Recent content by eliastheodosis

Floating dip tube through closed transfer to a keg purged by fermentation, same as @Bassman2003 and @homebeerbrewer. From a Fermzilla mostly for me. I could never get over the fact that at least some air would get trapped in the hose/spigot at that connection point. As soon as you open the...

Up on Cripple Creek - The Band

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking when I said the dose makes the poison. Maybe I missed the part about you fully rinsing the bucket. That definitely makes a difference to me. I probably still wouldn't mess with it, but I'm not you. Seems clear you're not an idiot, so you do you. Just...

Maybe have someone standing by to take you to the vet if you start getting the shakes

I really wanted this to be feasible, just because. I looked into it some and at least one very tangible concern comes to mind. There wasn't much about humans eating compost (go figure) but dogs definitely do. There were several articles about effects of neurotoxins produced by fungi called...

Truckers are the Blood - AJJ

Basically same as @rtstrider on this one. That's supposedly the Augustiner strain and it makes a really nice helles. I saw the dry version go up on Yeastman a couple weeks ago and Morebeer has it now too. I am very excited about that. I'm sure more stores will pick it up soon.

Dry yeast is pretty rugged. Unless it was really mistreated then my money is on something else being the problem. Fair point made above that aeration probably isn't necessary. I think it's worth mentioning that the warmer the liquid the harder it's going to be to get oxygen dissolved, though...

I assume they mean Mittelfruh. That would be my choice too, but I think Hersbrucker would work just fine if you prefer it.

Totally fine, just looking for more detail :) The plastic is overall thinner than a PET Better Bottle but it's thicker in the right places to me. It's true that it's light and you can push the whole thing around some if you're not careful. If you're mindful of your basic physics and use sense...

Well, it's true that diastaticus isn't something to take lightly. I agree with that. It's not the same as fighting with brettanomyces or other sour bugs, though. As far as I know it doesn't create a biofilm and Starsan or Iodophor should knock it out fine. It's valid to worry and be cautious...

I definitely don't check if it's appeared in the thread but I try not to repost my songs unless I'm really, really into the song at the moment and just want reshare. Happens with a few of my all time favorites. Admittedly, I think I mostly listen to other songs posted here when I already knew...

It's All So Incredibly Loud - Glass Animals

What's your ferm temps? High 70s to low 80s for Belle is usually pretty clean for me. Relatively speaking. Less phenolic than in the lows 70s. Still a saison yeast, though. If you're committed then realize that Belle will keep chewing through longer chain sugars for quite a while. I've even had...

I saw your other messages and understood :) Honestly, the range of saison beers is very wide.Some like Fantome tend to be maltier, complex, higher ABV, and often pretty firmly hopped with European hops. Then something like Saison De Dottignies is hoppy and lighter and more refreshing. But then...