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How did this come out?

Not only that, the ethanol will grab onto the water. That's why its so hard to get to 100% ethanol (and everclear is around 95%).

you have to carry it across and then ship it on this side since nobody officially allows beer to be shipped otherwise. Or ship it normally and hope it makes it through.

wow...good discussion here. After looking at that first paper, they show that a portion of each protein (they used generic molecular biology proteins) is lost during foam creation and that in the formation of the foam pulls the majority of each checked protein out of the beer to build the foam...

So I just transferred a mead that is about 6 months old now. I added a lot of sweet cherries before I realized I should have used sour cherries. So every tasting I've done since then (3) has been awful...like cough syrup. Today I just checked gravity and moved to another carboy to get it off...

Excellent thread. Thanks for the reference and the experiment.

I've heard Jamil say from some of the BN podcasts that head forming proteins only form once, then they are destroyed. Does anyone know the science behind this? Basically I'm questioning whether its BS or if someone has actually looked at the lifespan of the head forming proteins.

So Ive been looking into water a lot recently, and looking at the water report there is virtually nothing in our water...and yes the pH is a bit low (but you know all that). FWIW I briefly asked Dan about water treatments today and he said he only worries about pH (He suggested that even...

I remember a bit of discussion about crossing the US/Canadian border with homebrew and not knowing the legality of it. I finally bit the bullet today and sat on hold for 25 minutes with U.S. customs to find out they don't care who made it. Homebrew is treated just like commercial beer. You get...

There was a BN podcast with these guys recently. Its not actually cedar. Its a mohogany that is called "spanish cedar" from south america.

Not to mention the cost of lab equipment vs. homebrew equipment

Since the porter is only a 2 gallon batch, if I harvest ~2quarts of beer from the APA and drop the yeast out in the fridge in mason jars ....with loose lids and pitch that in to the porter without a starter? Or should I make a ~1 quart starter and add ~ a turkey baster full of fermenting APA...

I was hoping to get to the brewshop and brew this one today...but I never made it. I think I will go ahead with the 1056...I even have a 6 gallon APA half way through the fermentation with 1056...I may just steal some out of there for a starter. Thanks for the suggestions

I was pressure cooking some pumpkin a few days ago and had too much water and cooked it a bit long, so I had about a quart of "pumpkin broth" that I didn't want to throw out, so I froze it with the intention of brewing a little 2 gallon batch with it. The recipe is an imperial porter with an OG...

How much for 3 kegs to 98230 with USPS or to canada v5n4g3 also USPS?