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Honestly I have no idea what it is, but it's a pretty hard and resistant material. Silicone is rather soft, right? Or are there different types of silicone with different hardness?

Thanks! In my case: Stopper = ceramic Gaskets = no idea...but almost certainly not silicone.

Sorry, a bit off topic since unrelated to canning (but related to the topic of package O2 as a whole). You seem to know quite a bit on the subject, so may I ask you a question: Do you know if there is a difference between swing top and crown cap bottles with respect to O2 entering the bottle...

Yes, but with the difference that this person was referring not just to the research brewery, but to other broader sense commercial breweries as well: "also ich kenne keine Brauerei, die Ihr Wasser für das Sudhaus entgast" --> "I am not aware of any brewery that degasses their water for the...

Thanks. I'll need to ask that person whether he agrees on this, then sure, I could do that. It's one thing to forward an e-mail to someone, it's quite another to publish that e-mail openly on an internet forum.

Thank you for your detailed reply, I appreciate it (in all honesty really). Please, I hope it is clear to you that by no means did I mean that EVERYTHING you learned or did in 20 years is "fake". In my very last post you quoted, I also stated that I really found your info on YOS useful, for...

Good morning everybody, It's a wonderful rainy day in Central Europe! I'll allow myself just one more comment, then I am definitely out of this, and I'll let @Vale71 continue on his quest alone (I seriously admire your endurance, but I also doubt you will ever get anything out of it...and I'm...

Just for the record. I don't know if by that you mean me, but I was also trained at W (just not in beer brewing, that is :p) Not that this fact will give me any more authority in this debate!

Hello, Look, what else can I do... If anyone is interested please PM me, send me your e-mail address and I'll be happy to forward you the e-mail exchange I had with him. Then you are free to contact him. And yes, this person is in charge of the research brewery, but I would assume that a person...

Guys, I'm sorry if this thread has taken on a direction you don't like, I can understand that. As stated before and as far as I am concerned, it is really not my goal to debate against LODO at the homebrewing level here... I did not try it myself so I have really no experience with it. I might...

Alright, thanks for clarifying. I just wondered whether I missed something and they opened a new commercial operation during those last 6 years since I left Freising.

I'm happy to let you translate it then: "also ich kenne keine Brauerei die ihr Wasser für das Sudhaus entgast – wir machen das auch nicht und hatte auch noch keine Anfrage dazu. Das einzige entgaste Wasser kommt im Bierbereich (Filtration, Abfüllung) vor. Das antioxidative Potential des Malzes...

Btw I wasn't aware Weihenstephan had 2 production sites. Where is the second one located?

I just got a more clear reply following my insisting second inquiry :) : They are not aware of any brewery degassing their water for the brewhouse. Degassed water is being used but only in the cold side (filtration, filling). Further: The antioxidant power of malt is already high enough, so...

After reading a few of these German brewing and LODO discussions, I felt compelled to write an e-mail to the Faculty of Brewing Sciences and Beverage Technology of TUM at Weihenstephan, in an attempt to see it a bit clearer for myself. They were kind enough to reply. Here in summary what they...

And think about the cold side: fermenting, dry hopping, transferring and kegging or bottling in such a bubble...a dream. Wonder why no one of the homebrewing gear manufacturers has thought about such a thing yet. I would buy it immediately if I had the cash and the space and no family and no wife.

Alright, I get it, thanks. It's just that I wasn't able to associate a brewery like e.g. Weihenstephan to the word "Macro". But yeah, it makes sense, even Weihenstephan is an industrial brewery with a fairly large production and distribution. I know that and other bavarian breweries quite well...

Which German breweries would you consider as "Macro"? Would you also include the likes of e.g. Augustiner, Tegernseer, Ayinger, Weihenstephaner, etc. into this category? Most of these highly respected bavarian breweries I wouldn't consider as Macro personally, and they are producing Helles Lager...

Well, I know from trusted sources other than myself, my family and friends that it is at least not so bad 😉 But of course, there is still lots of room for improvement, and the sky is the O2-devoid limit. I'm just not ready yet to go down that full-fledged LODO rabbit hole... kegging setup for...

Yes it is, I can confirm. Only did this once as a child as a "little chemist" experiment. The result was an exploded balloon and a mess in the whole kitchen. The only practical way I can imagine would be to use your bottle of soda/vinegar to fill balloons with CO2, and then attach tubing to...