Recent content by smorris

I'm quite familiar with galvanic corrosion, and while these 2 metals are classic corrosion parties Al being anodic anywhere from 6 to 26 depending on alloy with copper being the cathode at 33. See http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Definitions/galvanic-series.htm for the whole table. You can...

I use alcohol wipes for my hands. Just grab one and wipe my hands down before I handle anything that will contact the beer. You can buy them in bulk pretty cheaply at any med supply store.

I have used white vinegar with good success removing that type of residue. YMMV.

When using a valve to control flow from a pump, always put it on the exit side of the pump.

I use both, 3/4 cup dextrose and 1/4 cup DME. Works fine but I do add a week to the wait to make sure the DME is consumed.

I own the kitchen and all that happens there, so all the messes are mine with very few exceptions. I found after several brewing sessions that the wife did not like the smell of the hops. The rest was fine but the hops in the boil was very unpleasant to her. Next time I brewed I moved outside...

My dumbest move was using a metal spoon in the boiling wort and leaving it in the pot while I walked away for a minute. Came back and grabbed the spoon...

The Meux and Company Brewery, located on Tottenham Court Road in central London, had one of the largest Beer vats in the city. The 20 foot high container could hold 3,555 barrels (511,920 liters) of beer and was held together by 29 strong metal hoops. Several other large vats were also housed in...

Fastest was about 4 hours when I made a large starter. Typical is about 8 hours before the airlock is banging away. Had one hangfire for 36 hours once then it just exploded to life.

I thought I would make something a little darker for the wife. She likes darker beers and I prefer the pale ales, although we agree that we both like nut brown ales. So we chatted with the LHBS guru and came up with this recipe. We'll see how it turns out but I suspect it will be a bit darker...

Bleach will destroy SS in a fairly short time if left in contact. That is why you do not ever use bleach to clean SS. That said, I do not like it around my beer anyway, just too messy, corossive and slippery if you spill some on my tile floor.

My method FWIW 1) Rinse bottles. Put 1/2 cap Idophor in dishwasher and run a rinse cycle. 2) Fill bottling bucket with 3 gallons warm water and 1 cap Idophor. Submerge bottles, 5 or 6 at a time and let soak for a couple minutes. 3) Remove bottles from bucket, drain bottles back into bucket...

You could try the same thing we do for steel boats in saltwater, a barrier coat of epoxy. Be sure to use epoxy and not polyester resin which will absorb water.

Same as you it would appear, Tampa.

>>How do you wash yeast that's already been used in a previous batch? http://www.wyeastlab.com/hbrew/hbyewash.htm