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Hi all, When I clean my carboys, I usually just use the same sodium percarbonate solution to clean off the carboy cap as well. But with the last RIS, I had a pretty big blowoff, and the cap is rather grody looking. Just curious - would this thing get all fouled/distended if I threw it in...

Alrighty so not to belabor my stupidity, but about 5 ml of Miwaukee pH electrode cleaning solution ended up in my mash (!) Trying to figure out if this is game over for my brew or not. The MSDS is entirely unhelpful, except to say "non-hazardous". Any safety & health concerns? Thanks!

Hi Brewers, I've been looking at the BeerBug, and was considering putting it on the Xmas list as a fun little item of brewing hardware that I wouldn't spend my own money on. As I understand it, this device strictly transmits information and doesn't provide any sort of control (which is...

Howdy brewers, So I think I've decided that my next acquisition will be a mill. For many years I've been using the big ol' mill at the LHBS, and I'd like to take more control of things (plus my efficiency has gone to hell lately and I'm thinking it may be the mill...) Anyhow, I've mostly...

I have been instructed to "get frivolous" for my Xmas present this year. This means get something I wouldn't normally spend my money on. Realistically anything up to about $5-600 would be available, so I can't go looking for a new brew sculpture or anything. My wort-making system is pretty...

Yes, another pH meter thread. Sorry all, I couldn't find quite what I was looking for by searching the forum. In looking at the MW101 vs the MW102, it appears that the difference between the two is: - MW101 doesn't have a thermometer and requires manual temperature correction; the MW102...

In the process of assembling the parts for my keezer. I picked up an Eva-Dry 500, and I have a muffin fan on the way. The main reason I bought the fan was for general air circulation to minimize temperature differential. But I'm seeing that folks are finding that the Eva-dry also works much...

OK so I'm finally about ready to get a freezer to build a keezer. One feature I want is to have a platform for the freezer to sit on, so that I can move it around if needed. I'm trying to figure out the best way to build it, that is both as cost and time efficient as possible. Aesthetics...

Hello, I am considering picking up the referenced freezer for a keezer. The web page states that it has "Adjustable Temperature Control." Is this control in fact the "refrigerator" setting that I know some freezers have? Specifically, can you turn this thing up so it'll operate in the...

Question to Martin or others who might know. I see on the Bru'n Water site that there's a warning about issues in LibreOffice 4.0, and a recommendation to use v. 3.6. My Linux PC is currently using v. 4.0.2.2. I just went to the LibreOffice website to see about maybe downgrading, and I see...

So it is finally time to get serious about getting myself a chest freezer and building a collar to make a Keezer. The dilemma is: what size freezer to get? I know I want to be able to hold a minimum of 6 kegs (at the moment a mix of ball and pin lock), with up to 4 on tap and room for another...

So just out of curiosity, just exactly how much liquid do each of these form factors hold? Clearly the corny keg so many of us use has a nominal capacity of 5 gal. Is it actually that? A sixtel, I understand, is so named because it's nominally 1/6 of a 31-gallon barrel. So that'd be 5-1/6...

Howdy HBT, I'm looking to replace my current jury-rigged kegging setup with a keezer. As part of that I want to have a bank of secondary regulators so that I can adjust the pressure in different kegs. There's a couple things my initial searching hasn't turned up. First of all, I have seen...

Hi all, My wife has been making very tasty soft cheeses for the last couple years, and we're thinking that it might be time for Santa to deliver a press to make hard cheese (I loves me some aged Cheddar). Unfortunately I'd rather not have Santa's bill go on a second mortgage, and I was...

So I've tried finding this answer and keep coming up with contradictory and (what seems to be) speculative advice. This question applies independently to both pellet and (home-grown) flower hops: If I put the hops in a vacuum sealed Food Saver bag, is it necessary to store them in the...

So I've been brewing a very nice extract pale ale as an every-day beer. It's coming out pretty good, but I've been thinking I'd like to have a bit more malt character to it. Was thinking some Munich might move things in the right direction. Since I'm not mashing this beer, the Munich would...

OK so I am just about ready to plunk down the money for a pressure canner, I'm sick of doing starters as a one-off. I'm wondering if folks who have the Presto 16 Qt and/or the 23 Qt models could offer your impressions on the size (or comparable size products by other manufacturers). The 16 qt...

Very often the only thing I need to do to my beer is to check the gravity (and do a taste test of course :p). When I run downstairs to my fermentation area, it would be great to be able to correct my reading for temperature right there, rather than having to either remember or write down the...

My wife has been getting into making cheese this year. She's been making chevre for over a year, and so far this year she's made 2 great brie's. We currently have the Ricki Carrol book, and she was interested in getting another book. Her goal is to get something that discusses the...

I will be picking up a pressure canner shortly to can starter wort. I was browsing some canning supplies in the hardware store today and realized that there are two different types of jars - wide mouth and regular. Seems like roughly a half-inch diameter difference. Does it matter? I will be...