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It didn't rise as well for me, I used something like a tablespoon of yeast slurry for the bread I was making. It was WLP300. I also used this to make a starter that I kept and used for making 'sourdough' pancakes. I really never noticed much flavor from the yeast. The explanations that I've read el...

Oh, and I'd stay away from ale yeast. I've used it in baking, but not pizza. It'll work but bread yeast works better. I think of it kind of like making a beer with the wrong yeast strain, you'll have beer but it would probably have been better with the proper strain. Interesting. In what ways did i...

I've used this recipe a number of times and with generally good results. Spent grain from darker beers had a stronger flavor but all were fairly interesting. This is the third trial for this recipe. It is a much less "hearty" dough than my original loaf bread recipe down the list here some...

I bet that the majority of homebrewers have at one point in time or another have tried to make their own pizza. Just the fact that most homebrewers are DIY kind of people and the damn fact that pizza goes so well with beer. On that note, I wanted to see if anyone had any particular recipes they woul...

Welcome aboard John! Once you start brewing you never see beer in the same way again.

Cheers!

bwarbiany wrote:I checked it out, but unlike Pandora, it only *tells* me about recommended beers. Where do I get the PC peripheral that will pour me samples of those beers in real-time, which is more like Pandora?

ROFL

+100

Very well done video. I like how you were able to cut down a full brew session into just eight minutes but still keep it from feeling rushed.

BTW, love how you threw the rice hull bag right on into the mash.

jward wrote:If it's that bad you could always give bottles to the Sea Shepherds to throw at the Japanese whaling fleet.

Hey now, I take offense to that We American's are so much more the saints.

I nominate this brew to be named "Fly by night"

bwarbiany wrote:Is the blonde included?

If you read the fine print it says

Actual blonde may vary. IQ not included.

backyard brewer wrote:For a boil kettle, I like a taller/narrower one since it gives more space at the top to avoid boil-overs.

A smaller surface area would also mean less loss of volume due to boil off/evaporation right?

Hey Derrin, I'm sure there's something along these lines you could add to your store

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/for/1994210034.html

...and I bet every homebrewer at one point or another has contemplated the same exact question when scooping coffee into the coffee pot filter.

backyard brewer wrote:IOr do what Jon suggested and low-ball 'em.

How much is $300 worth to you? If you Google the cost of all the item listed and assume they are fair to good quality then the sum of the parts alone would probably come out to something around $300. If spending that much isn't a big deal then go for it. I'd probably arrange a meeting to go look at ...