Recent content by netjunk1e

Beersmith 2.0 (Mac Compatable) is in limited beta currently, I think it will be released mid to late sumer.

My last beer had a lag time of 6 hours, it was nice.

You could check the gravity of the starter to make sure you had fermentation. The stir plate will remove all the free co2 from solution very well, so you maybe have missed that stage.

It will settle.

That other store should be BrewBrothers in Hillsboro, 1-1.50/oz. And they have any grain you would ever want super cheap too.

Beersmith for linux requires internet explorer to be installed. Look into ie4linux

w/ dry yeast, you normally just use more dry yeast. Notty is super cheap too.

I use Mozy for online backups, its free for a couple of gigs, flat fee after that for unlimited. As far as the external drives sucking...they usually put really cheap drives in them. I use one of the RAID externals for backups, that way if one of the drives in them dies, its not gone.

Alternative bartpe, use Ubuntu Live CD, copy stuff to external hard drive. There are tons of guide on using Ubuntu to recover files. Another option is to buy a new hard drive and a usb converter for the old hard drive, that way the old one isn't touched except to get stuff off of it, and...

On the homebrew scale, there is not much of a reason to have a separate mash and lautering vessel. The coolers are converted for mashing and lautering. Do you have links to the products you are looking at? I am not familiar with them.

What is your source on google selling your personal information, as far as I know, google does not sell search history.

While it is not called a sanitizer, it is the product that 5star sells to breweries for the final rinse after washing with PBW. It is there to kill the nasties. It does require a longer contact time btw.

Wow that is awesome! +1 for the Boilmaker!

The false bottom will not work very well. My suggestion is to put a bigger bag on what you already have. Most people here use the 5 gallon paint strainer bags.

Are you wanting to use it for a hop back or a hop filter. They are very different.