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• Posted in thread: Want to determine the proportion of glucose created in a mash. on 03-27-2009 at 04:54 PM
  I think I'll have to have a look at that Brewing Science Principles and Practice text to see
  what I can make of it (found a PDF of it today).where at???

• Posted in thread: pH testing on 03-27-2009 at 03:39 AM
  Just curious as to why you'd want to do this, that is, if you mean the final product. pH is
  most important in the mash and to a lesser degree, the boil. The pH of beer is typically in the
  low 4s. It i...

• Posted in thread: Want to determine the proportion of glucose created in a mash. on 03-27-2009 at 03:33 AM
  ^^^I agree, I dont think there is a method to tell how well the starches are broken down to
  maltose maltotriose or just plain glucose and how many are longer unfermentable chains. It
  really depends on...

• Posted in thread: Love TS-13010 or TS2-010 on 03-23-2009 at 01:59 AM
  I went through the specs and other than the different looks I think they are the same.

• Posted in thread: What to do with kettles now? on 03-12-2009 at 02:12 AM
  I also agree, with the right welding setup you should be able to weld anything. Find another
  welder.

• Posted in thread: 10" Banjo Burner on 03-08-2009 at 07:20 AM
  I have 3 banjos on my brutus, 2 are the new style one is the old style. While testing it I
  found 4.5in from tips to surface that the keg sits on to be the best distance. as for the
  regulator you are g...

• Posted in thread: Quick Potentially Dangerous Angle Grinder Question on 03-06-2009 at 11:16 PM
  They sell cut off wheels for angle grinders not just the thick grinding wheels. The cutoff disk
  he most likely bought was designed FOR his grinder.It's the same thing as using a pneumatic cut
  off whee...

• Posted in thread: Keggle on 02-24-2009 at 07:15 PM
  Why do people always pick 1/2 inch instead 3/8? I want to get the false bottom from midwest and
  the pipe is 3/8 so I figured I would do 3/8s and then get the 3/8s blichman valve. Is this not
  a good id...

• Posted in thread: boiling in a vacuum vessel on 02-22-2009 at 02:33 AM
  It will affect hop utilization and sanitation negatively.I agree. also it would be hard to keep
  under vac pressure because the boiling wort is converting water to vapor which would increase
  the pressu...

• Posted in thread: A tip for those buying Step Bits / UniBits / keggle drill bit on 02-20-2009 at 07:06 PM
  the irwins are pretty good 1st one i had never seemed to dull down but it binded up really bad
  once near the tip and snapped part of the bit off. Honeslty its a great bit just a fluke
  accident. it was...