Recent content by Drbobcat

Portland, Oregon: I have 4 cases of champagne bottle (90% from homebrew shop) and 2 Better Bottle Fermenters that I need to be rid of. Everything is clean, but there may be some dust. All or nothing please.

After having read about saving money by reusing yeast I decided to give it a try. I collected 4 pints of slurry from my last batch (Wyeast 1332). I was lazy and just poured it into sanitized mason jars. That was 1 month ago and now I have about 1 cup of thick slurry in each jar with about a...

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I absolutely loved the course, but I kind of like biochem anyways...got a 93.7. I hope to take it again when the water chemistry portion is added. I want a badge!

On Day 1 as I was making my first batch of sake, my daughter wanted to look/smell at the rice/koji mixture in the fermenter and she promptly sneezed onto the whole thing. 2 months later, it turned out pretty good despite the extra help from my daughter. Lots of worrying over that one though.

I know this is an old thread, but it deserves to be revived. My 2 year old stir starter died when a 2 liter starter got away from me and flooded the unit. Dan at stirstarters.com said it was still under lifetime guarantee (even though he specifically warns you about this in the directions) and...

I have brewed many times under a canopy in the rain and have never had any problems. Wind can be a problem if your canopy is not secured. Go for it!

I have about 40 or so 22 oz bottles that I want to give away. They are mostly Rogue bottles with the labels still on them. There are a couple of larger and smaller bottles as well. They all go together, sorry no picking and choosing. If you feel inclined to leave a bottle or two of homebrew...

Same here. It happened when I upgarded AVG. It changed my home page, search engine, and classified Beersmith as spyware.

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I have about 5 1/2 cases of 12 oz bottles I need to get rid of. They are commercial bottles and I believe at least 3 cases are label free. I am looking to get rid of all of them. I am in the NE Portland area.

"Allergic-type reaction????" Uh, no...THIS IS AN ALLERGIC REACTION if the OP truly is having tracheal swelling and mild dyspnea. Don't screw around with this, wear a mask at the very least. You should have your LHBS grind your grain for you or wear a mask and take a Benadryl before you grind...

You got it! I tape the probe to the outside of the carboy/bucket and cover the probe with a square piece of insulation. There is a lot of discussion as to whether a thermowell or taping the probe to the outside is better. Good luck and don't worry if you have to tweek some of the settings to...

Your set point should be 53* (I just picked the middle of 48*-54*) with your differential at 1* (this means an acceptable temperature to the controller will be 52*-54*). Set your ASD to 12 (minutes). This means that your fridge can't cycle any faster than every 12 minutes-this helps to prevent...

Your freezer settings shouldn't make any difference. With a Diff of 2* you should be reading anywhere from 66-70* (that's why I keep mine set at 1*). Where is your probe in the freezer? I personally am a fan of taping the probe to the side of my fermenter and covering the probe with some type...