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    Best way to mash small batches (1,5 gallons/6 liters)?

    I'm cheap. I picked up a garage sale 2 gallon cooler for a couple bucks. I then steal the ball valve and braided hose from the 10 gallon cooler for test batches. I fly sparge using a gravity setup in the kitchen. It's liberating not having to haul out the 10 gallon cooler, 10 gallon hot...
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    Mosaic Simcoe IIPA

    This is a recipe I have highly modified from the BYO Kern River Citra IIPA. I've done this one with Citra and Amarillo and was great. 14 lbs 8 oz Great Western Two Row (86.5%) 12.00 oz Crystal 15 (4.5%) 12.00 oz Munich (4.5%) 6.00 oz White Wheat Malt (2.3%) 6.00 oz Honey Malt (2.3%)...
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    Re-Boil partially fermented beer?

    It will be beer. It may be good or bad. Time will tell.
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    AHS, Midwest, NB Exclusive Strains

    I use wlp299 for IPA's. In my opinion it is a brings a nice peach aroma to the party. It seems to knock out some off the bittering and does not floc quite as well as wlp001. Fermentation temps can go to 70 in my setup which works for swamp cooling in the summer. I did win a club brewing...
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    Fermentation Odor Control

    Unless your brew is releasing rhino farts, the smell, or should I say aroma, is not that bad. Now the constant bubbling of a blow off tube during active fermentation could drive someone crazy, if in the same room.
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    Mash would not drain?

    There are many reasons for a stuck sparge. Overly milled grain, lots of wheat or rye come to mind. You can add rice hulls for insurance.
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    Things about your co-workers that annoy you

    My boss is Carl from Slingblade who takes over all projects when they get interesting. Interesting in this case is public facing. He is the worst micromanager ever.
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    Hop stand

    I've done two IPA's with 3 oz of hops steaping at 170 for 30 minutes and the result was great. I will continue to do hops stands for all my IPA / IIPA 's. Both were new recipes so I can't compare to not doing a stand.
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    can i clean my keg with star-san?

    I clean everything then sanitize. A brand new keg may have oils or other stuff which needs to be removed.
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    Any way to speed up the brew day?

    While more than half way through fly sparging, turn the heat on low under the brew kettle. If you time it right your kettle will come to a boil as the last of the sparge is done. That saves me time and maybe a little gas.
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    Beer in lines going flat

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    Beer in lines going flat

    If the beer in the keg is carbonated and the beer in the lines is flat, then you have a tap leak.
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    Double IPA Kern River Citra DIPA

    I am truley lazy and dry hopped leaf and pellets without a bag. i even cold crashed with the hops in for a few more days. No grassy flavors. This beer gets better with age. It gets less grapefruit and more balanced every day. Unfortunetly this keg will kick soon. May have to tinker with...
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    Double IPA Kern River Citra DIPA

    I dry hopped mine in the primary leaving the hops in for the full twelve days. Turned out awesome.
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    Motorize grain mill will a drill?

    I mill with a Corona and the perfect setting is when a 3/8 drill starts to smoke. Picked up a HF 1/2 drill and it works perfectly.
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