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Wow!!
Great Pics, looks like a beautiful place. If you need extra workers next year give a holler.

I could be totally wrong but I would think the easiest way to add fresh yeast for bottle conditioning would be to use dry yeast. Figure out how many grams per bottle then add to each bottle. here is a segment from John Palmers hoe to Brew site: Chapter 11 - Priming and Bottling 11.7 Priming and Bott...

Brad Strikes again!! Nice Work

"triple fermented"? thats not anything like "triple hops brewed" i hope.

I have that plate filter. I used it once with bad luck, it leaked and it made a mess. Its likely I just did something wrong but it was kind of a pain. I plan to just go with some finings and a bright tank with a shortened dip tube next time.

Well like Derrin my inspirational beer was Sam Adams. The funny thing about it is that I first tried it back when I was 18 in my first apartment. I hated it, and this is almost embarrassing to say now, but I remember it then being to bitter. Later on when I was of legal drinking age and was getting ...

2 Firts place beers!!
Nice Work Don

I've done this as well with the bruery growlers specifically. I agree it works fine, but I would just stress being very careful to clean and sanitize well especially the rubber seal. To state the obvious a 12oz bottle getting a "weird" flavor is one thing but a full growler would sting a b...

What does Daniels drink when not pub-crawling Orange County's tasting rooms? Coors Light or Tecate.

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Nice work!

If I were to age a beer in the keg for an extended period of time, would it be best to just purge the headspace with co2 or age with the beer saturated with the desired volumes of co2?

Wow I wish I had seen this sooner, what a bummer I wish I could have been there.
I was just talking to b buddy saying I wish OC had a beer festival.

They said it was cloned spot on, extremely minor difference in aroma in the nose (blueberry or strawberry pancakes) most likely from Anderson Valleys house strain yeast, they have been using for like 23 years.

here is the recipie given on cybi 6 gallons post-boil 70% efficiency OG 1058 FG 1010 IBUs 18.3 SRM 14.8 4.61kg 2-row 80% 580g Crystal 40 10% 580g Crystal 80 10% Mash at 152F Boil for 90min 3.3g Magnum pellet 15%AA at 90min 4.4g Horizon pellet 13%AA at 60min 7g Palisade or Cluster pellet 7% at 20min ...

The Brewing Network just did a can you brew it show on this beer

http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/739