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• Posted in thread: Bleach and Vinegar? on 01-04-2013 at 10:57 AM
  Somewhat new to brewing, but I am a chemist for a major water utility. Adding 1Tbsp of bleach
  to 5 gallons gives a chlorine concentration of roughly 50ppm. Adding the vinegar does 2 things:
  1. lowers ...

• Posted in thread: Capper broke....fml... on 12-29-2012 at 08:22 PM
  So its bottling day, and my capper broke on the first bottle. OH $hi@....So I quick drove to my
  LHBS which is fairly close and bought a new one, but, the beer I had just put into bottles was
  sitting u...

• Posted in thread: fermenting temp on 12-13-2012 at 06:32 PM
  Thanks so much guys! Feel much better about this now. I'm in no hurry to bottle so I think I
  will wait an extra week than planned to make sure things finish up. Cheers!

• Posted in thread: fermenting temp on 12-13-2012 at 05:41 PM
  I used Safale-05. Thanks for the quick replies!

• Posted in thread: fermenting temp on 12-13-2012 at 05:12 PM
  Ok...I'm a brewing rookie! (Now that's out the way....)I'm brewing a 5-gallon IPA kit from my
  local shop. It's already in the primary, but I didn't realize my basement, where its sitting,
  is averaging...

• Posted in thread: fermenting temp on 12-13-2012 at 05:11 PM
  Sorry, my app tweeked out and put this post here....now it won't let me delete!

• Posted in thread: What do you use to filter your tap water? on 12-10-2012 at 10:53 PM
  What are you trying to filter?Although I am new to brewing, I am a water chemist for a large
  municipal utility. I'd be happy to help!