dont explain the dangers of using starsan.
i'm curious myself, can you elaborate?
dont explain the dangers of using starsan.
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Exactly. if they would make these "starter kits" with a little more thought ,they could very well open up the hobby to more people . I think these little brown barrel kits are what puts people off from going beyond.Oh, the band-aid flavor. Using chlorinated tap water, what were we thinking? Why didn't the kits come with some campden tablets or at least instructions to use bottled water? Or maybe include a little packet of mineral salts and instructions to buy some distilled water?
Starsan contains calcium blockers and sulfuric acid.i'm curious myself, can you elaborate?
Ugh. Sulfuric acid is perfectly safe to consume at low concentrations. Properly diluted, StarSan has a pH just under 3.0 and is no more acidic or dangerous to drink than lemonade. It is used all the time in the food industry to modify pH which is precisely its use in StarSan.Starsan contains calcium blockers and sulfuric acid.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/sulfuric-acid/default.html
Starsan contains calcium blockers and sulfuric acid.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/sulfuric-acid/default.html
Ugh. Sulfuric acid is perfectly safe to consume at low concentrations.
Only problem I have is they dont explain the dangers of using starsan.
From their MSDS, it contains Phosphoric acid, not sulfuric acid. Big difference.Starsan contains calcium blockers and sulfuric acid.
calcium blocker = a dense, solid calcified bone dome isolating @fatslob 's brain from reality by blocking any information from entering.From their MSDS, it contains Phosphoric acid, not sulfuric acid. Big difference.
Which are the calcium blockers?
Brewed a Mr. Beer this evening. Not much to it. Kind of uninspiring really.
Not sure anybody answered the question but, use distilled bottled water, replace corn sugar in main recipe with dried malt extract, sanitize the entire area around mr beer with spray bottle, make dark beers, use carb drops instead of sugar for bottling.
Git busy brewing.
This was why I skipped right past the Mr. Beer kits - it seemed too much like mixing up a batch of Kool-Aid.
Okay you dont do Mr Beers.Distilled water is OK with extracts, mineral additions to distilled could make the beer better but that is more advanced.
Replacing the corn sugar with DME is not necessarily a 1 for 1 switch.
You don't need to sanitize everything in the room. Onl
.Distilled water is OK with extracts, mineral additions to distilled could make the beer better but that is more advanced.
Replacing the corn sugar with DME is not necessarily a 1 for 1 switch.
You don't need to sanitize everything in the room. Only what touches the wort.
What if you don't want a dark beer.
Why drops instead of priming sugar? I don't do Mr. Beers but I prefer batch priming to the drops.
But yes, get to brewing.. Which I need to do....
Okay you dont do Mr Beers.
.... oh yah! Kool-Aid! good friends, good times, good memorieslike mixing up a batch of Kool-Aid.
Well, made two Mr. Beer kits this weekend. Both are actively bubbling after 24 hours. So there is that. No doubt the kit does what it is designed to do. Get people interested, make beer and grow a hobby.Brewed a Mr. Beer this evening. Not much to it. Kind of uninspiring really.
Mr. Beer hate comes from the perception that it is a product for beginners and gatekeepers.
My first beer did not use a Mr. Beer kit but did have many of the problems that are mentioned and associated with the kit. I had old yeast didn’t have solid sanitation practices and my process was less than robust, if not downright bad. My first beer was magical to me because I made it.
I am confident that if I made a Mr. Beer kit now, it would be delicious and my first step would be to throw out the yeast, hops, and LME. There though is the rub. A beginner needs simplicity to get that first beer behind them after that they will exponentially grow their knowledge and experience. The beginner should have the option of dumping ingredients into a saucepan to get started. The easier the better.
O gatekeepers, thrust aside your arms and lay them down. Welcome the weary travelers into your kingdom and share thy spoils. Tear down the walls and see the opportunity of the horizon. It is the gate you guard that limits your own potential.
Absolutely. Great way to get involved in the hobby, it's how I started out 15 years ago. I don't do extract anymore but for my first 10 years all I used was my Mr. Beer barrels. I even used my 2 Mr Beer barrels to ferment with after doing small batch all grain. Until I got a kegerator this year, my small dedicated half fridge would only fit a Mr. Beer barrel for lagering. I sometimes still use them both as bottling buckets. And I just bought 2 kits for 2 old army buddies to introduce them to home brewing. Using Mr Beer kits is like when a kid starts riding a tricycle, then a bike with training wheels then as you gain experience on to a Schwinn 10 speed. Great way to go from just starting to your journey into all grain and kegging...my 2 cents on Mr Beer. [emoji482] CheersWell, made two Mr. Beer kits this weekend. Both are actively bubbling after 24 hours. So there is that. No doubt the kit does what it is designed to do. Get people interested, make beer and grow a hobby.
Wal-Mart was selling Mr Beer IPA kits last week for $23. Might still be on saleI remember when the first BIAB kits were being sold. They were like a burlap sack full of grains. Everybody (including me) scoffed at the idea.
There is a large kitchen store near me going out of business and everything is 20% off. They had a Mr. Beer kit and I looked at it. But it was $69 and 20% off still wasn’t enough for me to buy it. Maybe if it went to 50% off and its still there. Definitely something I do not need but it would be another toy to play with.
Wal-Mart was selling Mr Beer IPA kits last week for $23. Might still be on sale
Yep. The kit was the 2.5 gal pladic barrel, 1 can of IPA mix, 1 pk no rinse sanitizer and a pk of carbonation drops.I was talking about the Mr. Beer equipment package. The plastic barrel fermenter and whatever it comes with.
I just checked walmart site looks like they are all gone. But Target is showing the same kit for $23. Don't know how long it will lastYep. The kit was the 2.5 gal pladic barrel, 1 can of IPA mix, 1 pk no rinse sanitizer and a pk of carbonation drops.
One week past and my Mr. Beer American Porter is not visibly fermenting any longer. Mr.Beer Barvarian Wheat is still actively bubbling! Letting them go another 7 days.
It's only finished fermenting. Yeast still need to finish cleaning up byproducts. Give it another week. 15 years of brewing my rule of thumb is 3 weeks I don't care what style it is. 3-7 days ferment, 10-14 days to clean up, 3 days extra if a diacetyl rest is needed. Leaving a beer in for 3 weeks works wonders on the maturity.Took a gravity reading of the American Porter. 1.02 after 8 days. Never did take the OG. Tasted find with some bitter after taste.
calcium blocker = a dense, solid calcified bone dome isolating @fatslob 's brain from reality by blocking any information from entering.
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