Advanced Brewing Techniques

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1. How much grain in 5 gallon paint strainer?

   By christler, July 11, 2013
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   • Beer-lord
   • August 6, 2013

2. Bourbon Ale

   By docpd, August 6, 2013
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   • BigPapaG
   • August 6, 2013

3. BIAB calculations

   By Beer-lord, August 4, 2013
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   • Beer-lord
   • August 5, 2013

4. Oxygen Setups

   By jivex5k, July 29, 2013
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   • Kealia
   • August 3, 2013

5. Active Airlock and Fermentation Question

   By BlackDuck, July 30, 2013
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   • BlackDuck
   • August 2, 2013

6. Countterflow vs Immersion - pros and cons?

   By Manowarfan1, July 30, 2013
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   • haerbob3
   • July 30, 2013

7. Blown brew day

   By Elko brewer, July 27, 2013
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   • Da Yooper
   • July 30, 2013

8. Bulk grain storage, 10lbs. or more

   By frogmeat69, July 30, 2013
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   • Gymrat
   • July 30, 2013

9. I Finally Made The Cut

   By Screwy Brewer, July 8, 2013
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   • Screwy Brewer
   • July 28, 2013

10. My hopstand with WCPA

    By Kealia, May 29, 2013
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    • Kealia
    • July 28, 2013

11. How we fixed our brew day woes

    By Brewbirds, July 26, 2013
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    • jbags
    • July 28, 2013

12. Quick dry hop and cold crash timeline question

    By Manowarfan1, July 26, 2013
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    • Screwy Brewer
    • July 27, 2013

13. Dry hopping commando

    By Beer-lord, July 19, 2013
    • 32 replies
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    • philm00x
    • July 26, 2013

14. Using Bulk LME

    By Briwis, July 24, 2013
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    • Brewbs
    • July 26, 2013

15. BIAB-mill settings.

    By losman26, July 24, 2013
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    • BigFloyd
    • July 25, 2013

16. Grain Storage

    By Snowjob, July 24, 2013
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    • Manowarfan1
    • July 25, 2013

17. Filtering From The Brew-pot To The Fermenter

    By Chuck N ™, July 20, 2013
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    • Screwy Brewer
    • July 25, 2013

18. oooooops.......my stone came off!

    By Header75, July 21, 2013
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    • Guest Guest
    • July 24, 2013

19. Plate Versus Immersion

    By haerbob3, July 22, 2013
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    • haerbob3
    • July 23, 2013

20. First AG -racked wheat looks strange..

    By sambeerindia, June 15, 2013
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    • pspearing
    • July 22, 2013

21. centennial blonde mash temp too high

    By Sparrow, July 21, 2013
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    • Sparrow
    • July 22, 2013

22. Long lag time between boiling and pitching yeast

    By Incognitum, July 19, 2013
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    • RickBeer
    • July 20, 2013

23. What's wrong here???

    By mtsoxfan, July 18, 2013
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    • mtsoxfan
    • July 19, 2013

24. washed yeast from a darker ale?

    By zorak1066, July 19, 2013
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    • christler
    • July 19, 2013

25. Question about Washed Yeast

    By cvh16, July 18, 2013
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    • Screwy Brewer
    • July 19, 2013

26. BIAB temp inconsistencies with gap in basket??

    By losman26, July 17, 2013
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    • Chuck N ™
    • July 18, 2013

27. Clearer Pours As The Keg Empties

    By Screwy Brewer, July 3, 2013
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    • matth
    • July 18, 2013

28. Good video on yeast washing

    By FedoraDave, May 19, 2013
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    • Photon Brewing
    • July 17, 2013

29. Carribou Slobber Batch Prime Question

    By SlickRick07, July 9, 2013
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    • SlickRick07
    • July 16, 2013

30. DMS and boiling with lid

    By Dibs, July 15, 2013
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    • mashani
    • July 16, 2013

31. 1st attempt w/o Mr. Beer

    By lionsfan7705, June 24, 2013
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    • haerbob3
    • July 15, 2013

32. Johnsen Controller (Home Made)

    By Btech117, July 11, 2013
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    • BigFloyd
    • July 14, 2013

33. Ahhhh! Success!

    By Chuck N ™, July 14, 2013
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    • philm00x
    • July 14, 2013

34. A little keg help

    By yankfan9, July 10, 2013
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    • Inkleg
    • July 12, 2013

