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I've heard about the cherry juice and went straight to the health food store for the concentrate. I've been drinking 2 oz of concentrated black cherry juice in a bottle of water almost every day. The pain is gone and the swelling has subsided. I just don't want to have a recurrence so have...

Brewed with a sore foot weekend before last. Next day I went to the doctor. His diagnosis - gout. He listed a few things that should be removed from my diet. Shellfish - no problem, I'm 300 miles from a decent source, Red meat - a little harder, can I cook it till it's black? Beer - OMG...

There is a period for end of sentence after the four, and if you know how or where to get food grade HCL let us know. Meanwhile 36% HCL is HCL and the remainder is non reactive distilled water. So I use it, because it's good enough for a swimming pool. I am no good at math but 4-6 mililiters...

Get a good PH meter and some 36% HCL (Muratic) acid from a swimming pool supply. Knock the PH down with the HCL to around 4. 3.3-5.0 will work from my experience. The reaction is thus: 2HCL+CACO3-> CACL2 + H20 + CO2. CACL2 is a salt commonly used in brewing and water and CO2 are good. I use...

One of my favorites....and it applies to my recipes. TLAR That Looks About Right

It is. He said "not vary hoppy". Maybe I should have put .01-.02 oz/finished gallon.

Simple BMC recipe You need some VERY good water. 1.2 lbs/finished gallon of pale malt 0.4 lbs/finished gallon of adjuncts (corn or rice) .01 oz/finished gallon of bittering hops ( 60 minutes) .01 oz/finished gallon of flavoring hops (15 minutes)

Sometimes the yeast IS the problem. I made 3 batches with a German Lager strain that I couldn't drink. Tasted like cough syrup to me. But I use the same equipment a similar recipe and same methods with American Lager yeast and get good beer. Go figure.

No matter which way you do it, it'll make beer. I start with a 1500 ml starter, after that I knock out to the yeast cake multiple sessions until I'm either full up or tired. The first round I ferment a little on the warm side after that I ferment on the cold side. Maybe I don't have a...

On brew day I rack and then pour out about 2/3 rds of the trub and yeast in the yard. Then pour in fresh chilled wort. I've done that as many as 5 times in a row. I haven't seen any problems with it.

Bring the cooler indoors overnite, to store some heat in it. Have you insulated the top? The tops of those things lack foam insulation and can be a heat sink in cold weather. I drilled mine and filled it with foam insulation out of a can. With those things in mind it should work fine.

I received one in August that was very hot (nearly 100 degrees) and the ice pack was too. I made a big starter and the beer was great. Not something I want to repeat, but yeast is a tough little fungus. P.S. I don't have a LHBS closer than 180 miles.

Around 240 gallons so far, nothing to report.

Probably not a problem. People used to (and still do sometimes) ferment beer in open top crockery with a cheesecloth covering it. In other words the airlock is a safety device not an absolute necessity. Only time will tell for sure. Just relax.

My brewery would have a large double sink.

My recommendation is to take good notes. Especially your strike water temp, ambient air temp, grain temp, and mash temp. You probably won't hit it dead on the first time, but with good notes you can get closer and closer to the proper mash temp every time, if you have notes.

When I forget to add something, which happens at my age, I always rationalize. It's probably going to be better without it.

Yes that is what I thought you were describing. I have one of those and also the A419 which is very similar but digital, better, and more expensive.

I wouldn't recommend that one for your purposes. Yes, you will have to do the electrical work. Just by looking at it I would bet that it won't hold temperatures in a narrow enough range for you to be happy with it.

You didn't post the link so I'm not exactly sure what you are looking at. If it is the Johnson analog controller # A19AAT-2. It comes with a a dual plug. You plug the male plug in the wall and then plug the controlled device into the female side of the dual plug. No electrical wiring needed...