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Son I've had a Furious in St Paul, a Two Hearted in Grand Rapids, a Myrcenary in Denver, Lucky Bucket in Lincoln etc etc. Sweetwater Ipa hangs tough, but gets bonus points when served by a Georgia Peach. You're from WV you wouldn't understand.

I haven't seen Cigar City up here but I will look for it. I get down to St. Pete for work and I've driven by it several times. I'll make a point to stop by! (for the brews of course....)

So I was hanging at a fun place in Atlanta. My buddy buys gets the first round, SN Pale Ale, and I was all like 'my stuff blows this away.' sooooooo then I get the next round. Sweetwater IPA. Okay, maybe I have some more work to do. Whoa Nelly I love that beer.. Actually, both are...

And re reading your post, it would do you good to let it sit another week or two in the primary if you are getting off notes.

I would take one more reading before bottling just to double check but I'm guessing your fine. You right about catching a bit of yeast in the taste test. I usually pull of a half cup with a dipper. After I check the gravity I stick it in the freezer for a mini cold crash before tasting. I...

In my book this Peets guy may be the most interesting man on earth. Although I wouldn't want him to know where I live. After that mess of a recipe he slips in a fruit with the following positive review: "while a lover of durian, relates his encounter with the fruit as thus: "Its taste can...

It looks okay to me. What does it taste like/smell like? Did you take another reading yet today?

Tasty brew calc works well for me too. Calder is right, sucrose yields more CO2 than dextrose. I've always used sucrose but switched to dextrose tonight for carbing my Kolsch.

I went to LHBS looking for wl029 they didn't have it. So I took home this guy. My first experience with this strain and I am pleasantly surprised. In just over one week it took my Kolsch from 1.048 to 1.008 andit dropped out clear. I fermented at 58C and raised it to 64C for a few days just...

So just to follow up because I hate how 80% of the threads that interest me end with NO Conclusion. Punks! The Gallon I dry hopped with Galena/Willamette has bottle conditioned about a month. It tastes about how I expected. Nice earthy, spice, a little fruit but not blowing the doors off...

Just pointing out that you mention sanitizing but not cleaning. The two are not the same.

I'm curious how yours turns out. I'm kicking myself for not doing a starter too. I brewed my first Kolsch on Saturday and way underpitched because I way overshot my OG. I ended up adding over two gallons of RO water to cut down the gravity to 1.048 but I have 7 gallons now instead of 5 and...

I get 95% with a mash out and double batch sparge, 85% without the mashout w/ single sparge. My corona from walmart is set for 'flour tight'. My process is to pull up the bag and drain until it starts running slower. Drop the bag into an empty pail with a stainless colander in the bottom...

I'm a frugal/cheap/old school guy so I used the bleach and vinegar dilution with success. It will damage clothes but I didn't care. It works but I've switched to cleaning with Oxyclean and sanitizing with Starsan. It's so convenient and worry free. I keep a couple gallon jugs of it at the...

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I bitter with it a lot. It has a minty note but is otherwise pretty neutral and gets the job done. But I am also curious about the flavor although I've read it is underwhelming. I have a columbus/amarillo IPA that I had an extra gallon from the boil. So the 5 gallons got the...

Well you're talking about a male heavy sample pop. So asking if drinking and fishing go together is about like asking if anybody else here likes football, golf, rock and roll, hot chicks, breathing.. :) But yes, I love ripping lips. But to your point, I agree ffers are more experientially...

I made two starters in the past month with Malta India. I took a tastes before pitching and it wasn't bad. I bet a good hop schedule would kick it up a notch. With that said, I shoot for a little bit more in my homebrew than, not bad. If I'm thirsty enough PBR isn't bad.

I have noticed a few duds in my batches that I didn't mix (slowly) I would keep trying 1 a week. And I hate to ask but are you 100% sure you didn't add both sugar charges to the same batch?

I've made beer dumping in the whole brew kettle and I've whirlpooled a perfect trub pyramid. I haven't noticed a difference in taste. I also heard the trub contains nutrients for the yeast which may be beneficial if you scorched half a million or so. The only reason I whirlpool is to maximize...