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• Posted in thread: I used two yeasts, what's going to happen? on 03-14-2012 at 01:26 AM
  First of all, I know, RDWHAHB. I intend to drink the result, and I think it will still be quite
  good, I just am curious what people think will happen.I made a quick batch of EdWort's
  Apfelwein. I have...

• Posted in thread: Mashing tobacco leaves? on 11-18-2011 at 09:10 PM
  Revvy is actually a computerized database of brewing knowledge.

• Posted in thread: Sanitize Bottled Spring Water? on 11-17-2011 at 09:20 PM
  I think you kind of hear both because of the better safe than sorry and beer is robust camps.
  Both are fine, it's a personality thing I think.Could you get an infection from your top off
  water if you ...

• Posted in thread: Gelatin and bottling? on 11-17-2011 at 04:42 PM
  I have a sort of gut feeling that my beers in which I have used gelatin take slightly longer to
  carb up, but not much. I have no empirical proof of that.

• Posted in thread: What caused the vacuum in my carboy? on 11-15-2011 at 06:11 PM
  How does creating a vacuum within a wort bag insure nothing nasty gets in? That's just the
  opposite from how a bio-lab works, for instance, where a positive pressure is maintained within
  the lab.Alway...

• Posted in thread: Blueberry mead. on 11-15-2011 at 05:50 PM
  I would love to see your recipe for the first batch. Blueberry mead sounds great and I think
  your recipe could make a good starting point.

• Posted in thread: Gelatin and bottling? on 11-15-2011 at 04:22 PM
  One packet of unflavored gelatin dissolved in a cup or cup and a half of water is plenty, there
  are a few tutorials floating around the forums.

• Posted in thread: Beer only bars? on 11-15-2011 at 01:52 PM
  Here in Tejas it is harder to get a license to sell liquor and there are more strict
  requirements on hours, bar staff, etc, so it can be fairly common. I hadn't thought of it as
  being that uncommon.Tw...

• Posted in thread: Gelatin and bottling? on 11-15-2011 at 01:32 PM
  The gelatin is in suspension, it's not like dropping chunks of Jell-o into the secondary. The
  water flows into the beer carrying the suspended gelatin with it, it diffused into the beer and
  the gelati...

• Posted in thread: Gelatin and bottling? on 11-14-2011 at 11:06 AM
  It does indeed strip out plenty of yeast, but it leaves enough to multiply and carb up your
  bottles. Short of filtering it is hard to take all the yeast out of suspension. What it does do
  is generally...