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• Posted in thread: DIY Walk In Cooler Build on 05-20-2013 at 04:54 AM
  It's going to be a walk in cooler, not a fermentation chamber. With an R-20 floor and over R-40
  on the walls and roof, I doubt it'll be all that inefficient. My limiting factor is the floor
  for sure b...

• Posted in thread: DIY Walk In Cooler Build on 05-19-2013 at 07:47 PM
  I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer or anything, but wouldn't this design be horribly
  inefficient, especially at proper fermentation temperatures?I admit, I'm not experienced with
  this type of thing...

• Posted in thread: is this an infection? on 05-19-2013 at 04:39 AM
  Nope.

• Posted in thread: Did I just oxidize my entire 5 gallons of beer? on 05-17-2013 at 01:30 AM
  Awe man, oxidized your beer? That sucks, especially with the new Health and Safety regulation
  19002:2013 which has come into effect. That now makes your booze a hazardous substance, which
  is going to ...

• Posted in thread: Equatorial Pale Ale on 05-15-2013 at 05:05 PM
  Recipe: Equatorial Pale AleTYPE: All GrainRecipe Specifications--------------------------Boil
  Size: 6.85 galPost Boil Volume: 5.72 galBatch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Bottling Volume: 4.25
  galEstimate...

• Posted in thread: Did I just oxidize my entire 5 gallons of beer? on 05-15-2013 at 04:36 PM
  I appreciate the responses guys. I can assure you all that no air was getting in at the spigot
  connection. What seems to have happened is that some citra leaf bits got stuck at some point,
  decreasing ...

• Posted in thread: Did I just oxidize my entire 5 gallons of beer? on 05-15-2013 at 04:58 AM
  It could be bad, depending on just how much air got in. Once the beer was in the bottling
  bucket, was there a lot of bubbles on top? I would stay positive and go with it!!! Just bottle
  it and see how ...

• Posted in thread: Did I just oxidize my entire 5 gallons of beer? on 05-15-2013 at 03:51 AM
  So, started using a BB with the spigot and racking adapter...had a 1/2 inch silicone hose
  attached to the spigot and was racking into bottling "bucket". The beer wouldn't completely
  take up the volume...

• Posted in thread: 2013 Hop garden photo thread on 05-14-2013 at 12:00 AM
  First hop to break the surface is Golding. Still nothing from the 2 Cascades and single
  Tettnanger.

• Posted in thread: EZ Water Spreadsheet on 05-02-2013 at 02:19 PM
  Both do. Malt releases a lot of inorganic phosphate into the mash. If the mash contains calcium
  it reacts to precipitate hydroxyl apatit10Ca++ + 6H2PO4- + 2H2O --> Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 + 14H+Those
  14 H+ ne...