Recent content by danimal45

You know, one other thing that I found that really helped are almonds. I buy the big bags of raw almonds from costco. Every so often throughout the day I take a handful. Not much, just a couple bites. A couple bites of almonds almost completely satisfies even my greatest hunger pains. It is...

That is the classic approach that leads to failure. Counting calories and going on diets is a great way to understand the big picture but it does little to actually implement the changes needed to stay thin. Then people fall into the "health food" trap and as you describe, they pick an item that...

Does the pulp separate well in the secondary? If I do filter the beer I would want my syphon to be able to avoid the majority of the pulp when transferring it to the keg post secondary.

Just a gravity syphon and I keep it out of the solids that have precipitated out. The 1 micron is for water purification prior to brewing. I was asking what size I should use for filtering the finished beer. I am leaning toward 5 micron for the beer filtering. Here is my whole procedural...

What temps and duration did you use for your cold crashing? I have tried it in the past and had good luck with ales, but I have not tried it on a fruit beer yet because I rarely brew them. The last time I tried fruit beer I had used fresh blackberries in WA, and I was so excited. I blended...

1) I have done a little more research on filtering, and you are correct. I was hoping that the 1 micron filter would reduce the minerals, but it will only remove sediment which might still be a good thing so I am still going to filter the water this way. Using a reverse osmosis filter sounds...

I have been lurking here for a while, and brewing beer for about the last 10 years with decent results. I want to take it a little more seriously, and have narrowed many of my issues down to initial water quality. I live in Colorado, where the water is great, but tends to be high in minerals and...