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  1. J

    Funny things you've overheard about beer

    Answer was indead Ales. And yea I mean I dont see how ale is a alternative to beer but I guess its all in the wording.
  2. J

    Funny things you've overheard about beer

    In a Usa today crossword puzzle the clue was "An alternative to beer" answer Ales??
  3. J

    where to get few ft of soft copper tube 1/2in

    Or u could try a scrap yard more than likely they would sell u their pants for cost. I buy copper and lead(for fishing weights) all the time.
  4. J

    Two Quick AG Questions

    2) as a recent ag convert here is what I noticed. When I did extract with only a ice bath I woul normally lose about a quarter gallon to trub after chillin and near a half gallon or more in the primary. Now when I switched I started using a ic to chill and whirlfloc during boil the first time I...
  5. J

    What is your favorite commerical beer?

    My favs are crooked tree ipa from dark horse, 21st amend special edition brewed with dates(unsure of name), or little sumpin sumpin but if planning on gettin scat faced ie. Camping,holidays,deercamp it has to be busch light baby!!!!
  6. J

    2nd AG mishapes and question

    I prob shoulda been more careful stirrin. And I way over pitched yeast because I didnt even think about not dumping my whole starter in. o well brew and learn
  7. J

    2nd AG mishapes and question

    Thanks guys for the help think ill leave er call it a wine cooler lmao I will definatly have to fix my manifold I dont want to glue it all because I like being able to disassmble to clean but for some reason pvc fits tight when cold but after preheatin mlt pvc Is sloppy and not tight which os...
  8. J

    cold crashing?

    Actually in bottles I was shocked it wasnt like fully in the beer carbed but definatly crazy compared to my previous 1 week sampling of a 10 % imperial pale ale. But yes definatly about three weeks for best results im impatient and by the time my beer just gettin good its easily half gone...
  9. J

    2nd AG mishapes and question

    So this batch went better than my first hit my strike temp doughed in and stirring i noticed a piece of my manifold floating around(PVC). Tried to stick hand in a glove and a bag to fix but water just to warm. Anyway i went on with the mash and sparge only to find when cleaning my MLT that the...
  10. J

    cold crashing?

    to prevent suck back which is inevitable since your putting warm liquid to cool and as it shrinks it draws air in u just simply remove your airlock and replace with a clean piece of saran wrap and a rubber band or if its in a carboy just place saran wrap over and smack bung in over it. I been...
  11. J

    Sour beer

    Didnt taste any vinegar but also didnt keep it in mouth long enough to tell. If it still tastes smells like that come bottling day might decide then what to do
  12. J

    Sour beer

    Well did my first ag a week ago. Its the fizzy yellow beer recipe on hbt. Well had several issues durin brewing which is in another forum but my question is that I transfered to secondary today onto gelatin as my bmc friends like clear beer. Well the beer smelled horribly sour and when I tasted...
  13. J

    Cheap, easy all grain

    Did the fizzy yellow beer recipe for my first I did last weekend( for my bmc drinkin friends) with everything it was only around 18 bucks. Very simple to make too
  14. J

    help me out a bit! keezer question!!!

    If ur not goin to make lagers in oi t def check thi az out worked great for my freezer quick and simple holds steady 40 def temp at first turnd screw to high it was runnin like 60 but after u find the sweet spot its awsome for a simple keezer savea ya 70 bucks
  15. J

    First ag batch mishapes

    Lmao,i did preheat used boilling water which also melted my cooler a little well bubbled up one spot in plastic right were I poured it in
  16. J

    First ag batch mishapes

    Thank u for the great tips it only took about 5 mins of addin water to get temp corrected and it only loses about a degree every 40 mins.. And thanks I will shorten up my manifold.. Cant figure out how to quote from my phone
  17. J

    First ag batch mishapes

    Well my first batch went ok besides the fact that a) I mashed at 152 when recipe called for 150 b) when temp in my hlt dropped to around 150,i added 4 cups hot water temp didnt go up, added 4 more and nothin added 4 more and stirred then it shot up to 160 lol had to add 4 cups cold and back on...
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