Recent content by ldkoehler

How well does the lid work? Does it seal easily?

MoreBeer is redesigning their conicals (I believe primarily the lid) right now. They are saying that the new models will be available in October sometime. They have also said that an upgrade kit will be available for people who own the older conicals. Just something else to keep in mind.

You might want to avoid bleach for the same reason you might want to avoid the sanitizer you listed - chloride. Chloride causes chloride stress corrosion cracking in stainless steel. So be sure to rinse off this sanitizer or bleach from stainless steel.

"Looks like the active ingredient is ammonium chloride." I'd be sure to rinse this sanitizer off stainless steel. It will cause stainless steel to corrode just like bleach does, since it's the chloride part that causes chloride stress corrosion cracking. This kind of failure is especially...

7511 + 6 = 7517

"Now what is a wedding? Well, Webster's dictionary describes a wedding as the process of removing weeds from one's garden." - Homer Simpson

Victory's HopDevil IPA uses Vienna Malt exclusively as its base malt, so it's definitely something that can be done (using lots of Vienna malt) with good results.

I was just over at Academy Sports in Nashville and saw the Coleman Xtreme 70 quart cooler on sale for $29.99 from $36.99. I know someone out there is looking for a deal on one of these coolers, so I thought I would pass the info along.

Where did you buy the Polyclar Brewbrite? I did a quick Google search for it and this post came up as the 5th result, so pretty high on the list. Plenty of links for ISP Corp who apparently makes the stuff, but no retailer links. I guess it's a new product?

I've got 8 plants and 7 of them sprouted 3 or 4 weeks ago. The 8th one just sprouted yesterday. I have no idea why it took so long, but I would keep watering them if I were you.