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how do you like the algae turf scrubber? I've done a little research, but I like my reactors (katalyst) more

Anything that's soluble will fall out of solution if the temperature is lowered enough. Yeast is soluble. Different solids are soluble at different temperatures, which is why the yeast will fall out of suspension and sugars or whatever else don't. Another example of this is how starch isnt...

Ya I figured the porter was too quickly done with its fermentation, but it's bottled now so I am just hoping it will be good. Im sure it will be as the 2 I have opened are delicious. I have the IPA in the secondary.. you guys are saying I should add an oz of citra 7 days before I bottle.. that...

My fermenter is within 5 feet of my reef aquarium, I have no issues.

Here is how the "cold crashing" method actually works.. I am sure most of you know that when water gets hotter, it becomes more soluble, as in it will absorb more.. For example, 1 gallon of water at 70F will absorb roughly 38 grams of salt. If you raise the temperature to 140F, it will absorb...

So my first batch ever is in the bottles, for those that haven't seen my other thread it was a pumpkin spice porter that I made a couple mistakes on haha It fermented in 3 days so I racked it to the secondary for 10 days and then bottled. This seemed like WAY too fast to me, but my...

Ya illustrator is all vector so you can reduce ovals, but I'm much more comfortable in photoshop so it's give and take..

I'm an idiot, Pujols has a ring.. Go brewers!

Well, I named my brewery after the Braves, sort of, so Tomahawk Chop Brewery was one of my first ideas.. Then I figured that on the off chance this brewery goes commercial (I can dream right?) I didn't want to get sued by the Braves or the Seminoles, so I needed a change. My wife's family are...

I'm not a fan of LaRussa really.. but if anyone in the playoffs deserves a ring, its Pujols. I don't know the guy personally, but he is by far the most talented player, and really the only thing he is missing is a ring. I like the rangers a lot, and I really enjoy how Nolan Ryan runs the team...

Just found this thread, glad to see so many baseball lovers here. I must say that the Braves meltdown was heartbreaking for me. Thank god for the Red Sox, they kept us from having the worst meltdown in baseball history, as well as off of ESPN for the most part. Now I'm pulling for the Red...

Excellent, that's what I wanted to hear. Thanks.

so I have just bottled my first beer, a nice porter. According to the kit, 5oz of corn sugar is what I should use for carbonation on my 5 gallon batch. I have 2 questions... 1. I planned on having 5 gallons of beer, which is roughly 53 beers... but I only ended up with 42 beers from my...

Here is my first label.. I use photoshop for my art. This is my October holiday beer.

I googled racking, and apparently thats what I just did. I made sure everything was sanitized. I use starsan.. and wow that foam looks like its going to make the beer taste like soap.. so I manned up and ate a spoon full of the stuff.. no flavor, that's pretty cool. I also was extremely...

Im not sure what racking is but I keep seeing it everywhere.. I transferred to secondary today as my fermentation had started to slow and from what I have read, the secondary is mainly to clear up the beer by removing it from the primary where dying yeast cells are beginning to settle. It was...

hahaha, funny idea Dan. The kit I have is a malt extract kit I think, syrupy stuff added after the wort started to boil. It was the stopper for my bucket was bubbling like crazy for the first day, 2nd day was a little slower, today was even slower.. i've heard that the kraausen (spelling) the...

Hello everyone, I'd like to introduce myself, I'm Crawford. You can call me Crawford, or Crew, I have tons of nicknames. I have always had a passion for beer, but never really thought that I could make my own. I was over at a good friends parents house a few weeks ago when he was visiting...