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brewchez

Massachusetts

brew-dudes.com

Age: 39

Homebrewer for 12 years as of 2010, all grain for last 6 years. Favorite styles are primarily English session beers and sour ales.

I also love the great outdoors. Hiking, paddling, camping and fishing.

Check out my beginners blog at http://www.brew-dudes.com

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\[WIKI] Improving Your Brewing Significantly

techniques equipment process consistency Dec 11 '12 at 15:08 Dean Brundage
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How likely is contamination in an average batch?

beer equipment sanitation cider Oct 6 '11 at 0:29 drj
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What's the point of going all-grain?

beer all-grain extract Nov 23 '10 at 3:29 Community
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What happens in the bottle?

beer bottle-conditioning Aug 19 '11 at 22:55 Dale
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Brewing with a deadline

techniques process Mar 30 '11 at 20:28 Denny Conn
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Is it possible to make a beer worthy of a competition with malt extract?

extract competition Apr 29 '11 at 20:02 brewchez
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When is it necessary to pitch fresh yeast for bottle conditioning?

yeast bottle-conditioning crash-cool pitch Dec 13 '10 at 18:09 Brandon
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How do you pitch additional yeast for bottling?

yeast techniques bottle-conditioning pitch Oct 6 '11 at 1:05 drj
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What are the various ways to remove chlorine/chloramine from tap water?

water 12 hours ago user3475
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Does keeping a beer cold significantly preserve fresh hop aroma?

hops cold Jun 12 '11 at 14:10 brewchez
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Proper Way to Store Yeast

yeast techniques Oct 6 '11 at 1:19 drj
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Why is it bad to pitch too much yeast?

yeast fermentation ingredients techniques Mar 23 '10 at 14:30 Rich Armstrong
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Using Multiple Strains of Yeast in the Same Batch?

yeast techniques ingredients flavor Apr 14 '10 at 15:13 Rich Armstrong
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How do I achieve a nuttier flavor?

flavor troubleshooting malt Dec 29 '11 at 20:42 Robert Cartaino
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How can I compare hop flavours quickly?

beer hops flavor experiments 19 hours ago John Doe
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Does a given pressure and temperature determine the number of volumes of CO2?

carbonation co2 force-carbonation Jun 14 '12 at 2:47 jsled
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What's the impact of hot-side aeration?

hot-side-aeration process Feb 20 '10 at 14:34 Dean Brundage
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How do I predict final gravity?

fermentation specific-gravity final-gravity attenuation Feb 25 '10 at 15:47 Rich Armstrong
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Adding Bourbon flavor to a beer

additives bourbon Jan 6 '10 at 18:42 brewchez
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What's the ideal size for a mash tun?

mash-tun equipment calculations all-grain Jun 7 '10 at 12:49 brewchez
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Is there a noticable difference between adding extract to all grain and “pure all grain” on high gravity beers?

all-grain extract high-gravity Mar 3 '11 at 13:08 brewchez
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How to tell the difference between corny keg posts?

equipment kegging Mar 22 '11 at 11:48 brewchez
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Brew day notes template

consistency process techniques Feb 9 '11 at 6:56 Bullet86
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What is the purpose of lagering?

lager lagering Jan 29 at 1:08 brewchez
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How to calculate ratio of crystal malts to get 75L

grain Feb 12 at 22:19 brewchez
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Pausing a ginger beer plant

yeast storage ginger-beer Apr 27 '12 at 23:21 Community
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How do I do a sour mash?

mash Apr 23 '10 at 19:07 brewchez
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What is on top of my wort? Mold? Lacto?

contamination infection sour Sep 1 '12 at 6:52 Chris Travers
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How to Burtonize my water

water Oct 5 '11 at 16:34 Chadwick
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Cold Crash and Finings

finings cold-crash isinglass Feb 3 '11 at 23:27 brewchez
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