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    Blichmann Kettle Has Rust Spots

    I have been using a 10 gallon Blichmann Kettle for my homebrewing for about a year now. I know it is 300-series stainless steel, which should not have rust issues, but my kettle has developed small rust spots at the bottom of the kettle. The attached pictures show the small rust spots. It IS...
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    Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Pilsner with Lots of Coriander and Orange Peel

    Ingredients: 4 lbs Pilsen Light DME 1 oz coriander 1 oz sweet orange peel (at 20 minutes) 0.5 oz citron hops (13.4 AA, 3.4 BA, (45 mins) 1 tsp Irish Moss 1 pkg Safale-05 This was a quick and easy recipe to test how much coriander and orange peel to add. It came out to ~6% alc/vol...
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    Specialty Smoked Beer Peated Porter (with heather tips; little hops)

    Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Wyeast 1728, Scottish Ale Batch Size (Gallons): 3 gallons Alcohol by Volume: 9% Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 minutes Color: dark brown Primary Fermentation: 7 days Secondary Fermentation: 5 days Tasting Notes: Needs more bittering This was one of my first attempts at...
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    Irish Red Ale Irish Red but Hopped Up

    Grain: 10 lbs Marris Otter 2 lb Carared 1 lb flaked barley 8 oz Carastan 8 oz medium crystal 40 L 1 oz chocolate malt 625 L Hop Schedule: 1 oz Fuggles, 60 minutes 4.2 alpha, 2.5 beta 1 oz Fuggles, 30 minutes 4.2 alpha, 2.5 beta 1 oz Fuggles, 15 minutes 4.2 alpha, 2.5 beta...
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    Pumpkin Pie Mead (fermented in a pumpkin)

    This was an experiment that turned out well. One of my co-workers heard me talking about making a pumpkin pie mead for Thanksgiving, and sarcastically said I should make it in a pumpkin, so I did. The batch size was limited to one gallon by the size of the pumpkins at King Sooper (grocery...
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    Fruit Beer Raspberry Belgian Ale

    This was one of my early beers in my brewing career. It is probably still the best beer I have made. Unlike most fruit beers, this one is not too sweet, and the raspberry flavor is pronounced with a roasted caramel after taste (with raspberries still). Has a very complex flavor. Grain: 2 lbs...
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    Banana Spice Mead

    This was my first mead. It came out delicious, if you like bananas and cloves. 15 lbs ripened bananas (ripened to have large brown spots) 10 lbs clover honey 1 oz cloves 0.2 oz ginger powder 0.1 oz allspice 0.2 oz cinnamon 1 can white grape concentrate Boil banana slices...
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    Full-Flavor Midnight Stout

    This was one of the first beers I ever made, and it includes a little bit of everything I thought would be good in a dark beer. It was kind of a "kitchen sink" stout. Grain: 6 lbs Marris Otter 1 lb dark crystal 4 oz chocolate malt 3 oz roasted barley 3 oz black patent 3 oz Belgian...
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