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Just checked on their site and saw this update- Sounds like good news for people that are users of the product.

Seems like whenever I swap out kegs theres is a 1 in 3 chance of outcome - everything goes smoothly, I get a small spritz of beer, or the poppet jams open and I get showered in beer until I can fix it or the CO2 or beer run out. Anyone else run into this or have tips to avoid it? I'm going...

How about a spiced cream ale? That is always a good wintery brew

Some of the sugars will be fermentable and some will not. I've always heard that lighter crystal (say 20L vs 120L) will be slightly more fermentable. However I have not personally done any testing to see the actual % breakdowns. For the most part though, crystal is used mostly for taste...

Sounds like someone touched a nerve there!

Roundeyesupply.com has a 72qt Stainless stock pot w/ lid for $55. It popped up on here a while ago and I'm looking to get it myself. If you go to the website and search "stock pot" sort price lowest to highest it will come up. I believe it is labeled as "stainless stell stock pot with lid...

Good deal! O nearest kmart is 23mi? ..... not such a good deal :/

Ended up adding .4 oz maltodextrin (so 2 oz per 5gal) during bottling. Brought the body up just enough. Tasting notes: Lighter body, crisp w/ citrus hint. Good summer beer

Brewed a 1 gallon batch of this up to test... OG was almost right on money 1.052. Took a 2 week sample and read. SG 1.012 but had a very light / watery taste to it. Very thin I'm guessing this must be from the honey? (its the only ingredient I never used before). Any ideas on how to remedy...

I'm sure you already know all this but I figured I would start basic: bottles explode because of too much gas buildup, which is caused by too much ongoing fermentation after bottling. You need to make sure that only a certain level of fermentation continues after bottling in order to get the...

It doesn't matter, they are the same. They are mainly used to remove chlorine from the water.

I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to update it with the active link for the current and archived copies of Columbus water profile - http://publicutilities.columbus.gov/DocListing.aspx?id=38046

I wouldn't go all distilled water, my understanding is that you would be starting with a literal blank slate as far as water chemistry goes. Which is good if you want to build a water profile from scratch... not so great as a "ready to use" water source. Push come to shove you can use...

Depending on how much you add and the yeast strain, adding it too early could affect fermentation by raising the alcohol level. As in 1gal or more in a 5gal batch (which I don't think you plan on doing!) Other than that I would add it to bottle bucket for two reasons: 1 I don't see any...

1 gal pilot batch... hey every little bit counts... 16307