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• Posted in thread: Extreme Frustration; What am I doing wrong?!! on 05-11-2013 at 04:20 PM
  Isn't band-aid caused by oxygenation? If so, maybe you're causing the flavor somewhere
  pre-fermentation (hot transfer, etc.) and it's only manifesting in the fermenter. You mentioned
  the first couple ...

• Posted in thread: Cutsom lab work for brewers on 05-07-2013 at 11:08 PM
  I received an email the other day about Saranac (in the Adirondacks) presenting work at a gas
  chromatograph conference in Albany soon. They're using GC's to determine DMS and a swath of
  other ppm-leve...

• Posted in thread: Burners on craigslist? on 05-02-2013 at 11:42 AM
  I started brewing stovetop, then moved to an Sp10 (the 'fish fryer' from Bayou Classic). I went
  through a 20lb. tank every two brews and ran out just at flame-out on my third brew with it one
  day. I c...

• Posted in thread: Do you Cold Crash? (everyone vote! especially if you don't) on 04-05-2013 at 12:12 AM
  I do currently since it's cold out. I've found I end up with much less trub in the keg (none,
  pretty much) and the yeast cake is much easier to rack off of while kegging. I'm a convert for
  now on when...

• Posted in thread: What am I doing wrong? on 03-13-2013 at 01:28 PM
  Have you bumped your hydrometer lately? Perhaps the paper shifted in the tube. It's worth
  checking, though I doubt it's the full problem. Have you used the same fermenter for both
  unsatisfactory batch...

• Posted in thread: Ancient-Fashioned on 03-12-2013 at 05:47 PM
  Thanks for the recipes! The ones we use don't have vermouths, though I think I'll give it a
  try. We've improvised our recipe to match the ingredients on hand:muddle 2 cherries and a
  little orange juic...

• Posted in thread: UPS sucks donkey butt on 03-11-2013 at 11:50 PM
  We've had some trouble with all three carriers, but generally we receive our packages with no
  problem. In our old apartment in a marginal part of town FedEx wouldn't leave the package at
  the door. We'...

• Posted in thread: Any beer drinkers like spirits? on 03-11-2013 at 11:41 PM
  My so-far favorite bourbon is Woodford Reserve, though it's out of my price range for
  day-to-day enjoyment. That duty is handed to McKenzie's or Buffalo Trace usually, and if we're
  really poor that we...

• Posted in thread: DIY Tap Handle? on 03-10-2013 at 12:28 AM
  Here's mine...not quite as classy as some of yours, but it works. The left is a dragon on some
  1/8" plywood, glued to a candlestick holder- all from Michael's. The center is my first attempt
  turning o...

• Posted in thread: Calculating strike/sparge water on 03-09-2013 at 03:03 AM
  you only need to account for the deadspace during mash in, not the sparge. once you drain the
  first runnings, the deadspace is still in there. add your 5.5 gallons in one or two sparges,
  you'll get 5....