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  1. jtratcliff

    Windows 11

    I still use Fortran (with many modern post-f90 improvements). The main application I support is old f77 and newer f90+ wrapped in perl... with a smattering of C to do some things that were too painful to do in f77 back in the 80s😅 and too annoying to re-write in "modern" Fortran. New things...
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    mead stopped bubbling after 1 week

    Necro thread🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️ :ghostly:
  3. jtratcliff

    starter using wort from the boil

    https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/real-wort-starters-overview.679019/
  4. jtratcliff

    Just when I think I'm out ...

    Welcome back... The All-in-one electric kettles have become quite popular since you sold all your gear. Lots of different options, varying in price points. It's a way to have 5 gallon batch capabilities on a fairly small footprint. Robobrew, Grainfather, Anvil Foundry, Brewzilla, and others...
  5. jtratcliff

    AI (Artificial Intelligence)

    Looks like it's easy to turn LLMs evil.... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381316728_RogueGPT_dis-ethical_tuning_transforms_ChatGPT4_into_a_Rogue_AI_in_158_Words I wonder if it puts on a goatee after the prompts turn it rogue...
  6. jtratcliff

    Noobrewers 😜

    Welcome and congrats on the bees... I had some bees for awhile... keeping them in my yard for a beekeeper friend... They were a captured wild swarm.... Ended up ultimately being too aggressive. Great fun ... until it wasn't o_O A couple of beginner favorite mead recipes here are JAOM (Joe's...
  7. jtratcliff

    Honey in a beer? -- Newbie trying to learn! (Grain Bill incl.)

    Someone with more experience with honey should chime in, but I believe honey ferments out completely. Not leaving much honey flavor behind. If you want honey flavor, I think you need to use honey malt. You can also look into making something like a braggot... like a cross between mead and...
  8. jtratcliff

    Re-yeasting?

    I often sprinkle a dry ratchet of yeast if I'm too impatient to rehydrate... It should be fine. Rehydrating is " best practice" but not strictly necessary...
  9. jtratcliff

    Re-yeasting?

    It'll be beer.... :ghostly: If you had krausen already, then the yeast is at work... If, perhaps, under pitched. Was the new packet of yeast rehydrated or Sprinkled in dry? Or was it liquid yeast? If it was liquid yeast, or rehydrated, then it made it thru any krausen... And will also get to...
  10. jtratcliff

    crowd pleaser Recipes?

    Look in the recipe forum for Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde. And his Cream of Three Crops. Both are HBT favorites, pretty easy to make, and are well liked by typical BMC drinkers... For an APA, look for Yooper's Haus Ale. Very nice all-cascade APA... Eh, here... I'll do it for you...
  11. jtratcliff

    Adding A Second Direct CO2 Line

    This is what I do... Invert the tank and open the valve sssslllllooooowwwlllyyy.... If you open it too fast, the sodastream side doesn't open and you have to close your tank, bleed the connector, then try again... Once it gets going, you can open the valve more. You can hear it as fills the...
  12. jtratcliff

    What kind of yeast should I use to make mead?

    Fleischmann's https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/joes-ancient-orange-mead.49106/
  13. jtratcliff

    Compost bucket sour?

    You pet your kitty, I'll pet mine :p
  14. jtratcliff

    Advantage of clear wort during mash recirculation?

    This is why I do it, too...
  15. jtratcliff

    Mash Bag vs Malt Pipe

    I just put my bag inside the malt pipe. Lift and set the malt pipe as usual, then when most of wort has dripped out, I pull the (the now much lighter) bag for a dunk sparge. No hoisted needed. Though, I do use a 1 ft step stool to help with the lifting the bag out of the raised pipe. If...
  16. jtratcliff

    Random Drunken Thoughts Thread

    Some of them are part of my personal growth as a beer drinker... Growing up in Appalachia, Bud was synonymous with beer. Sam Adams was my 1st discovery of flavors other than the corn/rice of American light lager. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale taught me that some hop bitterness could be OK with a...
  17. jtratcliff

    What book is on your nightstand? Readers!

    Almost done with this one... bit of history, bit of sociology... Pretty interesting
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