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    Shout out to Morebeer

    I am a returning brewer, and decided to do a couple of kits to get back into the swing of the game. I ordered from Morebeer and they printed a shipping lable on Mar 6 using the post office. I kept checking tracking and the post office seemingly has "misplaced" my order. This morning, I...
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    Re-intro

    Hey all, I was a regular here a few years back, starting with extracts, then moving into whole grain with a Robobrew. I stopped brewing a couple of years back, due to a bunch of reasons, mainly age (71 now), burnout, gaining a lot of weight, etc. I have decided to start brewing once again...
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    Quick review on MaltZilla and a request

    I have been buying crushed grain from Morebeer and fighting mash efficiencies in the 50% range. I was thinking of moving back to extracts, but then SHMBO (who feeds the wild birds in the backyard) discovered that the birds like the spent grains, so I told her it was her fault I had to spend...
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    Hop tea

    Anyone with experience making hop teas to use in place of dry hopping? What is your process? Did you get the desired result? I am interested in giving this a try and looking for input.... THX Lon
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    A couple of questions for the advanced extract brewers....

    I have been brewing ~3 years now, started with extracts and have been doing all grain for the past year or so in a Brewzilla 3.1.1. I have seriously been thinking of moving back to extract brewing for two reasons. 1) Easier with shorter brew days.... 2) While I feel I can get a better beer...
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    Beer Advent Calendar

    So my mother in law has been visiting for a couple of weeks, and her and my wife conspired to get me a beer advent calendar sent from some place in Florida. It is 12 beers, 9 of which are from the Southeast, which living in AZ, I would never get the chance to try, and mostly IPA's/PaleAles (I'm...
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    I may have a new favorite hop

    A month ago, I made a pale ale with all galaxy other than a bit of magnum for bittering (recipe attached). I found the basis for the recipe on morebeer and made a few changes. I used Lutra fermented at 90F, so, of course, it is still not clear, but then again, I'm not really picky about that...
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    Malty beer styles for a hop head to try...

    I am a hophead of the first order, I just really like bitter, hoppy beers, but I would like to try some malt forward beers. Looking for input from the collective knowledge here on beers that might be worth a look. TIA for any input. Lon
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    Porter needs extended aging like a stout?

    I am a hop head, so don't usually brew dark beers. I have made a couple of black IPA's and a stout in the past. With those, I found that the collective was correct in that they will improve with a longer conditioning time than, let's say a pale ale, or IPA. I am planning on brewing a honey...
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    Dry Lutra

    Did an IPA this morning and pitched a pack of dried Lutra. I pitched at 83 degrees and set my temp control in the chamber for 85. 4 hours after pitch, 1" of krausen, a bubble in the bubbler every half second or so, and the fermenter looks live a big lava lamp with all the movement going on...
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    Used dried Voss today for the first time

    Today, I made the below beer and used dried Voss as a stand in for s-04. The flavor profiles seems similar and I thought I would give hot fermentation a go. I overshot my chilling a bit, and pitched at 72 degrees, put the fermenter in the mini fridge and turned on the heat pad. Three hours...
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    Using up some odds and ends

    Looking for input on this recipe. I am using up some odds and ends of grain. I used a Kviek yeast because I want to get it in the bottle quickly. I am hoping for a kind of medium bodied, grapefruity, citrusey, beer. Suggestions welcome. TIA Lon
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    Brew to bottle (or keg) time.....

    I have somewhat recently transitioned from extract brewing to all grain. Since doing that, I have noticed somewhat of a strange "bitter" taste to my beers. It is felt(tasted?) on the back of my tongue, and also appears to decrease as time goes by. I tend to drink my beers by the batch, rather...
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    Input on grain mill

    I have come to the conclusion that I will never have a consistent mash efficiency until I take control over the grain crushing, as it appears that the not so local LHBS and the online suppliers don't have consistent crushes, causing my mashes to be all over the place from 50% to 85%... I have a...
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    Things I learned on my brew day this morning

    I've been brewing for around 2.5 years now (Extracts at first, lately switched to all grain, today was all grain batch #6), Brewing in a Brewzilla 3.1.1. I am at the point of dialing in my processes and starting to get comfortable with the all grain. Things I learned today: 1) I had read of...
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    Made a couple of changes I am happy with

    I recently made a couple of changes (additions) that I am happy with.... 1) TILT -- Being able to constantly monitor the gravity as the beer ferments is fantastic....kinda takes the guesswork out of "is it done?" 2) Clear fermenter -- I had been using plastic buckets, but they are a couple of...
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    Stuck Mash

    A little background first. I am relatively new to All grain, having done only extracts until I got a smokin' deal on a Brewzilla. I have 6 batches done, and have been struggling with mash efficiency, some as low as 50%. I did a couple with grain from my not so LHBS (70 miles away), and the...
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    Weird question....distilling beer

    The wife and I were talking about a batch of mead that I made that neither one of us can stomach. We were talking about how to save it, and distilling it came up. She then asked me "can you distill beer?". I have no f'n clue and she keeps asking, so I thought I would put the question to those...
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    Abysmal Mash efficiency

    OK, so I have a total of three all grain brews under my belt. I am brewing with a Brewzilla 3.1.1. First one was an IPA recipe by David Heath (you may have seen his YT channel). I hit just 1 point below all the numbers, which put my mash efficiency close to 75%. The second was a Citra Maris...
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    PH meter

    So, I bought one of those cheap PH meters on Amazon.... PH Meter for Water Hydroponics Digital PH Tester Pen 0.01 High Accuracy Pocket Size with 0-14 PH Measurement Range for Household Drinking, Pool and Aquarium (Blue): Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific and after FINALLY getting the thing to...
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