Recent content by JerTheRipper

If it contains brass, then they add lead to make it easier to work with. I bet that any brass pipes or fittings have the same warning in CA. You'd probably die of cirrhosis before cancer with the amount of beer you'd have to drink for it to even matter.

I'm in. 1x TF-MOPA 2x GW-2ROW 1x CM-SPIL PM being sent now with my other info

At my LHBS they often have packs like this swollen priced at 50% off. I've been buying them, propagating them in a starter and splitting the yeast from the starter into sterilized vials. So far I haven't had one bad one. The best thing to do if you're unsure of your yeast, and what I do every...

I just racked my second batch, so i'm at 10. 20,221 + 10 = 20,231

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I'm pretty sure it has to do with logistics. Too much trouble and not enough money to stack a pallet with 14 different kinds of grain and keep track of inventory. That's just my guess though.

I think you forgot to add my 2 to the total. Should be 33, not 31

I'll take 2xTF-MOPA

I was considering this. Have you done it? How is the consistency of carbonation between bottles?

So my buddy and I had too much of our apfelwein and weizen and completely forgot about priming sugar on bottling day. This was about a week ago, and I just realized that we had forgotten when I saw the words "priming sugar" somewhere while browsing the forums. He's away on a camping trip for a...

My bucket is about 12" in diameter and 23" tall with an airlock. If those are internal dimensions and there isn't a compressor shelf or anything to deal with inside it might be big enough. Edit: It's actually only about 21.5" tall. I overestimated. Edit again: It's a pretty standard 6.5 gal...

Yeah, I caught both of those things before I skimmed... I primary in a bucket, so the carboy thing wasn't useful, but is a great idea. It seems to have worked well, the krausen that formed in the 500mL starter on a stir plate overflowed the 1L jar it is in. Much more vigorous than what I got...

Well next beer I was planning for early next week, so speed isn't a problem. I went ahead and got some into a starter on the stir plate. What I'm more worried about is if the harvested yeast will work well with the next beer, which is a different style than the one fermenting now.

I've got an APA in the primary right now that's been there for about 3 days and is almost fermented out (SG 1.049, FG 1.012, 23.8 IBU). I'm wondering if it would be a bad idea to harvest some of the yeast from the krausen and use in an AG Double Chocolate Stout recipe I have instead of White...

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone here for really helping out with the process. Everything went perfectly and was a lot easier than I expected it would be from all the reading I've been doing in the last couple of months. There was a moment of panic when my partner and I thought the pre-boil...