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Good News: A new reason to drink... Bad News: A new reason to keep us from drinking too much... http://www.medicaldaily.com/beer-creativity-problem-solver-comes-scale-measure-when-youre-your-creative-peak-315154 "Beer For Creativity: 'The Problem Solver' Comes With Scale To Measure When...

http://news.sciencemag.org/chemistry/2014/12/no-more-foamy-beer-thanks-magnets "Few sights at a bar are more deflating than a bottle of beer overflowing with foam. This overfoaming, called gushing, arises when fungi infect the barley grains in beer’s malt base. The microorganisms latch onto...

I did my first all grain a couple days ago. I've been super busy the last couple of years and only brewed extract. I was quite the lurker and don't remember ever reading about this. Is this a known way to aerate or am I on to something? I have a 50 ft. 1/2" immersion chiller with...

I wrote this down for my own reference for my next brew but I thought it was worth sharing. 14 Things I Learned from first All grain (Step Mash) 1. Don’t run Little Giant PUMP Dry! Open valves even if pump is not turned on so water can prime. 2. Take out liquid yeast (white lab)...

http://phys.org/news/2012-05-irish-mathematicians-guinness-video.html (Phys.org) -- Why do the bubbles in a glass of stout beer such as Guinness sink while the beer is settling, even though the bubbles are lighter than the surrounding liquid? That’s been a puzzling question until now, as a...

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-beer-yeast-20110823,0,5421077.story?track=rss Scientists find lager beer's missing link — in Patagonia German lager yeast appears to have originated on beech trees in southern Argentina. But how did it get to Europe 600 years ago? By Eryn Brown...

Who wants to try it first? http://www.economist.com/node/18329424

found this on youtube.... skip to 0:56 if that guy annoys you

I have a kegging system, with tank and regulator... I make mead and since it is oxygen sensitive... charlie papazian suggest putting a layer of co2 before the siphon... I have been using my portable handheld co2 that uses like paintball metal tanks (really small). But it can get pretty...

So I naturally carbonate my 5g keg beers. Taste great when I first pour that first glass.... I dispense with 5-10 psi as per Charlie Papazian's recommendations (he says 5 psi and I agree). Anyways, I had it in a refrigerator. I always try to drink a lot that first go, maybe have a party or...

Look what I found: http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2009/03/thirst-extinguisher.html http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2010/12/installing-beer-taps-in-my-house.html I never heard of it but I guess it has been out for some time

So I just did my first all grain ever... took me months to get the parts to make all SS single tier.... I think the brew day will be better next time.... So I brought 50 lbs of pale malt.... and as I was crushing them I saw bugs... a lot of bugs in this damn pale malt! But I kept using it...

I am about to make 10g of this mead 5g (20lbs of honey) of sweet and 5g dry-semi-sweet(14lb of honey, I'm not sure how sweet this will turn out, never did this one). Charlies Papazian says that Sherry and Pris de Mousse yeast are good together... do I just add both yeast at the same time? I...

I know you do new a correction factor after it ferments because of the alcohol... but how about OG? I have a salt water fish tank and I am using the same refractometer... I am pretty sure it works because my salt water fish tanks are kept at 1.025 using the meter... I wanted to measure...

Hey guys, I have a 3-MD-HC that people have been raving about... QUESTION 1 I believe the intake is 3/4" FNPT and the discharge is 1/2" MNPT. I think I got the discharge covered. I am just going to hook up a 1/2" bulk head valve, right? That way I can control speed right? I...

I let my Traditional Mead ferment for 10 months. Only used honey, water and yeast, gypsum, acid blend, yeast extract and Irish Moss powder. I then bottled in wine bottles and corked it. I make beer so I am pretty clean... I never had an infection that I know of.... I looked at my...

I don't know what's good or bad... I saw someone with A LOT of sugar on this forum before... that sucks! I know that's not good. Anyways... I was going to do it myself since my friend own's a auto shop and has a MIG but I went down the block to a metal shop (let's be honest I have only...

Hey I am drilling today and bringing my kegs to a welder tomorrow... So my HLT with have a ball valve and sight gauge... my MLT will have a ball valve with dip stick and false bottom and a thermometer... my BK will have a ball valve... Anything else you recommended? That's good...

I get emails from KegWorks and they sometimes send some interesting stuff... can you guys confirm about these things? I don't agree with a few things but I'm not pro.... 13 Beer Facts Worth Knowing Read them. Remember them. Use them to impress your friends. You should always store...

I have a RO/DI (reverse osmosis deionize) water system. I live in NYC. The tap water is one of the best in the world. It has 35 ppm with a TDS meter. Most people use their tap with with a carbon filter to prevent chlorophenols (sp.?). I do not want to invest in that system as my system cost...