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    I've made several 10% + RIS, IPA and Belgian strong ales with no change in my normal brewing routine. Pitch an appropriate amount of the right yeast in to oxygenated wort and fement at right temp and 10-12% is easy. I'm surprised how easily I got my current RIS over 20% actually.
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    I wanted to do a monster RIS my recipe would have been for a 18% stout but my recipe calculator could not account for the 2 hour boil I did and the starting gravity ended up at 1.210 it's currently at 1.038 = 22.5%. The only thing is I did 2 1/2 gallon incremental feedings both with a gravity of...
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    That's fast i use bayou classic burner heating strike water is a pita. That's pretty typical for me.
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    How do you go from firing the burner to heat strike water to squeezing the bag in just over an hour? 30 minute mash?
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    Picked up a mixed 12 pack of New Glarus
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    I have a 15 gallon mash tun but I still had to use 3 lbs of dark dme and 1 pound of sugar. In hindsige I wish had skipped the sugar addition because I ended up over shooting the og. I was aiming for a beer a little south of 20%. I found out that the recipe calculator has no ability to account...
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    I added yeast nutrients to the stsrter and plan to oxygenate it. I have never attempted anything beyond 10% so it'll be interesting to see if it ferments low enough to not be way overly sweet.
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    All the time. I ran out of fermenters so I have to focus on packaging beer for the next month or so. I brewed a project beer last weekend though a RIS with an original gravity of 1.210. I boiled 9 gallons down to 6 over 2 1/2 hours oxygenated with pure o2 for several minutes then pitched 3...
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    This is good stuff I would drink JP beer daily if it were cheaper.
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    Nobody picked your Phillies?
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    All this over a dick joke and the potential that some as yet registered user may stumble upon said dick joke and be offended? That seems reasonable.
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    All this over a dick joke and the potential that some as yet registered user may stumble upon said dick joke and be offended? That seems reasonable.
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    This place is still open for business? I love black licorice i'll eat a big box of good n plenty in a sitting. Btw wth is DEM? How about PKU? I try to follow aling but it's obvious to me that I lack the requisite coolness to really participate.
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    Lol "he was in the pool!"
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    Not 100% sure why that made me laugh but it definitely did.
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    That's the best you got? Disappointed
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