35. Brewing Centennial Blonde Right Now

    By JohnSand, July 2, 2013
    • 18 replies
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    • Inkleg
    • July 12, 2013

36. Hopping beer---hop sacks, commando or both?

    By Beer-lord, July 10, 2013
    • 21 replies
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    • rickbray66
    • July 11, 2013

37. Yeast from Local Microbrewery or Brewpub?

    By Sundance, July 9, 2013
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    • Kealia
    • July 9, 2013

38. Question on washed yeast and yeast starter w/pics

    By dbark, July 5, 2013
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    • dbark
    • July 9, 2013

39. Apples instead of blueberries?

    By BeerDrinkinBob, July 9, 2013
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    • JimH
    • July 9, 2013

40. Yikes, the temperature spiked

    By Beer-lord, July 7, 2013
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    • Beer-lord
    • July 7, 2013

41. Smack packs and a 2 gal recipe

    By matth, July 6, 2013
    • 10 replies
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    • Duff
    • July 7, 2013

42. hop straining

    By mtsoxfan, July 6, 2013
    • 9 replies
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    • haerbob3
    • July 6, 2013

43. Question on a temperature controller

    By dbark, July 5, 2013
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    • Jim Johnson
    • July 5, 2013

44. Fermtap Oxigenator?

    By Header75, July 5, 2013
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    • Kealia
    • July 5, 2013

45. Retired extract brewer here.

    By losman26, July 5, 2013
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    • Rebel_B
    • July 5, 2013

46. Quick Wyeast Smackpack Question

    By BlackDuck, July 3, 2013
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    • mtsoxfan
    • July 4, 2013

47. Installing spigot on 6.5 G fermenting bucket

    By beernbones, July 2, 2013
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    • Screwy Brewer
    • July 3, 2013

48. Dry hopping in a Corny keg

    By Inkleg, May 2, 2013
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    • Inkleg
    • July 3, 2013

49. Wort Chiller Pre-Chiller With Pond Pump

    By Screwy Brewer, July 1, 2013
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    • VTGroff
    • July 2, 2013

50. Brewed A Batch Of Beer And Washed Some Yeast

    By Screwy Brewer, July 1, 2013
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    • Screwy Brewer
    • July 1, 2013

51. Just can't seem to hit my OG's

    By mtsoxfan, June 28, 2013
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    • Manowarfan1
    • July 1, 2013

52. My Ruthless Rye clone

    By Beer-lord, May 19, 2013
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    • Beer-lord
    • June 29, 2013

53. Has anyone installed a sight glass?

    By losman26, June 29, 2013
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    • Beer-lord
    • June 29, 2013

54. All Grain Wow!

    By JohnSand, June 29, 2013
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    • Gymrat
    • June 29, 2013

55. Boiling Sugar Separatelyl Then Adding To Wort

    By charlieb, June 28, 2013
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    • oly
    • June 28, 2013

56. Kettle Screen, wrong size sent, what to do.

    By losman26, June 28, 2013
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    • Joechianti
    • June 28, 2013

57. I love Munich

    By Beer-lord, June 19, 2013
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    • Gymrat
    • June 27, 2013

58. Danstar Belle Saison Dry Yeast

    By Da Yooper, June 25, 2013
    • 5 replies
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    • Da Yooper
    • June 27, 2013

59. Getting a gravity reading after pitching yeast

    By Beer-lord, June 25, 2013
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    • pspearing
    • June 25, 2013

60. Gotta love it................................

    By haerbob3, June 25, 2013
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    • haerbob3
    • June 25, 2013

61. Dry hopping in keg-which keg lid to use?

    By losman26, June 25, 2013
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    • Inkleg
    • June 25, 2013

62. Wyeast 3333, or White Labs WLP380 fermentation.

    By philm00x, June 24, 2013
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    • Foothiller
    • June 25, 2013

63. First All Grain

    By JohnSand, June 3, 2013
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    • JohnSand
    • June 24, 2013

64. First attempt at yeast washing

    By tomtravelino, June 24, 2013
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    • BigFloyd
    • June 24, 2013

65. (unnamed) Am pale ale

    By Photon Brewing, May 19, 2013
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    • Photon Brewing
    • June 24, 2013

66. Anyone used a KettleScreen?

    By Beer-lord, June 22, 2013
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    • haerbob3
    • June 23, 2013

