Recent content by jwsquared

I use priming sugar (sucrose) and 2 weeks at 68 Deg F always works for me. in truth, I suspect it's done in one week, but I always give it two.

How long can you leave a bear in the secondary before you cannot carbonate in the bottle. I'm brewing a California Common and due to some issues that came up this week it will probably need to spend 3 weeks in the secondary (after two weeks in the primary) before I can bottle.

End Times Brewing.

If it's only 50 ft, why not run hoses to the kettle? You probably only need to run the cold water supply that far. A short discharge hose to a nearby drain would be all you need.

Taking my first crack at a California Common. Now that its winter, the basement is cold enough to give this a try.

Candy sugar is refined sucrose from sugar beets. Cane sugar is refined sucrose from sugar can. Assuming you are talking about the white varieties, they are chemically identical.

Opinel Carbone No. 7

Technically, this is not a false positive, because the test is truely detecting opiates (primarily codiene and morphine). Culinary poppy seeds come from opium poppies and do contain small amounts of various opiates.

Based on your calculated IBU of 80 and stated OG, your IBU:GU is 1.26. On the high side, but well within the range for this style. Whether you like it or not is a matter of personal taste, but I'm pretty sure I would find it enjoyable.

Brown paper bag.

So does that make it 777 777 777, or is it: 777 777 777 :)

In absolute terms (either volume or mass) the answer, as long as you keep the heat input constant, the answer is no. If you express boil of in percentage terms, the instantaneous value will increase as the quantity in the kettle drops.

Raisins host yeast on their surface.

Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and washing soda (sodium carbonate) are two different compounds. In any event, there are a number of weak acids available (e.g. vinegar).

There is nothing you can do in an erlenmeyer flask that you can't do in a mason jar.