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  1. nianticcardplayer

    Is this a legit site?

    Hello all I was sent this in a text from a fellow home brewer and he asked me if It’s legit or not I generally take the approach if it’s to good to be true it probably is. I also searched here and other parts of the forum and didn’t come across anyone else mentioning this...
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    Looking at going E-BIAB single vessel

    Good afternoon everyone; I have been looking at updating my brewing system and going from the boil pot and cooler to an E-BIAB system, I have it down to two different systems The high gravity wort hog, and Clawhammer supply single vessel.... I see that both have the 120 and 240 volt...
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    Clawhammer, Grainfather, or Robobrew?

    Good Morning All; I have been brewing for quite a while and I am finally in a position to go a little deeper into my brewing and get some better and for lack of a better term more advanced equipment. I have been doing a lot of reading watching a lot of youtube videos and with cost of...
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    Disappointing Homebrew Contest

    This year the local area advertised on the AHA website that they were holding a certified competition during a local celebration and that this year they were going to have a certified Beer Judge versus the two previous years where a few guys got together and tasted the entered beer and picked...
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    Marks keg washer PBW question

    I have searched but not found an answer to this particular question. I have recently got a marks keg washer (I have just started kegging) and going through the package it's great and watching the videos of it in action on YouTube and such have helped a ton, but the one thing I can't find is. How...
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    Edgestar KC3000 Twin

    Good Day Everyone; I have been homebrewing and bottling everything up until last father's day/birthday when the Mrs got me a two kegging set-up from Midwest Supplies, the set up came with two new kegs, regulator, gas distributor and all the lines...I have since gotten a hold of new 2.5...
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    First time kegging

    Good day all I recent,y made the Anchor Steam Liberty Ale clone that was in the last issue of BYO magazine and instead of botteling I am going to keg for my first time and I am planning to use naturally carb in the keg the recipe calls for 2/3 of a cup of corn sugar to the five gallons when...
  8. nianticcardplayer

    Is my beer ruined ?

    Ok so a week ago I did the all grain recipe for a SNPA from byo magazine I am getting ready to move to secondary and this is what I see when I took lid off of a brand new and sanitized bucket I used two packets of S-05 and clarity germ temps held 66-68 except for a day went to about 72 I cooled...
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    Natures Fridge Turned Into Natures Freezer

    Hello All; So it's been cold all over as everyone has seen and I wanted to use my garage it usually stays at a balmy 40-45 degrees, and during the winter I do my lager brew and such well I moved my homebrew from the basement and into the garage and three cases of homebrew (Caribou Slobber...
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    Grain Substitute

    Hello all; I am getting ready for another brew day and I was going through one of my more recent Brew Your Own magazines and came across the homebrew recipe for The Alchemist Heady Topper and in the grain bill it calls for 15 pounds of British Pale Ale Malt....I have looked high and low for...
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    Using Cider Fron Aldi

    Hello all I have a quick question the Aldi store near me has natural pasteurized cider but it also has sorbate added to it as well can this still be used to make hard cider ? If so what steps would needed to be taken to get fermentation going ? Thanks in advance for the help Happy Halloween all
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    Who needs corny kegs

    I wonder if Pepsi would sell these to some homebrewers
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    BYO Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone Recipe

    Good Day everyone; This last weekend I did my second all grain brew and I ran into some, and I am not sure if they are big, but issues. I was going off the all grain recipe in the December BYO magazine for the SNPA clone. In the directions it called for 3.5 gallons of water for the mash...
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    warmer lagering using California Lager Yeast

    Hello All; Quick question have done a couple of lagers (one each the last two winters, I know should do two at a time), and I am looking at trying the Killians Irish Red clone from Austin Homebrew, and one thing that I know is that I can't get things cold enough long enough to maintain the...
  15. nianticcardplayer

    First All Grain Brew Coming Up

    Good Day Everyone; I have gone from extract to extract/steeping to partial mash and now onto all grain brewing and my first two recipes that I am doing are the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone from BYO and the Blue Moon Clone from this forum, going with Wayne's #2 recipe. My question is I...
  16. nianticcardplayer

    which brand of cooler

    Well here's an approach I have searched and found no answer to. I have been looking at going all grain and I have come across an Igloo branded round cooler and a rubbermaid branded round cooler, both 5 gallon's one at lowes blue in color and says lowes 21 bucks, and the rubbermaid is at Menards...
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    Water Profile For Austin Hombrew Clone Recipes

    Hello all; Quick question I have ordered some clone recipes from Austin Homebrew when they were on sale...Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Goose Island Summer Kolsch and Sam Adams Summer Ale...I plan on brewing Sunday and I am wondering if I should go with Spring Water or some distilled water with any of...
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    First Lager

    Well I don't know if I stepped off the deep end or not. I brewed my first lager last night, and have it cooled down from 80 to 54 degrees in 24 hours. One question I have is that too quick of a temp bring down ? Also for the first time I used a whirlfloc tab and I have never seen the...
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    Question on Strawberry Blonde Ale

    Hello All; I am looking at my next set of brews and so far everything to this point has been slightly brown amber and somewhat darker....I have had only one "straw/Hay" colored beer and I was going through some stuff and came across an old but good beer....I found an old empty Pete's Wicked...
  20. nianticcardplayer

    Overhopping ?

    Ok so today is brew day #2 (Raspberry Wheat Abita Purple Haze Clone from AHS). Recipe calls for 1/2 ounce of Chinook For 60 minutes Then 1/2 ounce of Mt. hood for last five minutes or boil. The packages came labeled 1 ounce....I don't have a scale that will weigh that precise....so will...
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