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I just got the same notification. Haven't decided if I'm going to install it or wait a while.

That's really weird. I play a lot of Civ5 on a W11 PC, but it's at 23H2. I have another old PC running 24H2 (just to see if I could install it) but it doesn't have Steam. Maybe I can install it and see if Civ5 works there... I just saw your update. Any idea what really changed so it started...

So has anyone tried just adding a zinc anode to the kettle or fermenter? You wouldn't have any real control over how much zinc is absorbed, but it shouldn't be zero. The problem would be maybe too much zinc. I was going to try making some lime-sulfur to strip the copper off of some pennies...

I do full-volume mashes and no sparge. I was skeptical at first but wanted to try it because of the time savings and skipping a messy extra step. I'm getting the same efficiency even tho' I am leaving sugars behind in the spent grain. My hypothesis is when you use less water in the mash, both...

Not that specific one, but I have a #12 grinder that I bought from Northern Tool (formerly Northern Hydraulic) a few years ago for $99 that looks just about the same. It will rip through a whole beef brisket or a couple of pork shoulders in just a few minutes. The plates from my ancient Chop...

Your LHBS should have sold you champagne yeast if they didn't have bottling yeast. It's cheap, too. I'm glad it mostly worked out for you. Keep the bottles cold and they should be okay.

Ritebrew is my goto supplier, followed by Farmhouse. (I'm not sure who comes in third) I've had great service from both of them.

The cider is clearing now. Not sure how clear to let it drop before bottling because I'm going to bottle-condition it and I want it to carbonate. I could bottle it now, but the bottles might end up with a *lot* of sediment.

I've mostly settled on 60 minute mashes and 45 minute boils. But the hour mash is mostly out of habit. While the mash is doing it's thing, I'm off doing something else. During the boil I have to actually semi- pay attention.

I bought 5 pounds of chicken thighs today. Half are going into the freezer. I've made chicken noodles soup with frozen egg noodles several times already in the past few weeks. I might make more of a stew this time with the other 2 1/2 pounds, with red potatoes and a big can of crushed...

You drink the bottle of beer; pour into a glass and leave a little more behind than usual. Swirl up the little bit that's left and pour it in your flask with some starter wort. Then maybe do the same thing with a second bottle of beer. This works best with beers that are bottle-conditioned...

The worst beer I've ever had was from Guatemala. It was an American style light lager in a large brown bottle and didn't really taste like anything but fizz. I bought it at a Fiesta market in Houston. I think the brand was Famosa. Of the beers on that list, I kinda like Busch, Busch Ice, and...

They have blocked automatic installs. You can manually install it; download the iso from Microsoft then use software called "Rufus" to copy the iso to a USB drive and optionally remove the minimum hardware checks and requirement for a Microsoft account. Before version 24H2 it would run on just...

I installed W11 Pro on an unused 10 year old desktop (Dell OptiPlex 3020) a couple of days ago and it seems to be running just fine. That was a trial run before upgrading the church computer which is a similar vintage (Optiplex 7020.) It eventually activated automatically using the W10 digital...

Even if it didn't melt the platters, I think if the temperature was held above their Curie point it would destroy any data on the drive.

I've done that once. It was good, I just haven't gotten back around to doing it again. My friends *really* liked it. It was pretty murky looking, and probably would not have stored well with all that excess protein but it didn't have to store well because we quickly drank it all :drunk: It...

American Porter: 90% pale malt, 5% light crystal malt (20L or 40L), 5% black patent malt. About 1.050 original gravity or *slightly* higher. Use whatever hops and yeast you like; mix it up to add variety. My best batch used Willamette hops and yeast cultured from a can of Bell's Oberon.

I have 3 gallons of store-bought apple juice fermenting with yeast I collected off a couple of handfuls of crabapples. I started a new thread about it 4 weeks ago. It's going a lot slower than with wine yeast, but no problems so far other than a bad smell for a while that went away. I think...

Baby starter was already bubbly, 24 hours later. I didn't expect to see any activity until tomorrow. This organic rye flour must have a *lot* of bugs in it -- in a good way. :) I just gave it some water and AP flour (didn't discard anything) and will check it again tonight. It doesn't smell...