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Riverly games will move into the first couple weeks of the season and might not be every year. That’s what happened when Utah went to the PAC-12 & BYU went independent. It was weird because I woke up one morning excited I was going to get to watch Utah play more games (because I refused to buy...

The rubber gaskets aren’t a matter of how long they last, it’s a matter of storage. If they are stored open & in a cool, dry place, the gaskets can last over a decade. When I bottle, I put the sugar in first & then rack in the beer. It results in better mixing without needing to stir.

Mr. Beer makes some 0.74L (25oz) PET bottles with plastic screw caps. That’s probably your best bet if you don’t want 1L or 2L swing tops.

It’s been a couple years, but we mostly hang out at the beaches and drive to lighthouses. My cousin used to live in the area. I’d meet him at Seaside Brewery.

I just saw a rant against drinking “plant based beer” and it was not a parody. Which one of you broke the space-time continuum?

Finding a mini-fridge that would hold a 5-gallon fermentor was my biggest problem. Once I found one, I gently tilted the freezer plate down so it would turn the whole interior into a freezer. (Don’t break the refrigerant line) Then I used a temp controller to set fermentation & lagering temps...

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Man, I can sooo identify with this. I’ve had tinnitus since I was about 10 when a firecracker went off near my head. The ringing comes & goes but it’s always worst when everything is quiet. A year ago, I went through a couple bouts of severe vertigo. It was so bad at times I’d have to lie...

Munich malts are one of those it’s worthwhile to look up and run the calc. Some will self-convert, some won’t. CaraMunich definitely won’t self-convert.

“2 row” is pretty generic. Technically, all the grains are 2-row except for the 6-row. It’s almost as generic as saying, “hops.” 6-row is weird if it isn’t heavily adjuncted.

I don’t know how accurate it is, but Clone Brews has it as: 78.5% Pilsner Malt 15.2% Vienna Malt 5.1% 60L Crystal Malt 1.3% Chocolate Malt The mash is: 122F for 30 min 150F for 60 min IBU = 27 with 1oz Hallertau & 1oz Tettnanger for 50 minutes & 0.5oz Tennanger for 10 minutes. Yeast is Wyeast...

Welcome back. I’be been a mostly-off and on brewer for the last 7 years. I’m curious about the MO & wheat combo. It’s something I’ve never considered. How does a 60-40 or 50-5 ratio turn out (not necessarily for IPA purposes).

If you have a dishwasher, opening the door and putting your empty bottles on it makes a great bottling location. Any spills go in the dishwasher when you close the door.

I’ve seen three general treatments for apnea: 1. CPAP machine. I had no problem adapting to one. I think it’s because I was wearing a half face respirator occasionally at work when I got it. It was just a matter of learning how to sleep with that much pressure on my face. 2. Dental...

At my last trip to the sleep doc, they finally saw my RSD in action. Running & punching are my main symptoms. The punching has almost completely gone away with a CPAP. They talked to me about the Parkinson’s risk but I have no family history of it for 3 generations. So they told me to start...

I concur with DBHomebrew, talk to a doc about apnea before throwing $$$ at an adjustable bed both for your wallet’s and your health’s sake. I had really bad snoring & undiagnosed apnea for years. I didn’t go to the doctor until my wife made me. I was only sleeping 3.5 hours a night and my...

Depends on how flocculating your yeast is & how high your ABV is. For most yeast, 6 weeks is fine but 8 is pushing it. If your yeast describes itself as high flocculating, you’ll want to cut that down to 2 - 4 weeks. It’s also my experience that bottle carbing becomes significantly slower for...

The thing to remember is traditional schedules revolve around seasonal brewing before refrigeration. The other thing to remember is the point of lagering is that it’s cold. So if you can do cold for shorter, I think you are better off than going warmer for longer. The general rules of thumb...

I have a keggle and, until recently, had a The Brew Bag for it. I burned a hole in it on my last batch, which means I should be more careful and probably add a false bottom to my keggle when I replace it. But, it’s a great 1 vessel system and I can easily do 5 - 10 gallons of “normal” sized...

I used orange blossom and mint honey with a sweet mead yeast. It tasted like an orange mimosa. I regret only making 1 gallon of it.