John Long

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• Posted in thread: Temperature controlled storage on 08-20-2011 at 03:44 AM
  Good day! I have a problem. 18-months ago I used to brew 20-30 gallons of all grain ales and
  mead every week. My lady and I had a huge apartment that had tons of storage. Fortunately we
  bought our fir...

• Posted in thread: Agave research on 07-14-2010 at 02:09 PM
  It comes from Mexico so maybe it'll be cheaper down South? I get it for $2.40 in Western
  Washington.

• Posted in thread: Regulator and tap... ancient! on 07-14-2010 at 05:18 AM
  Oh. So it's a tap for a sankey keg not a corney keg. Is there any use in this type of tap for a
  homebrewer? I have sankey kegs but I use them for boiling.

• Posted in thread: Regulator and tap... ancient! on 07-14-2010 at 05:17 AM
  A friend gave me a gas regulator and an attached tap. Posted are pictures of the amazing
  devices. They appear quite old.Mainly I notice they don't use the same schema I'm used to,
  though, I'm really n...

• Posted in thread: Vodka soak on 07-13-2010 at 06:32 PM
  I agree. I'm adding it during secondary or tertiary. Possibly during bottling. I'll let you
  know!

• Posted in thread: Vodka soak on 07-12-2010 at 10:49 PM
  I'm soaking some rose pedals in vodka and water right now. Has anyone ever added flavored vodka
  to mead? I'm wondering if it'll hurt anything. I'm making a 5-gallong batch of rose
  mead.Thanks! Trails ...

• Posted in thread: Agave research on 07-12-2010 at 10:47 PM
  Has anyone ever used agave nectar for wine/mead making? I've used it for the last few years and
  think it is amazing! Floral agave wines make me a very happy man.I'm looking for documentation
  regarding...

• Posted in thread: Yeast strain look-up on 07-12-2010 at 10:44 PM
  Does anyone know where I could obtain a printable file, PDF or what not, of yeast
  characterisics. Something I could keep in my brewers log, to review, stare and drool over now
  and again.I was on Wyeas...

• Posted in thread: Glacial silt brewing on 04-14-2010 at 08:04 PM
  Who does that? Local water utility company?

• Posted in thread: Glacial silt brewing on 04-14-2010 at 07:59 PM
  Happy Spring everyone!How many minerals can yeast tolerate? I'm going to brew an ale this
  Summer while working on Mt. Rainier using the mountain's glacial runoff. I don't know the
  chemistry of the wat...