes into my boil I went down into my basement to see water pouring in through one of my window wells! I ran outside to the side of the house with that window to find myself standing calf-deep in water. I had...

I had forgotten about this thread (but got the emails with the new posts). My clone turned out really great! I don't have any more bottles of the original Saison du Buff(s), but going from memory it is pretty close. Very well liked by all. The herbs meld nicely and are very prominent (added...

:off: (but that's okay by me) I have not had...but happen to be in Chicago this week...any idea where to find? I am very close to the Goose Island Clybourn brewpub. I see they have Juliet on tap (would like to try that one too), but don't see dominique. also :off: but any idea if any of the...

so...I added mine along with the yeast at the beginning of the fermentation. I don't think you will get much brett character if you try to add it in a secondary. HOWEVER, some people swear by adding at bottling (Orval style) and believe that over time you get significant brett character. I...

I use Beersmith. If I'm using someone elses's recipe I enter it as-is, then adjust it by entering my efficiency...it scales all of the grains, and not just the base grain. That makes it super simple to adapt for my system. It is also easy to adjust batch size using beersmith.

I feel your pain. I usually get terrible efficiencies as my grain bill gets larger. easily drops 10 points on beers over 1.070. I've heard a bunch of explanations including 1) poor crush 2) incomplete conversion 3) thermometer off (and although you intended to mash at 149 you were actually...

not so strange...this is how Cantillon packages their Lambics. corked with wine corks then capped. I have no idea why it is done this way, but it is.

Found some other data... am still trying to comb through it, but wanted to compare/post the 2011 entries. This is from the War of the Worts competition in Pennsylvania. This is a large (765 entries in 2011) competition that is close to me. http://www.keystonehops.org/wotw.htm so, for...