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    Bourbon Cubes - Mold inside mason jar on lid

    Hello All, I am trying to see if it is possible to still used these bourbon wood cubes which I have soaking in a mason jar. So my last bourbon barrel brew was over a year ago, but I had some extra soaked cubes so I left them in the mason jar. They have been and still are covered by liquor but I...
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    [Quick Help!!!] Sooo I did something stupid "Wort left for 7+ days" -- now bubbling

    Soooo I planned to brew my beer and get it started before I left for vacation. So I brewed a tasty batch of WHAT would be my Belgian with Honey and Orange peels. Brewed fine, chilled it down(70F) with wort chiller. Planned to pitch yeast next morning after I let the starter cold crash...
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    Sierra Nevada's -- Beer Camp Across The World 2016

    Just went and picked up my 12 pack. Pretty excited about it. Out of the 6 released which are you more interested in tasting?? Myself...I am interested in the Family Values and the Pat-Rye-Ot
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    New Beer Glasses Delivered -- Pretentious Beer Glasses

    Just delivered today(Pretentious Beer Glass Company)... these glasses are THE ****!!! Sheesh...so glad I ordered them already and haven't even used them. Built solid...heavy heavy glasses. Normal weight of my old sniffer glass The new ones weighed
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    Welp... My year is still going well. Scored Sam Adams Utopias

    Well... I have been after this beer for years. Have only in very small increments have I tasted it and I mean not even the size of a pill cup. Well today I have lucked up and scored my very on bottle...HEFTY price tag but I plan to reuse the bottle and such. It will be a special occasion...
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    Welp... My year is still going well. Scored Sam Adams Utopias

    Well... I have been after this beer for years. Have only in very small increments have I tasted it and I mean not even the size of a pill cup. Well today I have lucked up and scored my very on bottle...HEFTY price tag but I plan to reuse the bottle and such. It will be a special occasion...
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    Having a Good Year so far... KBS Pickup

    I have been trying to get my hands on KBS for a couple of years. I have finally built up my network around my area to the point where Total Wine folks and craft bars know me and such. Finally got my KBS. Had to kit a couple Total Wine to get 3. Then found out Whole Foods released today and...
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    HELP!!! Need quick answer... Over primed bottling day

    Quick help is greatly appreciated. I made my Cherry wood Irish Red. Had 3lb can of cherry puree and 2.5 Oz of oak wood. Let it sit in my mini brew conical. Conical showed I had 5.5 gallon. I expected bottle to be slush of puree and wood so I primed for 5gal. After transferring to bottling...
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    Cut my first keg today....SUCCESS

    So there are some kegs just sitting across from my job behind a dumpster. Waited patientally to see if they were ever going to be picked up and they basically sat there 2 weeks. Would of actually grabbed before but I let it slip my mind...I know a bar closed down recently and I think they just...
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    Thoughts?? Imperial Irish Red w/ dried cherries and whisky soaked wood??

    So I am thinking about making an Imperial Irish Red but I want to change it a bit and add some dried cherries maybe in the boil and pureed up in the secondary along with some oak wood cubes that have been soaked in a whisky. What you all think?
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    Lager got me worried....fermentation is going real slow. Any suggestions

    So I brewed a second batch of my lager and pretty much everything went to plan. OG was set to be 1.064 and I came out with 1.070. Brewed this 2 weeks ago and it been in primary for 1 week. I created a 1.5L starter with WLP 840 lager yeast. Let it go and decant it and pitched at 53F degrees...
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    Beer Trip from East to Midwest (Route and Place Suggestions Needed)

    So I am trying to plan this sort of epic ride from VA across to the midwest and back. Not enough time to drive all the was across the US. BUT this is a trip for beer. Me and fellow beer lovers are thinking of renting some nice pimped out mini van and taking it west for about a 4 day trip...
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    Mini Keg CO2 serving pressure question

    So I am trying to see what is the right about of CO2 for serving out of my mini keg beer dispenser. Getting a little bit too much head on my beers and it being a little foamy. So I went and read a site that had this breakdown Beer Line Length Formula: L = (P -(H x .5) – 1 ) / R...
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    Simple Question....how to install co2 regulator

    I am a SUPER noob when it comes to the pressurized gas thing. So I have a new mini keg beer dispenser that I now started to rig to use a 12oz paintball tank. The regulator that originally came with the dispenser already fits the tank so I do not need an adapter. I screwed it together before I...
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    Alright...need some assistance. About to try kegging and using despenser

    Soooo, I scored this littler beer dispensing system for $35 made by Vino Temps. From the reviews...it got some good and bad but looks like a lot came from the co2 and the little co2 caps. I am looking to convert it to use a 12oz pin valve tank just as the guy did here in the video...
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    WLP500 Yeast Starter -- Extremely Slow Start or Is This Normal??

    So I am brewing my pumpkin tripel using WLP500. First time using WLP500 but I make a 1.5L starter. Used 2 cups of DME and pitched onto my stir plate roughly 48 hrs ago. Never really seen any activity. I only saw a small thin line of white tight bubbles for a few hours(not sure how long they...
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    Critique my recipe -- Centennial Blonde Ale with additions

    So I am wanting to make a nice light beer for the summer so I chose the Centennial Blonde since it looks to be one that folks are liking. please critique my receipe Original Recipe 7.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 0.75 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal...
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    Storing Brewing Equipment Outside? Any issues??

    So I purchased an outside storage unit since SWMBO has gotten a little aggravated with all of my beer thing piling up around the house. Anyone store there items outside without any issues? I basically purchased a big sealed 5ft X 4.5ft lock box for my deck. Of course, I will be rigging some...
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    Questions about FG and efficiency. Raising the temp, length in primary = lower FG?

    So I brewed the Allagash Curieux clone and after 9 days my OG went from 1.083 to 1.020. Looking at brewerfriends efficiency calculator, I hit it basically square on and it reports 93% efficiency. As much as I would love to accept this, I do think its a little over shot. Anyways...its now...
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    Brewing 2 different at the same time....but only one stir plate. Thoughts on process

    So I am brewing 2 totally different beers this weekend and I plan to do them both at the same time. I only have one flask and stir bar and plate...(but I have a growler I can use for the other). So my question is can I fab up some type of stir bar(starsan it of course) and how can I get away...
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