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In my wife's chocolate oatmeal stout recipe, we use cocoa powder at flameout and nibs in primary, and vanilla bean in secondary. We think the cocoa powder gives a lighter flavor, the nibs give a darker richer flavor and the vanilla elevates it all.

Smaw meaning stick welding (shielded metal arc welding) ... Better to start with than oxy-acetylene. But again, problem is realizing when you have a welding that's good. I've seen and made a TON of welds that looked great, and looked solid, but absolutely did not pass a destructive test... You...

Tig mainly requires different equipment, and costs more, and requires Argon and such, and is more touchy, honestly. MIG is easier (and easier to screw up), flux core (basically MIG without gas) is cheapest and about as easy as MIG, and just as easy to not get a good solid weld. Best advice -...

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Hey - on the V14.0 board - what is the ADDR50 IC3 slot?

Awesome - I'm looking to build a controller system to control glycol valves for 15 conicals. I'm thinking I may need a forward and a backward controller for the valves so that should work well.

Hey Jimmie, I didn't see this on FAQ or anywhere... What is the max number of devices this can control?

Just a quick note (this is Mike Malsed, the OP author) - I'm writing more reviews and will be hitting as many software suites as I can get my hands on. If you have suggestions, please list them and I'll see if I can get to them. Cheers!

I CAN'T use the equipment because I don't HAVE that equipment (beer engine) I WON'T use the method of pressurizing a keg, serving, bleeding all the gas and leaving it flat, then pressurizing the keg, serving, then bleeding the gas. A: it's expensive, b: it's impractical, c: it's a waste. I'm...

So, we're talking different languages. I'm not missing the point at all. A: The point was that Dman wanted to put up a Nitro system. B: another poster said you can get the same effect with a syringe (you can't, but I'll do the experiment) C: ajd then said that Nitro wasn't the actual agent, it...

No, THAT wasn't the point. The point was that ajdelane said that I don't do Nitro to imitate "real ale" - I don't want very low carbonation - and I don't want to waste my gas pressurizing, then bleeding, then pressurizing, then bleeding when apparently Nitro/Beer Gas accomplishes the task...

Wait - I missed the point? First, I'm running a typical set up. I'm not going to jump through a bunch of hoops that a typical homebrewer won't jump through. I want to drink my beer. . . The original posit was that N2 doesn't have a significant effect on the beer (for various reasons...

Okay, yes, the stout run through the sparkler plate at 30psig CO2 alone is the only test I don't have. However, we do have the medium body run through the sparkler plate at 30psig CO2 alone - and it showed no significant difference from the others. In any case, I will re-run the experiment with...

Nah - this only took about a half hour, while my wife and daughter were making dinner. Pretty easy too. I don't know - I haven't heard from ajd yet. I still do plan to try it with the RIS as I mentioned, but for me (and my wife, who was pretty adamant on it) it seems pretty clear that the...

Okay - empirical experiment. If I took a beer and transferred it to the stout faucet, it should get head characteristics and creamy mouthfeel that we expect from Nitro. I used a medium bodied red. It has been on 10psi CO2. I took a pour through my Perlick faucet under 10psi CO2. Then I took...