Recent content by Barakn

There's no word whether the second sachet was purchased from the same source, had the same or different expiration date, or how it was stored after purchase. If it was the same bad batch from the manufacturer, or both sachets were mishandled by the LHBS, or they were stored in the same home...

I must confess I do none of these, though some, such as underletting, seem quite feasible with my current system. However, the "Low vigor boil" concerns me. I thought the point of boiling (besides sterilization, alpha-acid conversion, Maillard reactions, yada, yada) was to drive off DMS, and...

Did you consider looking at his sig for links?

Ball lock is more popular and is reflected in the price. I use pin lock, and on more than one occasion it has prevented me from being stupid and connecting to the wrong post, but then again there are times when I want to connect a gas line to the liquid post (force carbonating) or vice versa...

Was that a rant? I guess so. I just hate crappy engineering.

Just received an email from MoreBeer about their Daylight Savings sale (promo code DS15) featuring their version of an immersion chiller. They moved "the coils right to the top" because "In a traditional wort chiller, the coils rest on the bottom of the pot and the hot wort on top takes a very...

Save $20 On Orders Over $150 Save $30 On Orders Over $200 Save $40 On Orders Over $250 Offer Expires 12/24/2020 at Midnight PT *Some exclusions apply, see site for details Promo Code: GIFT4ME Many of the popular 10 lb sacks of grain showed as available until I put them in my cart where I...

Failing at business is one thing, but failing to go out of business is another. Ending up with a bunch of unsold inventory that you're paying to store, especially perishable inventory like hops, grain, and yeast, is just going to make that financial hole deeper. I predict they'll have to make...

Note that a Star San solution does kill many of the weaker organisms. The extra drying step might only be necessary for the hardier ones: spores, endospores, cysts, etc..

Not true. Look closely at the fine print on your Star San bottle. It says "For all applications, allow to air dry (but surface must remain wet for one minute)." Consider that the concentrate is 50% phosphoric acid but the working solution is diluted 1:640, reducing the concentration to 0.3%...

Not necessarily. I refer you to Scott Janish's excellent article on brewing with oats, which discusses beers made with oats up to 100% of the grist. I brew 10 gal at a time, so I could make short work of it were I really inspired.

That's a great deal, but that's a lot of oats and flaked oats have a short shelf life because of the high fat content. Proximity Malt suggests 12 months for malted oats in what appears to be generic text that was written for barley malts in general, not oats. Does anyone have any insight on...

I've had chicha in a cornfield in the Sacred Valley of Peru. It was blonde, not purple. Chicha morada is made from purple corn, but it's not fermented. Also, the purple comes from anthocyanins, whose colors are pH dependent, and at the low pH of fermentation, I would expect the color to...