Phantom Brewer
Aug 28, 2009
A Dry Counterflow Chiller
The Phantom Brewer has seen some brewers in the club use an older technique of keeping a counterflow chiller (CFC) cl...
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Aug 27, 2009
Tip Potpourri
The Phantom Brewer outsourced this month:
Adding Rice Hulls when using a cooler as a mash tun. I pre-heat my tun...
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Aug 27, 2009
Stealing The Wort For Your Starter
If you are a Falcon, odds are you brew often. Odds are even better that when you do brew, you make sure you have ...
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Aug 27, 2009
Portable CO2 and Beer Service
Summer time and the beer's flowing freely; or at least it will if you remember this Phantom Brewer's Tip.
It's t...
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Aug 27, 2009
Keg Hopping
For those about to hop…..
Pale Ales, IPA, Imperial IPA and any other beer that you want to have that great nose...
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Aug 27, 2009
Hoppier Extract Beer
Extract Beers Not Hoppy Enough? Here’s some tips for getting more IBU’s into your IPA’s
Use a Bigger Kettle, or Multi...
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Aug 27, 2009
Cold Pitching Yeast
If you harvest and reuse yeast from your fermenter, you should try cold pitching. This is done by pitching the ye...
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Aug 27, 2009
CO2 Powered Bottling
Who likes lifting heavy things? Right, so why lift, when you can simply turn on the gas? In his article on CO2 rackin...
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Aug 27, 2009
Batch Sparging
The longer you brew, the more technical you tend to get. Immersion chillers? That's for beginners. More and more brew...
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Aug 27, 2009
A Tip to Help Prevent Boilovers
A good rolling boil is important for a good beer. Lots of good stuff happens during the boil. Volatile, smelly sulfu...
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