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    Making the plunge!

    I've been doing extract for 4 years now and am getting ready to make the plunge to all grain. I am currently building a single tier HERMS stand. I have been doing research and feel that the ability to keep my temps constant with direct fire seems the way to go. Now come the questions...
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    Why is it.......?

    Whenever I mantion to people that I am a homebrewer, they think I get my beer for free? I don't know how many times I've heard comments like, Cool free beer or Wow must be great to get free beer. I mean really, doesn't anyone realize, even if I had all the equipment I wanted, which will...
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    What did I just make?

    I was cleaning out my closet while I was brewing and decided to use some of the extras I had left over. Now I can't decide what type/style I just brewed.:confused: 5# Pale LME 1# Crystal 40 1# Crystal 120 8oz Chocolate Malt 1# honey 1 oz Amarillo 60 min 1oz Amarillo 5 min Wyeast 1056...
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    Cats killed my crop!

    I planted my hops the first week of April, and had started to grow nicely. I went out to water them yesterday as here in Ca we are only allowed to water every other day. All four of my palnts had been dug up and there was cat s*** in my mounds. :( All four rhizomes are now dry and brittle as...
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    Question about clearing?

    I have a mead that I made in mid Feb that is currently racked into a 5 gal glass carboy. It has cleared quite a bit but hasn't completely cleared like so many pics I have seen on this site. How long should I expect to keep this baby in the carboy? I can see through it but I certainly wouldn't...
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    Just bottled first mead. Questions?

    I jiust bottled my first attempt at a sweet mead. I made it with 18 # of raspberry honey for a 5 gal batch. Pitched two packages of champagne yeast that was hydrated and fed lots of nutrients. I left it in the primary for two weeks and then racked to a secondary. It sat there working it's...
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    Switching Over to All Grain. What to do?

    I've been brewing for 2 years now and have made some tasties with extract brewing. I am looking into switching over to all grain and had someone donate a 36 gal industrial food grade stainless steel tank with a lid. There are 4 ports on the side that are some strange size more than 3/8 pipe...
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