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Wanted to know if people generally use whirflock in their lagers. I've skipped it in the last few I've done and they're brilliantly clear. I generally follow the old fashioned no D-rest schedule of fermenting until ~10% of the sugars remain then slowly lowering the temperature by 0.5 C every...

I was DD last night for some friends, which isn't unusual, I'm pretty much always DD on the "drinking holidays." On our drive home I noticed a lot of miserable looking drivers in cars full of happy looking people. I just wanted to thank everyone that was a DD or used a DD last night.

Anyone with me on creating a new competition circuit? Fart Judge Certification Program The idea came to me as I was reading HBT. I let one fly, then my dog followed suit. Mine was a beer fart, and I scored it a 32/50. Replace the scores for appearance with sound and swap the point...

I do. I dip my finger into the thick foam. It tastes like marshmallows. Today I made an IPA that I first wort hopped with Summit. I tasted the hot break and it was like hoppy marshmallows. OMG, new business idea. Hoppy marshmallows for sale at the home brew store.

So, last night I had some beer at a party and there were a couple of part-time vegans there. I warned them that I had fined the beers with gelatin, and they were ok with that. I got to thinking about something I heard at the LHBS about vegans not drinking unfiltered beer because the yeast...

This is my first year growing hops, and I jumped in head first. I spent the day today constructing a hop trellis for the 3 rhizomes I planted about 3 weeks ago. I have chinook, cascade, and willamette. The trellis is doubled up 2x4x16 pt construction lumber screwed together with deck screws...

Today I was at Bed Bath and Beyond looking for sheets, which I didn't get. What I did get was this: I know that there are several threads on hopbacks, but I didn't see a blow by blow how to, so here's how I did it. I won't include in and out fittings, since those will be dictated by...

Have you guys seen this? https://www.brewershardware.com/TC15F10NPSCOV.html I haven't seen any other posts about it yet. Since I'm re-thinking my whole brewing process in light of my recent back surgery and inability to lift any full vessels for the next couple months I decided to pull...

So this is my favorite hop now that Amarillo is extinct for the year. Why does it have to be so daggone expensive? Stupid things are 3.50 for 2 oz, and iI just used 4 oz to dry hop 10 gallons of CDA. Grr, I'm peeved. To top it all off I just got my last lb of Amarillo until this year's crops...

So I'm drunk and it's about 4 AM. I love Spring Break. Anyway, in a bit of a stupor I put on the Toxic Avenger. I love this flick. Anyway, I just noticed that he smashed a dude's head in the mexican place with a corney keg. New reason to love this movie even more.

I have no idea how they got in there, but I spent about 3 hours today disassembling the pump, cleaning everything, and blowing out the drain hose. So yep, don't put hops in your dishwasher! Some other interesting finds were about a dozen whole coffe beans and a whole olive. I'm pretty sure I...

I didn't and now I've got a batch of pale ale that has a distinct smokey flavor. I thought maybe it was carry over from a batch of rauchbier, and since all the other beers I've done recently have been fairly dark I didn't notice it in them. Today, on a whim, I decided to check the element in...

Ok, I'm in love. I'm sipping my American Pils that's been lagering for exactly 1 month and I have to say that this yeast is amazing. It let every bit of those subtle Glacier hops come through and didn't make a single ester. Basically what I'm saying is that you can't taste it. Am I crazy...

I made a batch of the spent grain dog treats with the leftover grains from the APA I brewed last weekend and they're so crumbly they pretty much disintegrate when you pick them up. I had about 91% efficiency, and didn't use any wheat/rye. I even added an extra egg to help bind them, since...

How many of you have ever had one of those days where you just "go by feel" on your ingredients, then record the recipe afterwards? I just did a batch of barley art today, 11 gal of something like an IPA 10 lbs. Rye malt 10 lbs. 2-row 1 lb. Caracrystal Wheat 8 oz. Crystal Rye 8 oz...

So today I got a 9.0 CF Frigidaire chest freezer from Lowes with my book money. I didn't have to buy any new textbooks this term, so why not invest it? Right now it's just got 2 lagers in it, the other two are ales that are getting carbed until there is room in the hotrod. The plan is to add...

My F-150 has been running really rough for about 2 days, and on my way to class today it died a couple times. I had the engine code read and it was a cylinder 4 misfire. Luckily for me I have a great neighbor who didn't mind parts runs. First I replaced the #4 plug, still ran rough. Then I...

So, I accidentally put my star-san keg on 35 psi for the last few days. Tonight I went to pour off the sediment and get a sample (I thought it was a recently kegged IPA). When the starsan came out it foamed big, but I left the glass out on the counter while I gassed up the IPA and did some...

So here's my problem with the new system. When I am recirculating my 2" RIMS works great. When I am stepping temps and recirculating fast it works great. But when I am heating my on demand sparge water when the ground water is this cold, or when I'm stepping temps on a sticky (I love rye and...

So, here's my IPA recipe: Paint Stripper - American IPA ================================================================================ Batch Size: 5.500 gal Boil Size: 7.100 gal Boil Time: 1.000 hr Efficiency: 90% OG: 1.074 FG: 1.019 ABV: 7.1% Bitterness: 101.4 IBUs (Tinseth)...