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Not sure if this is the right place. We had our first baby 7 weeks ago. The pediatrician said it was ok to use Starsan and/or Idophor to sanitize baby bottles and other stuff. What does the brewing community think?

Would it hurt a plate heat exchanger to autoclave it? I just received one from dudadiesel on Ebay and it says the operating temp is 225F. Autoclaving is easy and convenient for me cause I can just have one of the labs run it through when they do their daily autoclaving.

I was talking to a retired faculty member today and it turns out that he's an old yeast scientist. I was discussing the various methods that we homebrewers use in our yeast ranching methods and getting tips and advice. He advised against the distilled water method. He said that in that...

I've lost track of how many years I've been home brewing but last night I had the first actual dream of home brewing. For some reason I added beans and taco meat to my mash. I'm not sure why but in the dream it seemed like a good idea. Then I was trying to figure out which hops from the...

I rescued this from a coffee percolator. It's stainless steel and has raised slots stamped in to the lid and the base and a stainless steel tube. I'm thinking that there's some way to incorporate this as a filter or manifold for all grain. Just looking for brainstorming ideas before my wife...

Update: 801 is the random number. luvhops is the winner according the Price is Right, with #792 Thanks everyone for participating, this was kind of fun. Stir plate and yeast starter give away: I’ve had some events happen that make want to repay Kharma. I’m giving...

I need to reset my kharma or something. Anyway I'm going to give away a yeast culturing set up. I'll be honest, the stir plate has seen its better days. You have to slightly push in on the adjustment knob while you turn it but it works and is variable speed. Also throwing in a 2000 ml...

I've been using this grain mill set up for about the last year. I live in an apartment and everything must be dissasemblable for storage in a closet. Pardon my spelling, I've had a homebrew or two. Anyway, heres the grain mill as a whole: It is designed to come apart in to two halves...

I guess my beer for the last few years has been crappy... So my wife talked me in to cleaning the bathroom with her. She's three months pregnant so for once I gave in. I'm cleaning the toilet the best way I know how and she hands me a scrub brush. I tell her that I can't use that on the...

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