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    Recommendations for a monster?

    possibilities are endless.... Looking for for easy or drinking and high ABV you should go with a Belgian Dubel or Tripel. Good luck on going big. Use a starter for the yeast pitch!
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    Just want to talk about my first brewing experience!

    You know it! Honestly, how many time did you stick your nose in that water to get a nice whiff of each bubble? Looks like a success on your first try.
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    wheat beer help

    Carapils is also an option for mouthfeel.
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    Liquid Yeast..

    First, liquid yeasts are typically shipped with a cold pack making sure they stay viable until they arrive at your door. Wyeast and White Labs are the two main producers of liquid yeast in the US. Both are excellent and give brewers a nice variety of flavor/aroma profiles that can be imparted...
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    Do you have to be a hop head to appreciate craft brews?

    Hops are one component of homebrewing where brewers can create crazy combinations/flavors/aromas that commercial brewers are not doing. But, that is only one component. Yeast strains/techniques can give beers a variety of characteristics, endless varieties of malts and extracts lend different...
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    cold weather brewing in garage

    Brew Belt is a great option to maintain temps. Think light lagers, Dortmunders, etc
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    First time brew question

    Congrats on the first brew!!! Those types of flavors can be added in the last 10 minutes of boil or in secondary. You will likely get less of an apricot nose in your finished product, however. As for sitting in primary for three weeks, I would not suggest. usually sitting in primary for any...
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    Aereating a big beer

    Try pouring wort back and forth from kettle to bucket a few times and let it splash like hell! then shake it and you will be more than aerated.
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    Starting a little more advanced

    Have you considered induction burners? They are about 300/each and use electricity rather than gas to boil, strike.
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    Advice on cleaning and sanitizing

    Usually if you soak in some type of soft cleaning solution you should be good. Just vigorously pump the siphon after it has been sitting in cleaning solution for a while. You shouldn't have too much gunk in there assuming you clean right away, that might be the best advice. After you use...
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    Lots of trub/dry hop. Reduce loss?

    Try using dry leaf hops for dry hopping as opposed to the pellet variety. Good Luck! Homebrewers Unite @ http://clevelandbrewshop.com/
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