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    help understanding whirlpool technique

    i don't think that i correctly understand the procedure for whirlpooling, hopefully everyone here can help me out. my understanding is that the point of whirlpooling is to get the wort moving around the kettle in a circle so that all the hop material + hot break moves to the center. Here...
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    Lager - i sampled and i think i taste some diacetyl

    i made a munich helles on 6/19 using WLP860. I did primary fermentation at about 50F for 8 days, then bumped it up to about 60F over the course of 3 days and held for another 2 days. i then have moved it down to lagering. i took a sample yesterday and believe i'm smelling/tasting some...
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    Help reading water report and understanding what a good baseline water profile

    I got a ward labs report for my water but frankly I don't know, nor can I seem to find, what a good baseline is for a water profile when it comes the the minerals. So I have 2 questions. Question 1 - Should I even care what good baseline numbers are since I would have to add water...
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    Brown Ale recipe thoughts

    I'm looking to make a brown ale next week. i'm trying to use up some grains i have on hand so what does everyone thing of the following. 6 gallon batch: 9lbs Marris Otter 12oz Special Roast 8oz Crystal 60L 4oz Black Patent 4oz Chocolate *** i've looked For hops i'm probably going...
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    building up yeast starters..am i missing anything obvious?

    Lately i've been doing a lot of SMaSH brews and using WLP001. I finally realized that I've been wasting a lot of time/money on building yeast starters out of a yeast vial for every batch. I brew maybe every few weeks if I'm lucky, so in the mean time what I'd like to do is the following. -...
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    Any issues with Frigidaire 20.2-cu ft Frost Free Upright Freezer as a ferm chamber?

    I'm planning on picking up one of these (Frigidaire 20.2-cu ft Frost Free Upright Freezer) http://www.lowes.com/pd_637401-2251-LFFH20F3QW_1z11pke__?productId=50273097&pl=1 The shelves are removable so I don't see any issues with using this a fermentation chamber. Am I over looking anything...
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    how bad did I mess up?

    Hopefully everyone can calm me down a bit and tell me I'm over reacting and everything will be fine :-) Brewed a 5gallon batch of oatmeal stout this weekend. Pretty much after the decision to brew I proceeded to make mistakes along the way. - started at 8PM on Friday night (~20F...
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    help: losing a lot of wort between my tubing and march pump,

    I recently decided to go balls to the wall and get a top tier system (very happy with it) and have all the valves, cooler, pump, therminator, HERMS coil. hooked up with 1/2in. silicone tubing and camlock disconnects. While giving the system its inaugural run this weekend I noticed I lost a LOT...
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