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PS: Maybe I can still beat you to the Carrot Cake Porter... we'll see

damn, I thought I came up with the Red Velvet Porter, you beat me to it. 1) Was it too much beet flavor that was the problem or was there too much sugar from the beet? (ie. if you fermented beet juice by itself, then boiled, ie. distilled, off the alcohol to get unfermentable dark red beet...

Exactly, but I can see how mutations would occur, and I suppose if I didn't wash it occasionally, I'd be getting some trub from the feed wort, but wouldn't you get mutations already if you kept washing down your yeast? you're still using and creating new generations each time, the only...

Best: Russian River (good beer, good food, kind of a snobby crowd) with Third Street Ale Works (great food, good beer, great atmosphere) down the street coming in close behind Worst: Sweetwater Brewing Co in the Atlanta airport (flavorless beer, steamed-fresh hamburgers) hopefully it was just...

I pitched 1 White Labs vial of WL001 California Ale in about 1 gallon of 1.040 wort to get it ready for a pale ale I'm making. I know you're all thinking that's a bit much, which I realized shortly after pitching. The last batch I made had been a strong ale, about 1.100 OG, so I pitched a...

the convoluted part comes in the water flow, not the wort, but yeah, the reduced flow is making this seem like a worse and worse idea, thanks for the clarification guys, i was doing math with 3/16 as the nominal not the OD, and getting exactly 1/2 the flow, but factoring in everything else...

right, did the math, it obviously restricts your flow by 1/2 as compared with 3/8", but would be a more efficient chill, so could hypothetically maybe work in 1 shot

The cheap way to go, possibly one step up from Mr.Beer, (though I've had friends make some awesome beer with that setup), easy to clean, easy to transport, and you don't mind buying another one if you have to. Price Payed: $20.00 Recommended? Yes Pros: cheap, fairly durable, easy to clean Cons...

The cheap way to go, possibly one step up from Mr.Beer, (though I've had friends make some awesome beer with that setup), easy to clean, easy to transport, and you don't mind buying another one if you have to. Price Payed: $20.00 Recommended? Yes Pros: cheap, fairly durable, easy to clean Cons...

First: What kind of apples went into the cider? A key part of a good cider is the blend of apples that goes into the mix. Second: You're more than likely going to use a Champagne Yeast (it seems like the standard recommendation on all the forums), but you're going to want to kill the natural...

I've been reading a lot about DIY counterflow chillers lately and I'm seeing that the marks for efficiency definitely come with the convoluted type, but the price tag is a bit of a hang up. And it seems like the 3/8" copper-in-garden-hose is the cheap, useful alternative. But looking at...