Brewing Master

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My first-ever batch has just been put away for fermenting.  However, I did one stupid thing there at the end – I dipped a clean but unsanitized thermometer in the diluted wort (apologies if I have some terminology wrong). [...]

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says… In my original question I should have been more clear on one concern. My thinking was that a ready to pitch starter would loose more yeast count due to shock of refrigeration and re-warming as opposes to just keeping it at room temp for a week or two.   [...]

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Or I could point out that some are clearly into proclaiming, most obviously with that question of 10g of dried yeast being essential. Clearly Coopers, who have been in the business for a hell of a lot longer than bregent has ever been, and [...]

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Fill it with hot water and let it soak for awhile.  My Gott smelled the same way.  The smell is gone now.  As far as your PVC goes.  I wouldn’t trust something that melts only 10 degrees above your sparge peak temp (you did say 180, right?).  I would go with something [...]

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Coopers extracts are pretty good but ditch the sugar.  I only make the lager and the nut brown.  I add 2 pounds of DME to the lager.  I add 1 pound of DME and 1 pound of Belgian Candy Sugar (dark) to the Nut Brown Ale.  I use only the dried yeast [...]

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Worn the binding out, did ya?
I never said I understood it the first time I read it…;) Cheers, Mike

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I bought five gallons of organic apple juice on sale last week, for two reasons:  I can make 5 gallons of cider, and it came in 1 [...]

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Changing the subject slightly, I’ve been wondering just what’s involved with malting barley.  I remember reading that one allows the barley to germinate a bit, and then you roast it so that the sugars caramelize on the outside –or something like that. It doesn’t sound [...]

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I got home today and my Wyeast smack pack was blown up and real tight. So I boiled two quarts of water, put in a 1/2 pound of dme and a little hops and boiled it for 30 minutes. I had marked a 2-liter PET bottle at the two quart mark. When [...]

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I still remember the old saying… This ain’t Burger King, this is my house You don’t get it your way, you take it my way, Or you don’t get it at all! HA!  What a sales pitch…
It’s [...]

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 The store is closed today ( must be the Packer Game.. ). The reason I believe the guy amde it is that it was given to me in a cheap, unmarked (except w/ a sharpie label) disposable plastic quart container.
He buys it in bulk (55 gallon drum) and dispenses. [...]