Recent content by drumblebum

Acid doesn't pit stainless. Bleach will pit stainless. Go ahead and keg your Kombucha, it will be fine.

Fear not, friends... rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated! :cross: I did find occasion to test the kombucha theory under appropriate conditions and found that there indeed seemed to be a quick and noticeable reduction in that annoying lightheaded feeling after consuming approximately...

I've got cases of kombucha here that my wife brews. I'll give your premise a test on Friday and report back!

I haven't been out to Track 7 yet... if I don't go tonight I probably won't make it, as the class dinner is tomorrow night and I'll be heading back to SoCal ASAP on Friday after class. A couple of the guys in class went over there and said they have pretty decent beer, but the facility is...

I'm going up (I live in SoCal) to do the Intensive Brewing Science short course this week at UC Davis. Anybody else on the board taking it this year? Anyone live near there that wants to grab a pint or 3 in the evening anytime Monday through Thursday? I was thinking about hitting Track 7...

I'm doing an EPA today: 9 lb Maris Otter 1 lb. C-40 0.5 lb Victory Haven't quite decided on hop amounts yet, but I'm going Brewer's Gold for bittering and Fuggles for F/A.

This is an old thread! Surprised nobody has mention Murrieta Homebrew Emporium... Hell, maybe it didn't even exist when the OP was posted!

Racking a beer through raw steel wool WILL leach enough iron into your beer to at least ruin the flavor. If you are the idiot I am, you might try running your mash off through steel wool into your kettle, because you forgot the cute little stainless strainer that you usually use. I've...

Interesting... I was just talking to one of my professional brewer friends, and he asked me why I was even doing a secondary fermentation. I too made the decision to ditch secondary for a while - just crash chill after primary and package after a week or so.

I started with a Brewer's Best kit from my LHBS... http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/Brewer%27s%20Best%20Equipment%20Kit%20101028.pdf I've been doing all grain for a while now, but I still find most of the components that came in that kit useful every brew day.

I'm brewing tomorrow, but I haven't decided on red or brown... I'll figure it out on the way over to the LHBS...

I don't think it's sealed... you're supposed to be able to check out the vortex from the top - looks like it's open to me, and you would have to add water to it. I say call and ask. If it's open, then I don't see any reason why you couldn't figure out a way to do a starter in it. Hell, I may...

Maybe if you tell them what you are using it for, they will send you a DVD of "BrewMasters" instead... LOL http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/brew-masters/

I brewed a SN Pale Ale clone recently, deliberately holding the ferm temp in the low/mid 60's. Fermentation time extended to 1.5 weeks in primary, secondary for 1.5 weeks. The result was an extremely clean pale ale with very little yeast character, but also no off flavors at all. The hop...

That's what I figured, but I wasn't sure what I should be calling it. Considering it's really not brewed to style for either a Hef or a Dunkel, I probably shouldn't be referring to it as either...? Maybe I'll just shut up and drink it... :tank: