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While reviewing various pumps I learned impeller units shouldn't be used in conjunction with filters for transferring un-carbonated beer to kegs as there is too much agitation. What is the effect of too much agitation at that stage? Are diaphragm pumps a good solution for general brewing use?

LA Times article So if you have Stone Enjoy By 04.01.13 IPA, drink up before it's too late.

Has anyone tried Fromagex - http://www.fromagex.com/can/english/ ? I am waiting for my first order. They have the largest selection I have seen anywhere, their prices are good and the shipping is reasonable. (They sell in U.S. dollars as well.) I prefer their culture package sizes as I get...

I would like to build an insulated wooden cabinet for a couple of cornys with chest-type access under a hinged counter top. It will be sitting on a floor that goes from ~45-55F seasonally. Can anyone recommend a source for electromechanical parts of a fridge that would not result in having to...

Has anyone tried nigari as a coagulant for ricotta from whey? Lemons are good but expensive for large batches, vinegar leaves an undesirable flavour so I wonder how well nigari would do the job.

Up to now I have been carrying hot wort downstairs to sit and cool for about a day (regular chiller requires undesirable kitchen modifications). I was looking for a way to move it and chill it quickly, safely and inexpensively. The Internet had enough detailed description of everything from...

Sanitizing everything irritates me. It is not doing it that bothers me it is the lingering doubt regarding correct amount. I never know whether I'm fighting contamination or eternal damnation (cleanliness being close to godliness after all). I scrub, clean, sanitize, put the bottles in the oven...

Create TV should have a home brew show. Some of the experienced folks here who really know what they're doing, love teaching and can clean up nice should join Norm and all the others on PBS. There must be room for a beverage show to complement all the cooking shows. It might help cure...

I notice others have stairs in the middle of their brewing stages and wonder if anyone has tried siphoning wort down one floor. Our stove is upstairs (there won't be a $econd one) but the remainder of the process can be handled downstairs. The stove is not that far from the stairs so running a...

Does Melanoidin malt aid head retention? The benefit is availability. Carafoam and others are not available to me presently.

Are there cooperative or small, local malt producers? Malt producers appear to be owned by very large companies (e.g. Cargill. GrainCorp). From the King Arthur Flour cooperative to small local entities there are a lot of great food producers not using the multinational corporation model. It...

For the last few days the Beersmith websites have been blocked by AVG Internet Security on my system with the AVG Alert message "Multiple Threat Detection". For the Beersmith program AVG LinkScanner blocks the site and puts up the message "Threat was blocked!" AVG normally doesn't block sites...