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• Posted in thread: PH up for my pool on 05-19-2010 at 09:21 PM
  you could use it with no ill affects. Heck...I have a large pool..and for my pH up...I use
  baking soda..same thing and for bringin pH down muriatic acid. Why pay for expensive pool
  chems..when you can...

• Posted in thread: PH up for my pool on 05-18-2010 at 08:32 PM
  That is kind of what I was thinking. Basically, I could do it, but why chance it.

• Posted in thread: PH up for my pool on 05-18-2010 at 02:26 AM
  While dosing my pool chemicals this evening, I was adding a little pH up and was looking at the
  ingredients on the bottle and it listed the only ingredient as "100% potassium carbonate". I
  think every...

• Posted in thread: medium sweet mead...maybe on 05-15-2010 at 03:10 PM
  First, I'm going for a medium sweet mead base using the following:15lbs orange blossom honeyadd
  water to 6 gal10 grams lalvin 71b w/starterSNAThe extra galllon is for topping up later.After
  primary, I...

• Posted in thread: Divide by 4 or by 5? on 05-14-2010 at 06:27 PM
  This might be my first senior moment (age 49) but, if I'm scaling a 5 gal recipe that has about
  a gallon of honey and 4 gallons of water, do I divide by 4 or 5?Thanks,Greg

• Posted in thread: Adding Yeast to Carbonate?? on 12-09-2009 at 09:23 PM
  I brewed a Belgian Tripel from Midwest HBS back in April. It has been in secondary for about 7
  months. I'm ready to bottle but am concerned that there won't be any active yeast to carbonate
  it in the ...

• Posted in thread: DeuS Brut Des Flandres Belgian Ale on 02-08-2009 at 06:55 PM
  Sorry. I guess my post came off a little harsh. I'm not saying the Methode Champenoise is
  impossible or really trying do dissuade him. I was just trying to put in a reality check.Not at
  all harsh. I h...

• Posted in thread: DeuS Brut Des Flandres Belgian Ale on 02-08-2009 at 02:04 PM
  I tried a bottle of this a few days ago. Great fruity taste at the beginning followed by an
  interesting alcohol flavor to end. Almost like drinking a cocktail. 11.5% abv. Here is a short
  description f...

• Posted in thread: Bulk Aging Question on 02-01-2009 at 03:08 AM
  I'm OK with a little toothpaste at the end of a bottle too. Thanks for the info.Greg

• Posted in thread: Bulk Aging Question on 01-31-2009 at 08:49 PM
  If you want to carbonate it and you think the yeast has shuffled off this mortal coil, you can
  always pitch new yeast at bottling.If I'm only bottling a gallon (maybe two), how much yeast do
  I use?