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My problem is that I currently live in a 1bd condo and don't have the MOST room in the world. I think if I can get a couple of decent beers out of the Mr. Beer I will probably jump to 5 gallon batches, but for now the Mr. Beer is making my life pretty simple.
For now I am just surfing CL and if I see a GREAT deal I will prob jump on it.
Alan, sounds like you are doing it the right way! I'd love to get a few of my friends interested and start doing brew nights. I envision cigars, whiskey, and maybe a game of poker as we brew up a storm 
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SilentlyAmazing wrote:
I actually applied for a second temp job grading standardized tests online in hopes of raising money for brewing.
I'm moonlight volunteering at that brewery to get free beer/yeast/schwag right now, hoping I can borrow cooler space to lager a batch or two. Brewing ain't cheap.
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We need to come up with a brewery name. I've been thinking about it for two months, but I've yet to find a good name. I want something understated, and simple, without being forgettable... I like simple names, like Stone, ABC (Appalacian Brewing Co.), LBC (Lancaster " "), Troegs, etc. I love them, but think names like Dogfish Head are kind of odd, and many people get an impression of what they'll be tasting from a name.
The one I keep coming back to is HCBC (Harrisburg City Brewing Co.), but who knows how long we'd be here, or even if we'd rent space in/near the city...
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Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore (and also beer) Brewing Co.
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I'm Good at This Brewing Co.
What the hell, Jason, you changed the background color? 
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Lol, as soon as I saw Chris was posting in here I knew things had taken a turn.
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Got most of my stuff today (aside from a wort chiller which the guy I'm working with is letting me borrow) and the Maibock ingredients. This kit was designed to be fermented, not lagered, so hopefully it'll be fine. I got an extra yeast packet as well and I'll aerate the hell out of the wort on the stores recommendation to make it gets going properly. I also threw my hat in the ring for representation at this years GABF, fingers crossed I'll be serving at least one day.
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Thoughts? I made it over lunch, using nothing but Microsoft Word, so keep that in mind 
I know the name blends in too well with the picture of the capitol, and overall, it's kind of plain. I made it 3.5" tall, by 3" wide arbitrarily...
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I like it, but I would move the picture of the capitol down underneath the "Brewing Company" and maybe overlapped by the top of the ribbon if the image is too big.
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Work blocks photobucket, I'll critique later.
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Looks nice! Can you find a better pic of what I am assuming is the capital, current one looks a little blurry.
Also, I tend to be a fan of humorous tag lines, yours sounds a little too ummm elitist for my taste... maybe something like, 'Great brews for those who can appreciate/enjoy them'
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This is the image of the capitol I used.
I cropped it to cut out the trees, and converted it to black/white sketch mode or whatever, and made the white background transparent. I'd do the real version with Photoshop, so hopefully I can do better...
Ben, I did that literally seconds after uploading it, but I just didn't want to make another jpeg, and upload a second one. 
Colb, that's the part I spent the least amount of time on. Someone said that on a thread on HomebrewTalk, so I used it to fill the space.
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Incorporate the Obama logo somehow.
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Much better...
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Do any of you guys listen to any shows on The Brewing Network? I've been making my way through Brew Strong, which is a podcast hosted by Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer. It's super nerdy and in depth, but I love it so far. Getting to know the inner workings of homebrewing.
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Wow... We brewed the 90 Minute IPA last night, and boy did that take a long ass time... We had hoped to brew both beers that I have ingredients for, but we started at 3, and weren't finished racking the IPA to primary until 7:30.
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It was pretty intense. Rolling boil for 90 minutes, adding hops every 7 minutes for the whole boil. Plus it gets dry-hopped when racked to secondary. I've calculated 7.99% ABV right now, based on the target final gravity, but we'll see what my actual statistics are when it's done fermenting.
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Warrior, amarillo, and simcoe.
Bittering hops were 1/2 oz. 2 oz. & 3/4 oz. respectively. Dry hopping will be 1/2 oz. 1 oz. & 1/4 oz.
The simcoes smelled amazing. I'd like to use them again based on the outcome of this batch.
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We did the Maibock I posted a while back this weekend with a few minor tweaks (.25oz more bittering hops, Chinook instead of Perle, and double pitching with a packet of Safale US-05). Wonderful smelling brew that's bubbling away in the carboy.
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I'd like to get away from pellet hops. There's a huge amount of green sludge left in my brew kettle each brew, and this one was so hoppy, it clogged the strainer I use to airate/strain the wort as it goes into primary. Do you other guys still use pellets, or is anyone else using leaf/whole hops?
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I used leaf and they do the same thing. We had to clean out the strainer 4 times, and that was only 4oz total of hops.
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The cheap Amazon carboys are back in stock: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VFXW5W
Not as cheap as last time (they were $24) but $28 ain't bad.
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