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• Posted in thread: Enough for cell counting? on 05-08-2013 at 11:03 PM
  You could do it with a micropipette. Place on slide and count. Then figure how many drops make
  1mL and total volume. Would give a rather accurate estimate that is probably accurate to 10%.

• Posted in thread: Need some Smoked Grain Advice on 04-11-2013 at 02:45 PM
  it is because your nose has become numb to smoke

• Posted in thread: Soapmaking on 03-23-2013 at 03:16 PM
  Get it to boiling and I assure you almost all the water will leave. BTW, you can burn soap. I
  had that with my first batch that I did not stir and the center turned a brown color. I do mine
  in a pyrex...

• Posted in thread: Soapmaking on 02-25-2013 at 03:40 PM
  I got some fat from the butcher. People regularly mix it with deer meat for sausage, since deer
  tends to be more lean. I put it through my meat grinder and threw it in the crock pot. I then
  pulled the...

• Posted in thread: Bottle Conditioning Barleywine on 02-19-2013 at 04:35 AM
  It will take months. The warmer the temperature, the faster it will condition.

• Posted in thread: Efficiency numbers cooler with copper manifold on 01-22-2013 at 02:26 PM
  I use a 5 gallon and I get routinely between 85 and 90%. The smaller cooler means less liquor
  that remains in the mash with sparging. I usually do 5 or 6 sparges.

• Posted in thread: Decoction Mashing on 01-22-2013 at 02:24 PM
  with today's modified malts, it is really not necessary or beneficial. I did it once. It was
  fun to make been using the same methods from hundreds of years ago. It really made brewing
  possible before ...

• Posted in thread: Grain crusher on 01-22-2013 at 02:14 PM
  Pasta mill/ Polyclay press. Same thing. Use an online coupon and get if from hobby lobby or
  Michaels for less than 20 bucks. Use a drill jammed into the crack to scour the rollers and
  give it grip. I ...

• Posted in thread: Soapmaking on 01-01-2013 at 10:48 PM
  I had some prime rib scraps and a bunch of other trash from my recently cooked prime rib. I
  sent it through my meat grinder and when I heated it it separated without any issue or gristle
  whatsoever. T...

• Posted in thread: Commercial beer bottle label removal difficulty on 11-06-2012 at 01:21 PM
  Guinness Draught - 1.5The labels are heat-shrunk on, so a light slice with a razor blade and
  they drop right off. No soaking, no residue, no nitro widget, and great looking bottles.Please
  do not use t...