Have you seen yet?
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1) U2 playing in background? Really?
2) It looks like this is the easy fix to the problem that most undereducated bartenders have in not knowing how to properly pour a pint of black.
Skip to 1:15, by the way.
It may sound crazy, but I skipped BMC between my Steel Reserve phase and Craft Beer phase.
Ugh . . . Steel Reserve . . . makes me shudder just to think of it.
Other than to say that I am truly sorry that this is happening to you, and that I can sympathize because the same thing happened to my dad, I'm not touching this post with a ten foot pole.
I hope this gets resolved peacefully.
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Today was the worst day of my life thus far.
In other news, thanks for the continued advice and jokes.
I would RDWHAHB but I have no HB . . . plus . . . I haven't been drinking since this thing started . . . probably a good idea since it's exactly what I want to be doing right now.
In other...
Seriously? Every recipe I have come across has called for boiling the spruce essence. I figured half the fun was the way the wort would smell as it was boiling away on my stovetop . . . :(
After further exploration, this thread proved to be really helpful.
Looks like it's going to be 1/4 oz (2 tsp.) MAX.
Now, the question is whether I should stagger the two tsp. additions. Maybe one at start of boil and one within the last 5 minutes? Yikes . . . I wonder if I should just add...
That's a negatory . . . closest would be NE Wisconsin based on those maps . . .
Anyway . . . thanks for the heads up. I suppose you are right about dilution.
Papazian recommends 1-5 tsp. per 5 gallon batch. I certainly want the spruce taste to be dominant, but I also don't want to drink...
. . . and I don't mean in a good way . . .
I went to my FLHBS and came home with the makings for a Papazian-esqe spruce beer, including a 2-oz. bottle of spruce essence.
While munching away during lunch, I casually read its ingredients and was a bit unnerved when I noticed that it includes...
I was referencing the holy book of Papazian, and that's what is written. Then again, he also says "Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew" (RDWHAHB) . . . so . . . this may be one of those situations where one may trump the other? :)
Isn't it generally a bad idea to boil fruit for fermentation . . . period?
From what I understand, fruit is to be added immediately post boil. Boiling fruit and fruit juices "sets the pectin" or whatever . . . in other words, yeah . . . makes it gooey and slimy . . . certainly not ideal . . ...