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Ok, so perhaps I'm not following something. Did you filter this, or how do you stop fermentation? I understand the K-sorbate stops reproduction, but you already will have a good amount of yeast. My initial confusion had to do with the mention in the OP about bottling, but now I'm curious how...

So I've not used campden tabs or this recipe, but how does it carb up if the yeast is halted? Do the tabs just slow the yeast down, and these must be consumed in a certain timeframe or they'll blow?

I think you're referring to the alpha acidity percentage. What IBU level are you looking for, what's the OG, and what size batch?

So what happens when you want to make a german beer?

Yes when you gluc pvc or cpvc together, it fuses the parts permanently. After 10000 gallons, you must spend another $40, giving you a cost of $0.004/gallon. No, it doesn't stop flowing, but you'll be able to taste it. If you're brewing 5 gallon AG batches, you're using around 9-10 gallons per...

Hey all, I'm in San Jose for the VON conference, just wondering if there's a brewery here that I MUST try while I have the chance. Also, I'm about 2 blocks from the Firehouse grill & brewery, is that worth checking out? (roughly on washington & sunnyvale in sunnyvale). Thanks, -Aaron

What kind of systems are you guys using? Mine seem to hit about 75% max, using the modified cooler setup.

Brewer from Kennewick here, didn't know we had a couple of HBTers locally. If you haven't had a chance, run by Ice Harbor the third thursday of the month at 7, the local homebrewers meeting is then, great chance to see what people are doing, etc. If either of you want the website address, PM...

Knowing that 32 is crucial for people who drive where it can freeze, have irrigation pipes, etc. Knowing that water boils at a lower temp at elevation is very important for people who live in higher locales, as cooking times need to be adjusted. While I don't use the liter every day, you can...

I like where your head's at...

I'd expect that a car registration, drivers license, credit card, any number of things that people normally carry on them would allow law enforcement to contact the family rather quickly. While I'm glad that they were able to contact you and your family through his employer, I'm sure that there...

Exactly what I was thinking, except people would probably riot and burn the station down. Not that I agree with the methods taken, but I'd love to see what starbucks drinkers would do if the 20 oz megafrappyblasticcino came out at 18 oz.

Yeah, but I would mention something next time. You're probably paying around 2 dollars/lb, you just made a donation to their beer fund, and while they hopefully didn't intend it, they should have it brought to their attention.

Of course, you can imagine how upset I was recently to find that when I ordered (3) 1 lb bags of hops from these guys, they put WAY too much into the bag, and I came out with about 4.5 lbs between the three bags. Gotta tell you people, if this happens again, I might just have to take it up with...

I wouldn't mind if they would just let you search by state. While I live on one side of my state, I have friends on the other side, and they're quite capable of picking anything up I wish to purchase.

Now I think I understand why when I gave one of my recent AG porters to a ~50 year old guy at my church, he wasn't too sure about trying it after remembering how his dad made beer and it was marginally ok. Prior to hearing that, I'd figured, like an earlier poster said, that this stuff...

And I threw 12 half gallon jugs out last night... If anyone's curious how to build what EdWort has, it's called "Son of Fermenter", and you can find it here. I have two, and they're great. I can sustain 45 degree temps for 24 hours before I need to replace the ice, so you can't truly lager...

So sparge with 2 extra gallons. You might be boiling off faster than you think.

http://howtobrew.com/section2/chapter12-1.html says that vienna has enough diastatic power for itself, but nothing else. I'd guess between the munich and vienna converting themselves, the honey malt (needs to be mash according to beersmith) needs to be converted. Throwing even a pound or so of...

Where are you getting the alpha/beta amylase from? I think you'll need some 2 or 6 row in there. As far as hops goes, what flavor do you want? What kind of yeast are you going to pitch?