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  1. frithy

    Shower Thoughts on Brew Science

    Shower thought: Why not take a few diverse yeasts and throw them into a starter with some lysozyme. Once you have your protoplasts, add some PEG. Shake or stir it up and then let it recover. Bam, sundry new yeast strains. Maybe get creative and add some live hop material in with it before the...
  2. frithy

    Peanut Butter and Jelly Mead Ideas

    Peanuts have a lot of oil in them. You might want to think of ways of getting rid of it before you get started.
  3. frithy

    Shower Thoughts on Brew Science

    Haha, I hadn't thought of that. Good point. Yeah, wow, I hadn't even considered thermal expansion. Thanks for the replies, guys.
  4. frithy

    Shower Thoughts on Brew Science

    Shower thought: What is the point of headspace in the bottle? I tried to find an answer, but all I could find were people saying not having it could cause the bottle to explode. I don't get the logic for that though. Isn't the pressure of the air in the headspace simply going to stay constant...
  5. frithy

    *Skyrim* Blackbriar Mead recipe

    The "Elder scrolls official cookbook" is just a book written by a fan of the series and the "official" status is more akin to a marketing gimmick than anything else. The woman that wrote it is a hobbyist who enjoys actualizing fantasy recipes. While her book is surely very fun and enjoyable, I...
  6. frithy

    Sanitizing glassware

    No, no, no. Actually, I think pedantic sanitizing in general is over-rated. Why was I arguing then? Simple: I'm not the type of man to stand idly by while the reputation of yeasty Chinese balls are on the line. Wherever evil lurks, wherever the forces of darkness threaten humanity, wherever...
  7. frithy

    I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints and then I smoke two more

    I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints and then I smoke two more. How many joints total were smoked?
  8. frithy

    Sanitizing glassware

    Haha, exactly! Still though, I'm wanting to argue a bit, but it's like walking a tightrope trying to avoid being moderated. #The-struggle-is-real
  9. frithy

    Sanitizing glassware

    We don't know that the OP is using whatever "yeast balls" you found in California. He could very well being using something like or or or, you know, any of hundreds of professional Chinese wine starters that have very high levels of purity. Further, even if he was using some traditional yeast...
  10. frithy

    Sanitizing glassware

    Rice wine, mijiu, 米酒, is a sweet rice porridge that is mildly alcoholic. Yellow wine, huangjiu, 黄酒, is made using the same yeast combination and with any of sundry grains but allowed to ferment out to completion. Neither are a wild fermentation. Further, if your argument is that traditionally...
  11. frithy

    Sanitizing glassware

    It only contains rhizopus oryzae and saccharomyces cerevisiae, hardly a "wild fermentation". Hell, you can buy more diverse packets of dry yeast than that. Also, normal rice wine is weak as hell. It's eaten at like 1% alcohol and is more like porridge than anything else. How do I know all this...
  12. frithy

    3 word story

    He self-defenestrated to
  13. frithy

    Sanitizing glassware

    https://cn.bing.com/search?q=bleach+as+a+sanitizer
  14. frithy

    Sanitizing glassware

    Beer is grains + hops. A rice wine is a grain without hops. If hops help protect the drink from infection, then surely the same drink without hops would need more not less attention to sanitation.
  15. frithy

    Thin, Watery, Flavorless Aged Beer... Help!

    I'm an idiot with no idea what he's doing, here are some ideas: Add dehydrated fruit instead of fresh Add spices Add dried okra to increase the body
  16. frithy

    Spiced Saison - Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves, Saffron, Sumac, Allspice, Liquorice, Turmeric, Ginger, Juniper

    As the detritus has dropped out, the beer is staring to clear and darken. mhhmmm. Good thing I'm not there or I doubt I could wait anymore. An interesting thing is that it still has a foamy head and needs burped once a day. I guess the residual dextrins, starches, and sundry other crap are...
  17. frithy

    Sour Rice Wine - 57% rice, hopped with Fuggles, Saaz, and Hallertau with red dragon fruit in secondary

    So, it was sealed after two weeks open fermentation and now, after about a month or so, has started to clear up a bit. It still needs burped twice daily. Also, my boy said it's starting to get a pellicle.
  18. frithy

    Music While Brewing

    I've been listening to Oliver Tree while brewing.
  19. frithy

    Questionable yeast starter - how to evaluate it?

    https://www.mbaa.com/publications/tq/tqPastIssues/2021/Pages/TQ-58-3-0705-01.aspx#:~:text=Starch-degrading%20enzymes%2C%20notably%20%CE%B1-%20and%20%CE%B2-amylase%2C%20are%20present,enzyme%20levels%20over%20a%20period%20of%2028%20days.
  20. frithy

    Hop Pellet Particle Size

    It seems mesh can be rated in either holes per whatever or by the diameter of said holes, specifically when the mesh is being used as a filter. In the thread posted by the user mentioning the numbers 300 and 400, they are talking about the diameter of the openings as measured in microns...
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