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    Carboy/ Keg Cleaner Giveaway

    Looks awesome, how much they gonna go for if i don't win?
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    Brewing with Yarrow

    Yarrow is also quite easy to grow.
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    my efficiency numbers are wack!

    When you say a quart is left behind, is that just the liquid, because the hops will absorb a lot of liquid that you don't see so your post boil volume might not be a small as you think. If you get 5.75 gal in the fermenter and leave behind 1qt of liquid, depending on how much hops you use there...
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    Barley Engineers

    The April meeting of the Society of Barley Engineers homebrew club will be held on Wednesday April 2nd at 6p.m. @ the Stone Brewing Company World Bistro. On the agenda: 1) Kolsch beers - Dean McCleary will lead a discussion on the Kolsch beer style including sampling of some commercial...
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    Barley Engineers

    I am. There is a meeting tonight too at Stone.
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    Is it safe?

    the sediment is probably hot or cold break. The bubble would worry me. I would definatly boil it again before addidn it to make sure its sterile. Also try takeing another hydromter reading to see if it has changed. If it has changed there is definatly something in there.
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    A Hop Alternative

    Try searching for the word Gruit. Back hops became the defacto bittering agent for beer there were herbs mixes called gruit used to make the beer. The problem is that these mixes were closely garded secrets and never written down. So most gruit recipes you see are guesses from what was...
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    Show us your sculpture or brew rig

    My DIY Brew Rig. Made with costco shelves and angle iron. It's bolted together as I don't know any welders. I could dissassemble it and fit it in my car if I really wanted to brew somewhere else. Picture is a little old, I've mounted the pump onto the frame and made a wooden box out of the...
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    My DIY brew stand

    Used a shelving unit from costco. Then a bunch of angle iron to mount the pots and burners. I need to get another regulator and propane for the other burner still. I'm not sure how far away from the pots to mount the burners, I'll try out a couple distances and see how well they heat the water...
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    Price of honey

    http://www.millershoney.com/honeynews.htm In bulk honey is a lot cheaper. Though depending on how far away from southern california it may behove you to find a local bulk supplier --DCS
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    Effiency problems in first ag batch

    I posted my whole procedure here: http://homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=50429 I was wondering if anyone could point me to why my eff would be low. what i could do next time to improve it. --- DarthCaitSith P1: IPA P2: Cyser
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    First AG

    I finished with about 5 left in the fermentor, had quite a bit of trub in the bottom of the fermenter. I used the amounts of water promash recomended, after fiddling around with stuff. DCS
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    New Beer Brewer in SoCal

    Hello, My name is Joseph, I've been making meads for a couple years, and have been getting into the local beers in San Diego (Stone, Port, Alesmith etc) I decided to start trying to brew beers, and since I am not one to go halfway into something I skipped extract and went strait to AG...
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    First AG

    Jan 6, 2008 Oceanside, CA Brewer: Joseph Broderick Assistiant: Scott Dossey Recipe: Batch Size: 5.5 gal Grain: 12 lbs Pale malt (2 row) 2 lbs Crystal 20 Hops: .5oz Magnum First wort 1oz Magnum@75 1 tablespoon irish moss@15 1oz Cascade@0 1oz Cascade Dry Equipment: 8gal Stainless HLT 10Gal...
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