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• Posted in thread: overcarbonation on 05-23-2013 at 05:17 PM
  What temp was the beer at bottling time?

• Posted in thread: So who's brewing this weekend? on 05-23-2013 at 03:32 PM
  Brewing Liberty Cream Ale this weekend and hoping that I can have it ready by July 4th. Though
  I really doubt it.

• Posted in thread: cider bread on 05-23-2013 at 03:13 PM
  The loaf of bread will end up flat and dense if you used brewing yeast to make it rise.Beer and
  wine yeasts and bread yeast are different strains. The yeasts that we use produce more alcohol
  than CO2,...

• Posted in thread: I'm Complicated on 05-21-2013 at 02:40 PM
  This weekend was laundry, dishes, take the dog to puppy day camp, and bust up my dad's basement
  floor, dig a trench, install French drains, and cement over the entire thing. I got started on
  this hobb...

• Posted in thread: White Grape Cherry blush? on 05-21-2013 at 01:34 PM
  D-47 is good for fruity wines. I don't have my records in front of me so I can't tell you if
  I've ever tried it starting that high, but given that it had a tolerance of 12-14% ABV, you
  should expect s...

• Posted in thread: Refrigerator/temp controller on 05-17-2013 at 06:59 PM
  I'm thinking of doing the same thing, hopefully keeping the freezer for hop/yeast bank
  storage.Could someone suggest a good controller for something like this? Not the models that
  the fridge plugs int...

• Posted in thread: Tape temp controller to carboy and insulate - Really??? on 05-16-2013 at 02:39 PM
  The configuration is designed such that the beer is at a stable temp through fermentation.
  Sure, the surrounding air may go through fluctuations, but you're not trying to ferment the air
  inside your f...

• Posted in thread: Hop candy on 05-15-2013 at 05:12 PM
  Like was mentioned, Scott down at Defalco's said they carbonate pint bottles perfectly. What
  would be the process here? Crush and dissolve into water, then add at bottling time? Or would
  they toss a w...

• Posted in thread: made a grain mill. on 05-15-2013 at 01:30 PM
  What steps did you take in making this?Did you make or buy the rollers? Do you work in a
  machine shop?Automated system or by hand?It's very nice work! You'll have to tell us how well
  it crushes!

• Posted in thread: Bubbles rising inside the bottle of a bottle-conditioned beer on 05-15-2013 at 01:11 PM
  Did you use real cork or the plastic cork shaped stoppers? What size cork did you use?Edit: I
  just rethought this, if the corks were leaking, then the bottles on their sides should start
  seeping beer,...