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The best way to prepare pumpkin for the mash is to roast it until it is soft. I suggest cutting into quarters and cleaning and baking in dish at 350 for 60 minutes or until it is soft. (I roast mine on an open fire). Then allow to cool and peel and cube into about 1 inch cube. I use 5 to 7...

why I would rush through something I so thoroughly enjoy. Brew Day for me a cherished activity, planned for at least two weeks. Each step contemplated the results documented, notes taken on future improvements. Process of previous brew days reviewed and ideas generated for improvements...

I prefer to support local businesses if I can, the closest store to me is only open in the afternoon even on Saturday...they do sell online and I have ordered online ... mostly I order online from the closest store and drive there (about 20 minute ride through the country) and pick up stuff...

Here is what I use a 6 inch inline fan that moves 400 CFM. I directed my 6 inch vent out a window by cutting a piece of plywood the size of the window and slipping it the same track. Cut a 6 inch hole in the plywood and attach a connection pipe, caulk to seal and add some steel screen to the...

Steeping the pumpkin will work and will get you the mouth feel your looking for but not much of the pumpkin flavor or spice flavor will come through. In addition to steeping the pumpkin I recommend that after fermentation completes and you reached final gravity you taste your testing sample and...

Bottling a Dunkelweizen tonight and Brewing an American Brown Ale on Saturday.... washing and waxing my truck on Sunday

keyboard jockey and chief cook and bottle washer !

I have a digital camera (1080i I think) its an Olympus ... uses a USB cable to plug into a computer can load directly to the local disc ... Nice and light and compact. easy to use. has a 1gb SIM card for storage. Was a nice camera in its day... I also have a Cannon TX SLR 35MM with a 750MM...

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Pliny the Elder --- IMHO The best beer on planet Earth! --- Sigh I cannot get it. So A - Bear Track Brewing American IPA 1. Mad Hatter -- New Holland 2. Centennial IPA - Founders 3. Two Hearted Ale - Bells

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I agree free hops are great at the AHA Conference on Friday I was standing at the Hop Union both when the lights went out ending the Expo for the day. The guys from Hop Union gave a brick of Simcoe and a brick of Cascade. I was in heaven!!! Never used Simcoe before so I made a Simcoe, Amarillo...

Yes indeed that is a lot beer Lorena .... Its taken me 3 and half years to feel confident enough to brew a Belgian Ale. The feeling is the same as when I was a chef and I had to cook a dish I did not personally like for the first time I was very apprehensive. It is very difficult to get it...

Good Morning Homebrew Talk ... It is brew day for batch number 110, a Belgian Ale --- my first Belgian!

I would love to start to kegging .... I have been bottling for 3 1/2 years ... what a joy to win this

WOW I love HOPS!

My book shelves are 9 feet high by 15 feet long ... Contain so much it is not able to list them here is a short list Stephen King (all hard back versions and paper back) Winston Churchill Complete Memoirs Mien Comp The Genesis of the Pharaohs Guadalcanal Diaries New Jerusalem Bible...

Sweet Stand -- please count me in

yes ... otherwise you could shock the yeast.... I always try to get the starter decanted and then close to the pitching temp of the wort about 58 to 68 F

How close to the house.. and what type of foundation is your house and how old is it? Older concrete foundations can make nearby soils very alkaline ... gardening mix? is it like potting soil or is it intended to go into a garden for tilling deep and composting. Fresh manure and other...