Recent content by ktm250

Sweet corn and field corn are two very different types of corn. Sweet corn has been specifically bred to be unnaturally sweet during kernel fill stage known as the "milk stage". It is what we think of when we picture corn on the cob or canned corn. We pick sweet corn far before it is mature...

The US varies widely on how residents get water. Urban and suburban dwellers nearly all get water from the city municipal water supply. Outside of those areas it could be a mixture of municipal water supply piped out of the incorporated limits, a county water supply, a self supported water...

Unless he's on a private well. Not sure about his area, but where I live everyone who lives outside of a larger town or city are all on private wells. Even a lot of villages around me have private wells for all residences. He didn't provide that info in the OP.

Thaw it out and try it. Nothing to lose. FWIW, I used to keep my homebrew in my barn fridge and it would freeze rather regularly during cold snaps. I never had "bad" beer after it thawed.

+5 gallons of a 2 row base malt x Hallertau SMaSH. 1695

Fusarium head blight has been a concern over the last couple of years. It's side effect is commonly known as "vomitoxin". It has an off smell, and can cause vomiting, fever, etc in animals and humans that consume it. You may have picked up a batch of wheat that had higher than acceptable...

I've never seen a gas supply store do exchanges on customer owned CO2 tanks. My local places all fill up (welding/gas supply stores). The places around here do extended leases on bottles, though I'm not sure about 5# size. For example, my 80 cf argon/CO2 welding mixture, 125 cf 02 and 300 cf...

I feed them to my chickens. They love spent grain.

An admirable goal. But, why - at all costs? Is it personal satisfaction? Competition? Goal of opening your own brewery? What makes you tick as a brewer? I'm looking for some introspection and a grasp on the current zeitgeist of where homebrewing is (at least this forum). When I only...

Admittedly, I don't post a lot. Additionally, I'm not an every month brewer and my visits to this forum wax and wane in proportion to my brewing regularity. That being said, I have been brewing for the better part of two decades and started out where many of us have - with some extract, a...

Been wanting a stainless conical for a long time.

Rhinegeist Calfe. A coffee milk stout. Prior to that I was drinking a Rattleskull. 1 bottle porter, 1 bottle hard cider, a shot (or two) of rum, a dash of lime juice and nutmeg. It'll rattle your skull in the morning.

I feel ya. It took me a while to learn that just spending the extra $20 saved me money in the long run. I didn't have to buy inferior equipment, then buy what I should have in the first place. I have a long history of being a tight ass, so it was difficult. :D

I too have a slotted copper manifold. Used in a blue rectangular coleman 48 qt cooler. I've never had a stuck sparge. I am currently thinking about building a mash tun out of an old round cooler my dad gave me. I might use a copper manifold, or I might try out my rusty TIG skills and weld up...

Troy area as well.