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For what it’s worth, the British brewers like much higher calcium content than the numbers we are used to seeing. 200-300 ppm isn’t uncommon and they are the ones that started this whole IPA thing.

East Bay water has minimal mineral content. Mostly snow melt and rain runoff. I think extract is already mineralized. If you ever decide to do all grain brewing you might want to look at salt/mineral additions appropriate for the style beer you’re brewing. Whether you are lucky to live in the...

Does the 10 second rule apply to beer?

Many breweries have a single house yeast and brew different styles of beer by manipulating mash and fermentation temperatures. I know you know this stuff but I am leaving it here for those that may not. These are generalities but are good principals to understand: Higher mash temperature = more...

At the risk of turning political, please inform Monsanto about this. I think the corn and soy farmers would disagree. There seems to be some speculation that Fuller’s is multi strain, making it difficult to replicate.

The TDS meter reads Total Dissolved Solids in the water. The meter will tell you how much "stuff" is in your water but it will not tell you what that stuff is. It can give you an idea if you have hard or soft water. Filters and RO systems should remove most or all of these solids. One can use...

@Buckeye_Hydro is a well respected HBT sponsor selling water treatment systems and the like. I have heard him recommend the cheap TDS meters for monitoring RO system performance.

Serious answer to a 12 year old thread...research Schweinshaxe

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@grampamark is a grain farming member. He has said that our grain likely sits in bulk storage for years before we get it. A couple more years should not have much, if any effect provided it’s not crushed.

Personal opinion is very high on this subject. IMHO, starting with a high proportion of paprika (hot or not), then adding black and red pepper, onion and garlic powder and salt will be a good start for beef. Kick it up by adding mustard powder, particularly if you’re using the rub for pork. Salt...

This mannequin stands inside the door to a men’s bathroom at a restaurant.

You might want to look through these threads: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/a-tribute-to-hunahpu.406876/ https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/stone-xocoveza-mocha-stout.492778/ https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/mexican-cake-clone-info-directly-from-westbrook-brewery.556380/ Also...

I am afraid to calculate the price per pound of the bluefin tuna and mahi mahi that are in my freezer. I know it’s more than I spend making beer.

I have a Lodge enamel cast iron Dutch oven. It has been my main pot for soup and braising since I got it 15 or 20 years ago. It works great. My mom had Le Cruset. It was tangibly better. It stayed cleaner and just had a nicer feel. The enamel was smoother and I think harder. I couldn’t bring...

That was 40 years ago for me, along with a lot of other foolish things I did when I was young. OP doesn’t have one, but I now use the dishwasher sanitize cycle. I run it through a rinse cycle empty first. Then I load it up with bottles and do the whole sanitizing cycle with no soap. It’s been...

We live in one of the California wine regions. We are members of a couple wine clubs. One of those wineries prides itself on releasing older wines. Rich, the wine maker, says older corks can dry and become brittle. The part that touches the wine stays wet but the cork doesn’t really absorb...

It is made by squeezing juice from sugar cane and boiling it in an open kettle until it reaches the proper syrup consistency. So it is not diluted it is concentrated. It has a molasses kind of flavor. I don’t know what temperature they boil it to. I think the temperature would determine inversion?

There is a cane syrup made in Louisiana, Steen’s 100% Pure Cane Syrup. I wonder if it is a similar product to Lyle’s. I thought of it after reading the Lyle’s label. It is probably more widely distributed in the southern states.