Recent content by TexasTea

Bought this thing at Aldi's today. It was on sale and beer related so in the basket it went. You place the bottle or can inside the tower. Now instead of 2 things to clean (bottle and glass) I have 3 (bottle, glass + dubious usefulness beer dispenser). This really is a sickness isn't it? I'm not...

Welcome to the forum from a Texas Brewer. What kind of help are you looking for? Just ask away. I've been brewing less than 2 years , if I can't answer it (highly likely) one of these veteran brewing experts that reside here can surely help.

Arrggh, Mateys. September 19 be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Ye brewers spit on ye hands and hoist the skull and crossbones.

Welcome to the forum from a Texas brewer. It's nice to have you back to brewing again.

Yep, the cows used to get drunk on fermenting plums. Sometimes that could be a problem.

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-wild-chimpanzees-ingest-equivalent-alcoholic.html It's in our genes. Party on Dudes!

Welcome to the forum from a Texas Brewer.

pH taken at Wellhead (where I pull the brew water from) and after calcite tank. Extra calcite added.

Welcome to the forum from a Texas brewer (beer mostly). I've only brewed 2- 5 gallon batches of mead so don't listen to me about mead . There are lots of mead guys on here that can help. I'm a beekeeper, did you ever think of doing that?. Goes hand in hand with mead. Plus bees are in a failing...

Polycyclic alcohols are responsible for the Coleus effects if I remember correctly (It's been a really long time since I researched that). Never consumed Coleus but the chemistry behind it is interesting.

Ah, henbane. The infamous tropane ring (7 sided ring). Fun factoid, You know what else has a tropane ring? If you guessed cocaine you would be correct. It was traditionally used in some gruits. In Jr High some of the kids used to mix henbane in with the weak marijuana back in the day and smoke...

We didn't agree all the time but you were one of my favorite people here and contributed alot. I'm gonna miss ya. I'm trying to be a glass is half full kinda guy and come up with something positive about your leaving HBT and stopping the ethanol. All I could come up with is this weaksauce "It...

Welcome to the forum from a Texas member. I'm a beer brewer but have done 2 batches of mead, no cider yet though. There are a plethora of Cider and Mead guys at HBT so you'll fit right in.

Welcome to the forum from a Texas Brewer.

I use this for vacuum sealing mason jars. (It's a food saver lid, link goes to amazon)...