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Thanks for the reply. I’ll look in to them further…… — Mike Granby, PP-ASEL,IA Warrior N44578 http://www.mikeg.net/plane

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Washwax is not really a wax, but a cleaner and a very good one. I use it. But I think a wax is also useful from time to time. I used Nufinish [...]

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – :We’ve had fuel costs of around $4.30 per US gallon for the past few years. :The recent price hike here due to the impending US war on Iraq has now :pushed the price up [...]

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I know this has been asked before, but I’ve never seen a definitive answer. I’ve been using Iodophor for years, but I recently decided to try StarSan. I used it on the first batch with my new MiniBrew conical this past weekend. I normally don’t mix up large working solutions of sanitizer, [...]

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Colin, kegging is great, but don’t throw away that bottle capper. I recommend keeping a few cases of bottles because some beers you just want to bottle. For example, you probably wouldn’t want to keep a keg occupied for a year while it’s ful of barleywine. (But [...]

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During my mash, it started to hail.  Hard.  So, I thought I might as well name the beer for it… What would be the best time to add hail stones to my beer?  Should I just rack onto them in secondary?  :-) I threw some into the wort (pre boil) just [...]

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Throw it all together and call it "porter." — Dan Listermann Check out our E-tail site at www.listermann.com Free shipping for orders greater than $35 and East of the Mighty Miss.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This is open to anyone with good ideas… [...]

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I have been brewing all-grain ales, stouts, wheat beers and etc. for more than 5 years, but have just begun to brew lager beer under refrigeration. I recently brewed several batches of pilsner and vienna-style lager following recipes in Noonan’s book, but conducted step infusions: 131 degree protein rest, 150-152 [...]

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My advice is to keep the oats down to about 6% of the total grain bill. Oats add texture and mouthfeel, but they’re also oily and can spoil head retention. I’ve heard some people do just fine with more.  What is the exact concern? [...]

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Another advantage to laying kegs on their sides is that they settle out much faster the particles having only about a third of the distance to fall.  The disadvantage is of course that can’t be moved without stirring up sediment. I use corneys on their sides as bright tanks.  I transfer the [...]

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I just got a beer kit for xmas and have been doing alot of reding about brewing. I found a great site that helps me form a recipie and give some general stats about the final product. I’ve come up with the following idea as the first beer to brew on my [...]