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total honey used was 8 lbs. to 2 gal. of water. So it is 4 lbs. to a gal on the honey. And of course I used a beer yeast with what I've read is a possible attenuation of maybe 12% under perfect conditions. Wonder if that will be enough alcohol to cut through the sweetness?! Guess I'll find out

I've got a 3 gal. basic mead using Safale us05 fermenting for a week now. 6 total tsp. of nutrient and energizer, was used initially, per what I've read to ensure good yeast health. It's doing very well. Is it recommended or necessary to continue feeding nutrient and/or energizer after...

Preheat with 2 gals. 190f for awhile, dump then add 3 qts of mash water then some grain till it gets too thick. Add some more water, then more grain till gets thick and so on. This is a PITA. Seriously considering doing water first and adding all the grain at once. simpler, quicker and...

Here's an earlier discussion about the 5/8 washers. Maybe Skifast1 at post # 38 can still hook you up with some... Homebrewtalk

Thank you all for wonderful discussion on this topic. I'm doing a extract tripel w/ wyeast 3787, tomorrow and was concerned with the low temps(56-60f) in fermentation basement. I'll start temp out low, let it naturally rise on it's own than monitor and kick the temp up more (70-78f) or...

Only issue is when kegging with c02 there is ALOT of foaming compared to the remaining 3 taps with different beers. I've tried reducing the overall serving pressure to 4 psi, normally it's at 8-10 psi., but to no avail. Wondering if this is because of extra starches leftover from mashed...

Of the 5 vines I planted last spring the cascade and brewers gold produced something to brew with. The Mt. Hood, Centennial and willamette grew to about 3-4 feet tall but no cones. Maybe this spring...

RDWHAHB! I've read that networks and movie producers are not in any big hurry to get 1080p content out there. Right now there is no 1080p content out there, AFAIK, to take advantage of that feature. 720p, (and it's corollary 1080i which IIRC is just upconverted 720p. It all has to do with...

Can't get much better than Pioneer, but you pay for it. Panasonic is top of the line too but a little more attainable, price wise. Also, it's cheaper to watch the Pack rack up wins on a HD LCD cuz they're more energy friendly than plasma:D

Stick some money into lcd or plasma. The quality of product is proving to be outstanding compared to other consumer products. Per Clark Howard the problems associated with lcd and plasma tv's is low, so low in fact that the scale used had to be reconfigured to allow for such low instances of...

Replace your rubber from http://www.mcmaster.com/ . I've had great time with them, they got everything and shipping is stOOpid fast! Here's some links to parts numbers for rubber parts... Green board .... NorhernBrewer Now these are kinda old, from '03 and '05. Just punch in part...

:D (snorting home brew out nose while reading!):D I saw that post earlier today! Bravo Zulu!

I've been using glass for fear of oxidizing da beer. Maybe that's not necessary. What say you? Here's the genesis of this, THREAD Long primary = 3-4 weeks

A thought, when doing a long primary, are people using glass, better bottles or plastic food grade buckets? Just wondering cuz i've read everywhere that plastic "breathes" or allows for oxygen transfer into the beer, and everybody knows o2 and alcohol are to be avoided. It maybe that 4...

Oh my F'ing lord!!! That is the single greatest kegerator I've ever seen!!! Wow, is all I can say:drunk: (never mind that it would be scary expensive!)

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I need it to cut heavily carbonated water for pale ales. Makes a huge difference. Don't get the harsh hop bitterness. Bicarbonate(?) levels are upwards of 355ppm out the tap along with high overall alkalinity. Tap water works well with stouts and other dark beers.

go as big as you can handle!

yup. finding a 10 gal. round cooler is tough. I had to special order one from my local Ace hardware. Only took 2 days to get it in. Also was pricey, $46.

With a mash/lauter tun you extract the sugars from grain to collect a sweet liquid that would be equivalent to your LME/DME. Why would one do that...control, over a period of time cheaper, tastes better IMO.