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I think I'll peel it, just to be safe.

Because it sure is a PITA. I want to start a new batch tonight. I love the stuff. I go crazy with the ginger; using abut 3 times what Alton Brown recommends. I'm wondering if I can just dump ginger into a food processor and save a lot of time.

No. It was $1500. An entirely fair price, no matter who pays. No. You paid $920 for the job. For that, you got someone who has the knowledge and experience to do the job right. He also had insurance. Handymen don't. No Handy man will pull a permit and get an inspection. They will not be...

(Plumber here) It may be easy, but like someone else said, the stakes are high. Another thing to consider is that adding anything to your gas line will take gas away from other appliances. Yes, I know, you probably will not be brewing while someone else is taking a shower and the furnace is on...

First batch- No. They all exploded. Second batch- No. They were crap. It was from Pool & Spa store that had one corner dedicated to homebrewing. No written instructions. Just verbal help from an employee. He had us dump dried yeast into the boiling wort.

I'm a plumber and yeah I've seen some nasty houses. I recently installed a toilet for a guy who has apparently never cleaned his bathroom. The old commode had dried piss on the sides...and the tank...even the bathtub appeared to have some overspray on it. That guy doesn't know it, but he paid...

Your landlord is clueless. If he considers his time to be worth anything at all, he would have come out ahead calling a plumber vs making 5 trips himself.

I was thinking about trying it. Has anyone here done it? How did it turn out?

I'm a plumber. It sounds like you have a slab leak. I'd have a plumber come out and take a look. Shop around, though. Some companies jackhammer the floor and take a week to do it. Other companies kill the leaking line and run a new one up the wall and through the attic. That can be done in a...

LOL. I did a little work for a friend of the family a while back. Her husband had done some plumbing work while home on leave from Iraq and I went back and fixed what he did. One thing was a leaking garbage disposal. It also has a flanged tailpiece coming out of it. They are sold as "cut to...

Plumber here. Here's a clear photo of what you need: The pipe is called a flanged tailpiece. Don't forget the tailpiece washer.

Austin, TX barter section. Massage therapist wants to trade massage for facial. Sounds like a win/win to me. :ban:

I saw that on a commercial and thought it was fake. Holy cow that guy has HUGE BALLS! WAY bigger than mine.

Copper sweating

I've seen lots of questions about soldering on Homebrewing forums; how to do it and how to avoid it. Do you think there would be any interest in having someone who knows how and has the equipment go to a LHBS so homebrewers could get their stuff soldered?

Hi. Plumber here. Forget all those chemical drain cleaner ideas. Most are garbage. The active ingredient is hype. By the time it reaches the clog, the hype will be too diluted to do anything. If it doesn't work and you call a plumber, they may bill you extra for some chemical getting on their...

I've got a good one. Before I deployed to Afghanistan, I bought a bunch of stuff to box up and have sent to me after I got settled in. One was a a set of Wal-Mart clippers so I could get free haircuts. I opened 'em up and hair clippings everywhere! I couldn't just drive to Wal-Mart and return...

"butt stroke" (To hit someone with the butt of a rifle)

Hey I went to Randy Radical Brewing website to get his e-mail address. He forwarded my question to the recipe's author, who had this to say: "Hi Randy! We're doin fine down here. Tell the gentleman that it is hard to mix the oil into the mead at first. Over time it will blend in but the...

Would it be better to add the oil when racking to secondary and let it sit for a few months? I really want to try this again but make it work.