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Ok, it's now resting comfortably in 46 bottles. Tasting in 2 weeks! There was a layer of floating unpleasantness in the primary, but I opted not to rack to a secondary. I was just cautions racking into the priming bucket, and stopped when the absorption of that layer was imminent. The...

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Not yet. I expect to bottle it this weekend. I'll sneak a taste of the flat beer then, but it'll be a few weeks before I know for sure!

Aloha all! I see people regularly recommend against using ice to cool wort. Saw a new post just today that said "Just don't do something stupid like dump ice into it" Why the discrimination against icing hot wort? Is it purely a fear of contamination? Or is there some other insidious...

I had this problem with my first coupla batches. I placed my work in an ice bath, thinking that would be "quick." Ended up having to let it sit overnight. I really didn't want to mess with a cooling device, though. Still don't. The hobby already takes more space than I can really afford to...

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Maui Brewing Coconut Porter. Like Hot Chicks on the Beach.

Personally, I'd skip the stainless steel spoon. I've got a coupla wooden ones and a long plastic one that I use when stirring wort during the boil. Fun thing is, since the wort is boiling anyway, you don;t really have to sweat sanitizing the spoon. Clean, yes. Sanitization happens just...

At 30 gallons every 2 weeks, you pass 200 gallons in 14 weeks. That's an awfully quick brew year!

Took a stab at this tonight. With subtle improvisation, of course! Was surprised at the amount of PB that survived the boil, just floating crud on the top of the wort. I'm guessing what we scooped off was nearly the whole jar. Hopefully all the peanutty goodness was boiled out!

That's where I buy them! Maybe it's misleading, since I always do 2 batches, I'm buying 7 ft at at time. My BOTs always end up seriously cruddy. I;ve tried high pressure water, but it doesn't do the trick. Even tried running a string thru and using that to pull a scouring pad. Still didn;t...

So far, I've not had any real "D'oh!" moments on a brew day. Well, forgetting to take the yeast out of the fridge, but that only cost a little time. Wait, there was the time I forgot to buy ice. Tried cooling the wort in a "tap water bath." yeah, it ended up sitting in the sink overnight...

Funny thing... even when I do try the same recipes, I get differing results. So, I figure, I might as well try something new. Lately I've been into dual-batching, making 2 different beers on the same brew day. I generally do 1 repeat and 1 new each time.

The oxygen will get displaced by CO2 pretty quickly. As long as your bucket seals well and you use an airlock, no worries.

Funny... I've never found a way to clean a soft tube that didn't involve ending with a haze. I've tried bleach, One Step, PBW, pressurized hot water, and Oxy. Always the same result, junk gone from hose, but haze remains. It's most noticeable in my blow-off tubes. I attribute the...

I've never found one made specifically for bottles, but there are no shortage of large plastic containers at your local big box, hardware, or department store. I call them giant Tupperwares, but you know what I'm talking about. Big, plastic, some are clear, some are opaque, some have...

Aloha all! Nothing like the excitement in joining a new forum! Glad to be aboard! I've recently decided to explore one of those hands free, no rinse cleaners. I wanted PBW, but the LHBS was out, so I got One Step. On Wednesday, I put all my bottles into One Step and left them to soak...