A big hello from the land of rain..

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RevSpaminator
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A big hello from the land of rain..

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Just to introduce myself, I've been brewing beer for a long time so I figured concentrating the best parts would be the next step. :)

I have been doing a lot of research so I won't waste time with questions about lead free solder, aluminum boilers or running hopped beer through the still.

That said, I do have a few questions for the more experienced out there...

What are the most common mistakes made by beer brewers?

I've read a lot about turbo yeast leaving bad tastes, so what are better options? (Brewing experience has taught me that two different strains of yeast can produce completely different beers from a split batch of wort.)

I'm still digging through the forums but I've read a lot of great advice so far. I'm sure I'll be a regular around here. :)
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Home brewing is only an asset in this profession. Many if us do both. The sanitization, mashing, and principles are the same. Most of the equipment is also similar. Run one of the tried and true recipes and you will be ahead of the pack.
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Welcome to the forum, +1 on the tried and true recipe. I am not sure where your from but they say we don't tan but rust here in the state of Washington.
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It's raining here, tent caterpillars too.

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Welcome.
I am also a brewer and my worst mistake was adding used chocolate and black malt to UJSSM after a stout brew. Turned my corn likker bitter. Got 3 bottles aging and seeing improvement but it still won't be my good stuff.

B.D. the tent catapillars are bad this year here also. The "pillars" arent so bad but the damn things shat everywhere!!
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You must be from Oregon...
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On hopped beer, I have seen this in some of the old distillation books floating around on the internet, for instance in the Samuel McHarry book I believe there is a recipe, also he seems to use hops frequently in the mash process.

Does it create nasty flavors or is it considered inadvisable for some reason?


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Frosteecat wrote You must be from Oregon...
I'm from Oregon in the part that only gets 12 inches of moisture a year

Cowboy from Harney county got hit by a rain drop last week, took six buckets of dust to revive him. . .

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Lots of guessing going on. Lets just say I'm down the highway from the only rain forest in North America.
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Welcome:

I used to live in Forks, was very glad to leave, we got 17" of rain in three days once.

You close to the Hump? :)

All grain brewing is helpful for stillin up to a point. I brew beer, and run shine. How can you go wrong?

When you're running mash, it's difficult to find time to brew up beer, I make ten gallon batches of beer now so it's easier to keep the pipeline full.


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Welcome aboard.

Having brewing experience is nothing but a good thing. The only thing I see prior beer brewers doing is thinking good ol bakers yeast is not worthy. Don't discount good ol bakers yeast. It may not make a good beer or wine for some snobs. But it makes a good spirit for some of the finer snobs around here. :mrgreen:

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RevSpaminator wrote:Lots of guessing going on. Lets just say I'm down the highway from the only rain forest in North America.
I'm guessing you're in the Prince Rupert area of BC.
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Prairiepiss wrote:Welcome aboard.

Having brewing experience is nothing but a good thing. The only thing I see prior beer brewers doing is thinking good ol bakers yeast is not worthy. Don't discount good ol bakers yeast. It may not make a good beer or wine for some snobs. But it makes a good spirit for some of the finer snobs around here. :mrgreen:

Good luck be safe take your time.
Thats true , I never would of thought to use bakers yeast for anything other than bread until I found this forum, all my beer and wine I fermented with Lalvin yeasts.
And welcome, I see from one of your posts we share the same taste in rum :thumbup:

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Welcome RevSpaminator....

It rains here too, most days... :esad:
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moose11 wrote:
RevSpaminator wrote:Lots of guessing going on. Lets just say I'm down the highway from the only rain forest in North America.
I'm guessing you're in the Prince Rupert area of BC.
South of Quinault. :)
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I was close :wave:
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What are the most common mistakes made by beer brewers?

Sanitation and thinking to much.

Don't think just brew, or just distill the rest just kinda happens.

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Welcome :D
Samohon wrote:Welcome RevSpaminator....

It rains here too, most days... :esad:
Ain't that the truth, I assumed he was from the UK when I read the title :lol:
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