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In. Already own a 7gal chronical with temp control, and a 15 gal ssbt kettle. Fantastic stuff, need more!!!

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Made a 2L starter for Edinburgh Ale Yeast for a Strong Scottish Ale and it worked (really) well. Just curious since I have never had a starter go so strongly, is the tan goo from the overflow yeast or some kind of waste? This one spilled over three time like this.

Couple iPhone photos, not the best quality. This was in Primary for 24 days, cold crashed for 4 days, and kegged about 2 months ago. Looks great but batch is off a bit, was my first batch with a grain mill and I overshot OG by 10 points, which caused yeast to under attenuate since I didn't have...

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Welcome from NC. I followed the same path. Did a couple extracts, then a couple partial mash brews, then SWMBO booted me out of the kitchen and I upgraded to all grain. I enjoyed the path and not counting my first beer, which was brutally bad, I've made decent beers with each method. Enjoy.

Welcome! I'm from Neenah / Appleton waaaay back when. Down in NC now. GL and enjoy the brew.

Welcome from Concord. I've had good success leaving beers in primary for 24 to 28 days, then I put them in a spare fridge for three days at 38deg before bottling/kegging. After kegging the beer is always better after a week in the keggerator. Gives things time to settle out. Enjoy, and check...

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All 5 gallon batches. 1. MysticMead's Irish Red Ale 2. American Brown Ale 3. KingBrianI's Common Room ESB 4. MysticMead's Irish Red 5. American Pale Ale (EdWort's house pale ale) 6. Raspberry Wheat, (never again... Ever.... .... Ever) 7. American Pale Ale (Yooper's Pale Ale) 8. American...

Hello and welcome. My wife's family is from Madeira, we visited last year for 2 weeks and stayed a couple days is Lisbon. Wonderful place, lots of people had home made wine and agua ardiente (maybe spelled wrong, it was sugar cane alcohol). I had Poncha and Shandy for the first time too. I...

+1 for NoDa Brewing. They have several excellent brews.