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To All of my homebrew friends, acquaintances, and comrads: Hoppy Grist-mash!

That locline looks.almost exactly like directional air compressor nozzles to blow air away from the line you are trying to cut. Found at places like Rocklers.

That locline looks.almost exactly like directional air compressor nozzles to blow air away from the line you are trying to cut. Found at places like Rocklers.

I have had to be gone for a week at a time during a ferment, and getting back ONE fruit fly has vinegared the entire schiznocitie! I am now making a blow-off tube into an airlock 'grant' that will have a normal air lock on top of it. It's a 2-stage blowoff air lock, and I hope it helps keep...

i'd do all the malt at the beginning. unless you think bacteria can't remain viable in a dry, sealed bag. (or the dust on the outside of it, etc.) i'd let the sugar boil at least 20 mins. thats what pasturization in the 170's requires, i belive. 100% Hallertau hops could be nice. goldings in @...

are you storing it cold or at room temp? makes a difference. I start @ 35-40 first day, and shake at least 3 times, and re-pressurize. keep it cold, and slap the gas on it once in a while (at 18). i unhook gas to shake it, don't want no backtracking.

that's about right.

oops, i missed this one.... I think I have a pic somewhere I'll try to find it in backups. BUT... The guy who was supposed to be managing the last place I worked (at least HE calls himself a manager), had a few beers to mellow out his coke buzz, and drove a raised-up dump truck bed into the...