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Post by Smckeane » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:43 pm

Hey folks,
Been reading posts for a while now and finally joined up. Great source of info, many of my questions have been answered here. I'm based in north end halifax and been brewing wine for 10 plus years, back into beer for the last couple. Got turned off home brewing beer early on by the cans of extract (what did I expect for $13?). Still doing partial mashes / extracts but just bought a keg set up. I still need a co2 tank but I'm planning to pick that up at everwood tomorrow (unless someone has a second hand tank to sell).

Current brews I have on are:
Primaries: nada :(
Secondary 1: CFA porter (just waiting for co2)
Secondary 2: Cabernet (need wine for dinner right?)
Bottles: American pale ale (Dave's), 1 lonely last bottle of 1820 IPA, lots of empties
Kegs: empty

Anyway thanks for the tips and glad to learn more from folks. Hoppy brewing!
Cheers, Sean

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Post by canuck » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:47 pm

:welcome:

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Post by mr x » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:48 pm

:welcome:

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Post by RubberToe » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:53 pm

Welcome.
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Welcome.
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Post by redoubt » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:39 pm

:welcome:

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Post by bluenose » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:17 am

Welcome!

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:welcome:

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Post by GuingesRock » Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:43 am

Glad you finally joined up Sean.

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Post by chalmers » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:12 am

Welcome aboard!

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Post by Smckeane » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:51 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome. Just boiling up a cream ale right now and hoping that my back deck will be an appropriate "wort chiller" this evening.
Happy Saturday.
Cheers, Sean

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Post by LiverDance » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:59 pm

:welcome:
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.

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Post by Tony L » Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:42 am

:welcome:

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Post by bluenose » Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:52 pm

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Post by Keith » Fri Nov 29, 2013 7:24 pm

Welcome, and I think sandy has a 10lb tank for sale.
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Post by Smckeane » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:50 pm

Thanks for the tip. Got a 5 lb to get me started.

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Post by akr71 » Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:23 pm

:welcome:
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