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This subject of infections really tears me up. Everyone keeps saying they have never had an infection and some seem to even take sanitation light heartedly. Yesterday I was watching a video on crotchrot's site and he had a horse licking his mash tun while he was mashing. I'd go insane if I that...

I agree with cheesfood. Smokers smell horrible. Sometimes when I am driving down the highway I can smell the person in the car in front of me smoking even with the windows rolled up. I don't think I could smell him fart so you know how bad it is.

John I guess it's just you, me, and the chickens. I baked my carboy at 220 and did the whole thing outside. It's bubbling great but it has a real pungent smell kinda like hydrochloric acid. It's been so long since I have done a kolsh that came out good I don't know if this is the way it's...

I teach my kids there ain't nothing free!

Can you just use a water heater turned up real high for the strike water and sparge? I don't know how high they go but I know they heat up pretty fast.

I do but not out of the thief.

I have a problem that won't go away. I baked by carboy at 220 degrees for about 30 minutes. Will this kill everything?

I have replaced the hose and boiled the barb fitting I use on the end to weight the hose down. Yesterday I pitched the yeast outside for the second time and didn't aerate the wort. I did aerate the starter for the first time and that made a huge difference. I have never had a Kolsh start that...

I use it all. Next step is boil everything.

I know when you do it yourself you can do it a a bunch cheaper but I think 4K is not enough. I built a 3,800 sf house "slap" and all for about 120K but that was before materials went up so much. I have 2,500sf of wood ceilings, wood and tile floors, wood windows and very nice fixtures. I did...

I'm going in! Pray for me.

My house is large and open so it's pretty impossible. I have a detached garage which I am wanting to move into but I can't get SWMBO to get her $hit out. She has more crap than the law allows. It has an apartment room that I plan on using.

I don't do full boils because I use DME. But the last batch I did boil the water the day before. Yes they are all bad in the primary. My secondayy is lonely these days. Starter bas bpiled 10 minutes and cooled in an ice bath with th lid on. The starter is good. I used rumin the airlock and...

I checked the chiller and it's fine. Scrubbed the whole kitchen from top to bottom with starsan. I was rinsing with starsan but I think I'm just going to use bottled water this time. Maybe a little water in the bottle will help although I find it hard to believe that at 200 degrees even dry...

I have checked and the chiller does not leak. I have skrubbed the whole kitchen from top to bottom with starsan. If I leave a littel liquid in the bottle it might do it. I'm desperate to try anything. I think an exorcism is next. JNJ has the exact same problem. He even stopped a few months and...

I am baking the bottle right now. I will take it to 150 and let it sit for 10 minutes and then to 200.

I think they are infectimg my beer.

I ruled out the filter because I did have those two good batches in between. I also tried it without aeraton. Good luck John and keep in close touch.

I only smoked a couple of years about 25 years ago. It was very difficult. Screw those patches though, go cold turkey. The results are far more successful. My father smoked and dide a couple of years ago of lung cancer and my mother also smokes and has asthema. This year she got a flesh eating...

I tried everything. Bottled water, boil all of the water, bleach, scrubbing, doing it outside, dry yeast, oxiclean, starsan etc. and still getting bad beer. At least it's getting better. It is now just sour and tastes like citer but have lost the bandaid taste and the color is right. Question...