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   1. Good News - I figured out this 90 minute mash thing !

      by soccerdad, 11 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      Like everyone else, when I first started brewing - and researching all grain brewing I had 60 minutes etched into my stone tablets, just like old Moses himself. 60 minute mash - 60 minute boil - with very few variations and those mostly on the boil side .. boil pilsner for 90, etc.
      
      So my research gets me to this crazy place called biabrewing and these nut jobs are talking about a 90 minute mash - they must be crazy! Maybe it's a typo. Meantime I am mashing for 60 (like it says in the old...

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      Just leave the f***ing mash alone for the 90 minutes, already! (Use a sleeping bag or similar to maintain the mash temp.)
      
      That's what I did with my last batch.
      
      Previously, I would over / undershoot my target temperature and was constantly fiddling. This time, wrapped the kettle with an old quilt, covered it with a heavy duty garbage bag and left it for 90 minutes. Went from 149°F to 147°F.
      
      Hit all my numbers and the fermentation is going according to plan.
      
      It is tempting to want to do...
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      Primavera
      10 years ago
   2. I'm happy that Australians believe in Blatter control

      by soccerdad, 10 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      :champ: ... congrats to the Socceroos on their Asia Cup win !!

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      Lol soccerdad. No one would ever work out from your moniker or your posts that your were a soccer fan. You must be as excited as doing your first all-grain :lol:.
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      PistolPatch
      10 years ago
   3. Happy Australia Day

      by soccerdad, 11 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      I'm not exactly sure how to celebrate .. back in the day I would have shot an oil can of Fosters. Can't ride a dugong where I live - the rugby team here folded - no Bondi Beach.
      
      Maybe I will brew in a bag and no chill !!
      
      Oh yeah - and best wishes to the Aussie soccer team competing for the Asia Cup !!

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      Happy Asia Cup !!
      
      Through to the final match !!
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      soccerdad
      11 years ago

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