67. Test run results from my new plate chiller.

    By losman26, June 23, 2013
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    • losman26
    • June 23, 2013

68. What is that?

    By alb, June 21, 2013
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    • zorak1066
    • June 22, 2013

69. First time BRY-97

    By brewin bull, June 22, 2013
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    • Gymrat
    • June 22, 2013

70. Milled vs. Unmilled grains

    By RangerDanger, June 21, 2013
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    • T8r Salad
    • June 21, 2013

71. Half Asleep And A Dumb Mistake

    By Screwy Brewer, June 15, 2013
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    • Screwy Brewer
    • June 21, 2013

72. To Keg or to wait?

    By joejkd82, June 21, 2013
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    • Inkleg
    • June 21, 2013

73. The Flavor Bomb

    By BigPapaG, June 20, 2013
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    • brewin bull
    • June 21, 2013

74. San Diego Super yeast WLP090

    By losman26, June 17, 2013
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    • jivex5k
    • June 20, 2013

75. My first 60 min. boil

    By TheGrove, May 20, 2013
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    • tomtravelino
    • June 20, 2013

76. Steeping vs Mashing

    By JohnSand, June 18, 2013
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    • JohnSand
    • June 19, 2013

77. Splitting 5 Gallon Wort into Two LBKs and Stirring

    By charlieb, June 18, 2013
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    • charlieb
    • June 19, 2013

78. another first time AG brewer

    By zepbrew, June 7, 2013
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    • Trollby
    • June 19, 2013

79. Grain storage

    By yankfan9, June 19, 2013
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    • Inkleg
    • June 19, 2013

80. Different Kettle Size

    By psbeerkeeper, June 18, 2013
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    • haerbob3
    • June 18, 2013

81. Preventing chill haze

    By alb, June 18, 2013
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    • alb
    • June 18, 2013

82. Re-rigging

    By haerbob3, June 17, 2013
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    • JohnSand
    • June 17, 2013

83. PBW in Kettle

    By psbeerkeeper, June 17, 2013
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    • haerbob3
    • June 17, 2013

84. First All Grain

    By 4stringdude, May 15, 2013
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    • 4stringdude
    • June 17, 2013

85. Onward And Upward The Brewing Ladder

    By Chuck N ™, June 15, 2013
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    • teutonic terror
    • June 16, 2013

86. Philly Beer Scene - Essential Oils

    By Screwy Brewer, June 15, 2013
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    • Beer-lord
    • June 16, 2013

87. Explosive Starter

    By charlieb, June 15, 2013
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    • BigPapaG
    • June 15, 2013

88. BeerSmith and BIAB questions....

    By losman26, June 15, 2013
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    • philm00x
    • June 15, 2013

89. wlp500 - first starter with stir plate.

    By zorak1066, June 6, 2013
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    • zorak1066
    • June 13, 2013

90. Should I pitch smack pack fully swollen w/starter?

    By losman26, June 10, 2013
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    • losman26
    • June 12, 2013

91. For those of you who wash yeast.

    By jivex5k, June 11, 2013
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    • jivex5k
    • June 11, 2013

92. Missing OG, hitting pre boil

    By joejkd82, June 10, 2013
    • 12 replies
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    • haerbob3
    • June 11, 2013

93. Did my first 5 gallon batch today!!

    By psbeerkeeper, May 26, 2013
    • 11 replies
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    • psbeerkeeper
    • June 8, 2013

94. live+stream+watch+%))* USA vs Jamaica Live Stream

    By OnlineTV22, June 8, 2013
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    • brewin bull
    • June 8, 2013

95. WaTcH++LiVE@ United States vs Jamaica Live Stream

    By OnlineTV22, June 8, 2013
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    • philm00x
    • June 8, 2013

96. Danstar Windsor rocks!

    By jivex5k, June 6, 2013
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    • jivex5k
    • June 7, 2013

97. Anyone using campden tablets

    By Brewbirds, June 6, 2013
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    • russki
    • June 7, 2013

98. An old dog CAN learn new tricks!

    By FedoraDave, June 4, 2013
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    • Guest Guest
    • June 5, 2013

99. First attempt with a starter

    By mtsoxfan, May 26, 2013
    • 17 replies
    • 339 views
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    • mtsoxfan
    • June 3, 2013

100. Milled grains

     By OUdrank12, June 2, 2013
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     • Guest Guest
     • June 3, 2013