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Oh, noes! Big Tex destroyed by fire at State Fair of Texas ! http://www.nbcdfw.com/

I wanted a good way to fill bottles from the keg. Last year I tried to fill some using the BMBF and it didn't work very well for me (lost a lot of beer to foam). I looked at the Blichmann beer gun, but decided that if I was going to spend the money, I might as well transfer under pressure and...

I just ran across these two articles and thought they might be of interest: Washing and Sanitizing Home Winemaking and Brewing Equipment: http://www.better-bottle.com/pdf/WashingSanitizingStudy.pdf Measurement of Oxygen Transfer Rates for Carboy Closures and Air Locks...

I built this gizmo and used it yesterday to transfer a beer from primary to a secondary carboy for dry hopping and it worked perfectly: This is primarily intended to transfer using a siphon from a carboy to another carboy, or from a carboy to a keg. It should also work to transfer using...

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through LA CASA, Not a creature was stirring. I wondered, "QUE PASA?" I was hanging the stockings with MUCHO CUIDADO, In hopes that old Santa would feel OBLIGADO, To bring all the children, both BUENOS Y MALOS, A nice batch of DULCES and other...

Had a great day at the fair yesterday - didn't stay as long this year as usual, but it was a really nice day. Recommendations: the Chinese acrobats of Cirque Shanghai - they do some unbelievable stuff, the Killdares (Celtic rock group) as always worth hearing, the flag lowering ceremony by the...

I thought this might be of interest to some: http://www.meheen-mfg.com/bottlingforthefuture.html

For anyone who has been wanting a thermapen but thought the price was too high - they are having an open-box sale for $69. I love my thermapen! http://www.thermoworks.com//products/thermapen/thermapen_openbox_sale_2011.html

Sorry for the long post, but I figure if I'm going to ask for help, I should give as much detail as I can. I'm fermenting my first lager now. This was one of those $20 anniversary kits from AHS, so I bought the extract kit with grains even though I normally do all grain - figured it'd be a...

I put a 2 liter starter of WLP002 (English Ale yeast) on the stir plater 24 hours ago. I last looked at it about 3 hours ago and it looked like every other starter I've done before (never used this WLP002 before, though) - a uniform creamy tan/yellow color. I just now looked at it and now it...

I just got back from the MicroCenter computer store and saw something there that I thought might be of interest to those who don't keg and don't have a large CO2 bottle, but would like a little CO2 for filling the carboy or bottling bucket headspace after racking to protect against oxygenation...

For those of you wanting a Thermapen, I just got an email that they are on sale for $79 through Jan 31. (I love my Thermapen) www.thermoworks.com Also, free shipping through noon Sat., Jan. 15 with code FREESHIP11. They do say the free shipping is only for their email subscribers. They...

Here's a pretty cool commercial for a Japanese beer: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=K-Rs6YEZAt8

Someone recently posted a beer related version of "The Night Before Christmas", which reminded me of this one (not beer related). This appeared in the Dallas Morning News back in the 80's. 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through LA CASA, Not a creature was stirring. I...

I hope this data will be of interest to some. The following charts are data from my local water supplier (North Texas Municipal Water District). This data is for the last four years (almost), from January, 2007 through September of this year. The missing data point in the middle of the graphs...

I'll start this off with one I'm sure you've all heard: "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." The story I heard about the origin of this (I'm not sure it's true, but it makes a good story) is that it is an old sailing expression. You've all seen the movies about the old sailing...

Went to the fair today - great fun! The only downers were the raised prices on almost everything - parking now $15, beer 9 coupons ($4.50) most places, and the biggest disappointment was the fried beer. What a rip-off! $5 for 5 little ravioli things with just a little squirt of beer in them...

I've seen some stuff called "Pickle Crisp" in the canning supplies section of the grocery store. It lists the ingredients as : Calcium chloride. No other ingredients listed. Anyone know if this is the di-hydrate form?

I made a post in the Water Quality/Chemistry Report thread in the Recipes/Ingredients forum, but I think no one is looking over there, so I'll link to it here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/water-quality-chemistry-report-thread-101510/index4.html#post2283622 I have made a spreadsheet with 3...

This came up on another thread, but was O.T., so I thought I'd post it here. I think everybody pronounces kräusen (hope I spelled that right) as KROY zen which I think is correct German pronunciation, but I have heard some people pronounce vorlauf as VOR loff (and various other permutations)...