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    Ballast Point Yellow Tail Pale Ale Recipe???

    It's my favorite hoppy beer!
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    Learnings from my first 5 AG batches

    What thermometer do you have?
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    Water is important

    What were the findings?
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    Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter

    You'll be stoked. It is a very cool shop with nice people. She might live down the street from me. She doesn't happen to live in Pt. Loma or Ocean Beach, does she? Cheers!:mug:
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    Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter

    That is exactly what I did. Here is the recipe that they gave me in case anyone else is intersted. 9 lbs. Coopers Light Malt Extract 1 lbs. 60L Crystal .5 lbs Chocolate Malt .25 lbs Black Malt 1.5 oz Galena (10.5%) 60 min. 1 oz Centennial 2 min. White Labs Burton Ale Yeast...
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    Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter

    This is my favorite porter. Does anyone have a recipe to clone it? (extract) How about some tips to approximate the taste.
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    Priming with Dried Malt Extract

    What are the effects of priming with DME vs. corn sugar?
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    Trader Joes Vintage Ale 2006

    I love this beer. One of my favorites.
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    Low OG..... why?

    I just brewed my second batch, a AHS Belgian Trippel - Mini-Mash kit. My OG was supposed to be 1.085, but it was 1.068, and I am trying to figure out why. Extract ------------ 2 lbs. Munich Extract 6 lbs. Pale Extract 1 lbs. Candi Sugar Grains ------------ .5 lbs. Carapils 2.5...
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    Modify Recipe for Full Boil

    I just bought a Belgian Trippel kit from AHS. I want to do a full boil, I have a 32 qt. kettle and turkey fryer, and I know that I have to modify the amount of hops that I add. So my first question is: How do I modify the hop recipe for a full boil? It calls for 2oz. Tradition...
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    Taste Envelope - Attack, Sustain, Decay, Release

    Ever since I began learning about brewing beer I have been tasting a lot of different types of beer from all around the world, I have noticed that different beers have different temporal reactions. Using the musical model of envelopes (ASDR) Attack, Sustain, Decay, Release, is a good way to...
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    Racking to Secondary

    Ok, so when should I take a hydrometer reading?
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    Racking to Secondary

    Yeh, that is my question. Is there a difference as long as the total fermentation time is the same? I know that there are a lot of other variables involved, but does the time of primary vs. secondary fermentation matter?
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    Measuring Temp of Fermenter

    I have a glass carboy and I was wondering if there is a good device for measuring the temp of the fermenter. Or does is it the temp of the environment that matters more?
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    Racking to Secondary

    What is the benefit of leaving it in the primary for longer? For the sake of example, what is the difference between 1-2-3 and 2-1-3?
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