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    Can aphids affect overall bitterness of homegrown hops?

    Question to the masses. I've got a three year old chinook plant, and a two year old cascade. They produced a veritable crapload of hops this year...but along with the crop came TONS of aphids. It looked like a tidal-wave of microscopic green bug-bodies as I dried the cones in the garage. They...
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    Secondary stratification w/ a bourbon barrel porter?

    So I'm a bit perplexed. Brewed up an AG version of Northern Brewers "Bourbon Barrel Porter". Held her steady at a 153 degrees through an hour mash, and hit my target OG of 1.065, with 5 gallons into the primary. Pitched one packet of Danstar Windsor Ale yeast and over the next 2.5 days witnessed...
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    Hard water help (and I'm not good at math)

    Fellow brewers...as a relative noob to the AG homebrew scene, I've finally made the leap into water chemistry. I've started to notice that many of my IPA and pale ales would have a similar twang or astringency...always a similar flavor. Still totally drinkable and awesome...but something didn't...
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    Over-carbonation...what happened?

    So I recently brewed a Scottish Wee Heavy...OG 1.086, FG 1.018. The brew sat in the primary for three weeks on a massive yeast cake (pitched the wort onto an existing Wyeast 1728 cake from previous batch). Was in the secondary four about a month. Bottler 'er up, and let sit for three more weeks...
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    whole grain vs. direct sunlight, who wins?

    question...so we've got this new store in town that just started to carry bulk grains...awesome, right? couldn't be happier to have a LHBS that sells grain by the oz, or 50 lb bag if needed. no more shipping and handling charges. but here's the deal....they probably have 30+ varieties of grain...
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    Which end of the wort chiller is " cold water-in"?

    Alright, easy question, right? Well apparently I'm an idiot...wort chiller came in the mail disassembled...and I've searched the internet for 45 minutes and can't find the answer. I just want to know...does the "cold water-in" line hook up to the tube that goes all the way straight to the...
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