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Any reason that you couldn't sweeten with lactose? Would that give you sweetness? And if so, how much would one use? (I.e. use the same amount as sugar or is more required)

My stoner friends like them as they make good travel containers.

What you are describing is basically a precursor to lemoncello. Do not use whole lemon peel, only the zest. Use a potato peeler. You only want the yellow surface part and none of the white. Lemon tincture: I'd put in the 10-12 lemon's worth of peels (make sure they are chopped up into roughly...

One of the problems with trash cans is that they are poor insulators. So in 80+ degree weather, the ice melts pretty fast. Some company was selling insulated bags for carboys. Just drop a frozen two liter in there and it would keep it cool without having a freezer full of ice blocks. Seems...

If I could only have what is available in bottles where I live, Lagunitas. Love the house style, love the diversity inside that house style. If I could get whatever was on tap at the brewery's tasting room, Union Jack. There is a TON of stuff on tap at the tasting room that you will never see...

Not that long ago I had a pretty bad wait time from Northern Brewer. They took about a week before it was even shipped. Then it took another week to arrive. Recently placed another order with them and it was shipped within 36 hours, which I consider reasonable. Nothing can be done about the...

I have been critical of NB timeliness of shipping in the past. Recently I placed an order with them. The product shipped within 36 hours of the order being placed. While it isn't the three hour turn that I am accustomed to with Williams, it is a damned site better than the week+ wait times...

Well, when I use a sanke keg, the brew day is non-existent as I have just plugged in a commercially brewed beer ;)

+1 to the IC in a bucket of salted ice water and passing water through the IC and into plate chiller. Move both the water and wort slowly through the chiller for max efficientcy and chilling.

Blichmann plate chiller was my best big money purchase.

I have found that the blichmann plate chiller has been the most effective way to drop the temp of your wort. But no matter how much piss warm water you run through a plate chiller, the wort will never get colder than, well... piss. I recently built a jockey box inside of an Igloo "coach gets a...

Zest has oil in it. Wonder if that will affect the beer's head. Sorachi ace is famous for having a lemon flavor, though I find it to be more of a dill flavor. Citra might be a good option. Amarillo (or any other hop) won't give you a lemon flavor if added at 45 min, just bitter. Late addition...

Nugget for sure. Sorachi will give you dill flavors that might contribute to dankness, but not likely.

1 pound of Sorachi Ace pellets from Label Peelers. Decent price. Hop Union sourced.

I limited my drinking to 3 nights per week and started riding an exercise bike for 25 min per day 5 days a week. Weight loss was a steady 2 pounds per month for 11 months (then december hit and all bets were off). Weight has been slowly coming back (about a pound per month). one of these weeks...