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Author Bios: Thirsty

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Thirsty's Recent Blog Posts

August 9, 2008

Cleaning out those keg lines the easy way

Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Equipment

Most of what you read or hear says to clean out your keg lines every 2 weeks. I know most restaurants are required to do this, (whether they do or not I can't say), but that is the recommendation. Now I feel that at the homebrew / homebar level that is ..

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May 2, 2008

Building a kegerator

Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Equipment

Tired of cleaning out your bottles? Maybe it is time to start kegging your beer! Like anything else there are certain advantages and disadvantages to almost every process that can be done more than one way. Let's face it, our goal as homebrewers is to have..

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April 15, 2008

Implementing a HERMS easily

Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Equipment

So you have made the jump to all grain brewing. Your mash tun has the kinks worked out of it, your sparge methods are pretty sound, and your efficiency is consistant. There is no need to change a thing with your process right? Well that is a matter of o..

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April 9, 2008

No boil starters

Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Experiments

So there is no argument, most everyone will agree that a proper yeast count will yield a healthy fermentation, which will lead to proper attenuation as well as yeast performing in a comfortable lower stress environment. This equates to the most accurate fl..

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April 3, 2008

The natural progression of equipment

Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Equipment,Simple Home Brewing

After reading many posts over several months on various forums, there seems to be one thing evident with this hobby/obsession that I share as many others may. I thought I could dive in with the basic start up kit and make some OK beer to satisfy my cravin..

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March 31, 2008

Force carbonating your homebrew

Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Simple Home Brewing

This is a recurring topic that seems to be asked about frequently. This should take a lot of the questions out of the process and help with some shortcuts as well if desired. The advantage to kegging is the consistant carbonation level that can be maintain..

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