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I was somewhat happy with all three [of my experiments so far], but my favorite was the rye brown ale. Recipe is in this thread. An oat stout I think would also be quite good. Did you want some yeast to try it out?

That’s so cool you got to brew with them! I’m in the twin cities area also. Would be happy to buy you a pint or two of your beer for some Pilsner malt!

No, it was a condition he was born with. He didn’t drink really at all. But liver disease is nothing to mess around with. Our livers do so much for the rest of our body. I’m glad you are looking for options for non-alcoholic beverages!

Has anyone who received yeast tried another batch recently? I haven’t done one in a while myself. My brother who had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease that I had been trying to find a good way to brew something non-alcoholic for, ended up getting cancer in 2022 and fought hard for 15 months. He...

I also agree with @CascadesBrewer and @DuncB. Better to do a low gravity mead and then pasteurize and backsweeten if targeting a semi-sweet mead. While I have not tried a simple sugar fermentation with this yeast, according to its properties it would fully ferment a honey/water must.

I heard they had moved again. I have some family that lives out that way so may drop by as well.

Yeah that is steep, I think NB was $26 or something for a 20lb swap. Convenience definitely has immense value. I do know that area. I’m on the east side of the metro, but get over that way pretty often. Thanks for the tip.

For those in the Twin Cities area, where do you source your CO2 from now? I always just got it from NB in St. Paul because it was close and I wanted the shop to stay open, so much for that, oh well. I know Beermeister out in Plymouth or Hamel (they keep moving) has some supplies and they’ll...

I’m interested! Thanks!

Maui brewing is quite good. At least I remember it as being good 7 years ago.

I normally do a whirlpool to congregate all of the trub to the center of the kettle before draining into the fermenter. Inevitably some break material and hop matter does get in towards the end but it doesn’t worry me much.

I would not do a secondary. It’s only going to increase your oxygen uptake in your process. You also may not need to let it sit the full 4 weeks before packaging. Once it has dropped clear, you can go ahead and bottle. You just may want to let it age in the bottle a bit longer if you package...

Nice thing is you can buy spare lids for $25. So you could do different set-ups. (Or buy an extra in case you mess up). Edit: link to spare lids: Replacement Lid for Megamouth Torpedo Keg | MoreBeer

You could definitely fit a 2” TC on there. There is room on the lid.

I think I exhausted about every combination of keyword searches for slim 1/4 barrel triclamp kegs. I had custom built a combination keg and fermentation chamber a few years ago and the small kegmenter is just too wide to fit without cutting my chamber count down from 3 to 1. Finally just gave...