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I picked up a 60k burner at the Mayfield Heights Costco today for $29.97. Amazon link to the exact burner they have below. They were $49.99 there just a week ago. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001D32QK/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Just thought I'd pass along my good fortune. They had at...

My biochemist wife says the filiment type structures look indicative of mold. Molds can be nasty and even highly toxic. Without a positive ID on the growth.... i'd dump it. There are few bacteria who can call a beer home and that doesnt look like any of them. But its not even the organisms you...

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You would be suprised how small of a concentration it could take for some compounds to be poisonous. If you know someone with a lab/mass spec you could always ask them to test it for you, or the rocks..... Or call the nearest University, their chemistry department may be willing to run a quick...

Kegs shouldn't but mini-kegs may.

Isn't beer without hops essentially "malt liquor"?

6 weeks.

I recently fermented a 2.5 gallon batch in a 6 gallon better bottle. To date it is one of my best brews. I wouldn't worry about it.

Use for carlo rossi wine, you say? Buy a mother culture, dilute 1:1, make vinegar!

My two cents.... I think you're going to be hit or miss on the dishwasher. The temperatures may be high enough at dry time, but you're probably wasting alot of water for nothing considering the jets proabably aren't getting water inside of half your bottles. So... if you haven't thouroughly...

I understnad what you're trying to accomplish. I don't think the hops are at all neccesary. You're basically making a large starter. Also according to alot of what I've read it is best to "step up" your cell counts. In otherwords, do 1 litre, then put that into 2 litres, then put that into 4...

If I can make a suggestion... Bend the ends where your hoses attach downward and away from your pot like /| so if you get a leak in a hose it doesn't drop into your wort. In my very complex diagram in the previous sentence your hoses would attach to the bottom end of the / and the | represents...

I thought Acetobactor required a substrate containing alcohol to propogate? Isn't it more of a threat in an actual beer than a mash? Isn't it possible that a sour mash (considering it is acidic) could have a vinegarish smell?

This is a bit late, but here's my two cents. I have frequented the Grape and Granary. Have no complaints. Nice fresh ingredients, good help, decent prices. There is a place called Leeners in Northfield. I have bought items from them, but never any AG ingredients. They do seem to stock...

Are you sure you got pacman and maybe not another yeast? Some breweries use different yeast for bottle conditioning than they use for primary fermentation.