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http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/aluminum.htm Read that. The key is long term exposure. This reminds me of a story I heard many years ago about liquor distilling. The basic drift of the story went like this: "Life-long liquor distillers were often crazy. This was due to the fact...

Heh... everytime I see a thread about hydrometers, I scroll down to see what words Janx decided to use to say "throw it away". LOL.

I had an extra packet of Ale yeast, and nothing to ferment with it.... so I went and bought 6 gallons of apple juice and mixed 'em all together. I'm hoping to come out with a drink like Hornsby's or Strong Bow... but it smells too yeasty right now. But anyhow... is this a cheating way of...

LOL, with the ammount of beer I drink... if it had caffine in it, I'd be asking for trouble. I think my little heart would just explode from beating so fast from all the caffine. LOL. Think I'll stick with traditional additives, or at least non-stimulant additives.

I bottled that questionable batch today. The gravity was 1.014. That "strange" taste is completely gone now. It tastes good (hoppy, but that's how I wanted it), but a little raw. I plan on aging it for a month. The "condensation" wasn't actually condensation at all. Like I said in my...

Hello. I just picked up 4-pack of Duvel from my local liquor store. Since Duvel is bottle conditioned, there's a layer of yeast at the bottom of the bottles. Is there a way I can harvest this yeast to use in my own beer, and grow enough to make it pitchable? Or would that not be a good idea?

Northern Brewer uses UPS and has competitive prices with Midwest, a lot of items are actually cheaper. The selection isn't as varied, however. I'm actually surprised to hear you like UPS better than FedEx. I have several packages shipped to me daily, most of which are sensitive electronic...

There's a lot of "++++" in there, is that out of 5?

Or, if he doesn't feel like re-wiring his kitchen... he could just buy a new kettle? ;)

This may sound like a dumb question.... but.... I've had the flu for the past week now. I have a batch of beer that's been ready to bottle for a week, and I'd really like to get it in the bottles. The thing is, I've been afraid to bottle the beer for a couple of reasons. 1. I could infect...

LOL, I guess we all have our opinions. I don't like wheat beers all that much. Hoegaarden tasted like fingernail-polish remover to me.

Well, you can't forget St. Feuillien, Hoegaarden (the dark stuff is good, white is ick, imo), Orval, Petrus, De Koninck, Delirium Tremens, Orbier... hrmm.. to name a few. Forgive me if I mis-spelt any of these names. Belgian beer is really good stuff. A lot of their beer comes from abbeys...

Maybe it's alcoholic pop, like wine coolers. :p But seriously, I thought yeast only made alcohol from sugars in the absense of oxygen. For example: there is yeast in bread, but you don't get drunk from eating it, ya know?

Anyone know a good extract recipe for the Belgian beer, Duvel? I'm a newbie and haven't experimented with all-grain yet, but that's a few months down the road. I found most other recipe's for beers I liked but am not finding an extract recipe for Duvel. Thanks for reading!

I have one of those propane turkey deep friers. The unit cost less than $30, and can bring 7 gallons of water to a boil in under 30 minutes. Each batch only takes about 1/4 a tank of propane. Boiling outside is nice because I don't care if I get a boil-over or make a mess.

lol, yeah. But 777 con be interpreted under many religions. The ancient Jews and Muslims all believed in the 7 concentric spheres. The pagans also believe 7, especially a sequence of 3, to have magical properties. Besides my new found hobby of beer-making, I'm also a hardcore computer...

OK. I'll do that. My hydrometer reading yesterday was 1.021

Ya, I noticed the condensation before too.. yet I was concerned about the rate of the liquid buildup and the manner it was condensing. You throw in the strange taste and smell... well the whole thing is fishy.

Ya, I took notes. Here's the ingredients I used. 6lbs "American Amber Liquid Malt" 2.5lbs "Laaglander gold DME" 1lbs clover honey 1st flavoring hops 1.5oz perle 2nd flavoring (after 30 minutes) 1oz cascade aromatic - 3/4oz cascade (all pellet hops) and "Saflager" dried lager yeast...

Ok, sorry for double-posting... but the situation has devoloped a little. I noticted that the liquid was actually collecting inside my airlock (I use a 3-piece airlock which has vent holes on the sides), so I realized that the end of the airlock wasn't fully extruding from my rubber stopper. I...