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I get my grains from austinhomebrew (LHBS) but I crack them myself. My efficiency has gone up since I started doing that.

I didn't see anyone really touch this issue but protein rests are (IMHO) pretty much a thing of the past. Today's modified malts (with the exception of wheat and a few others) do not require the rests that are outlined above. I know I've read this in a number of places.. I just can't seem to...

There are quite a few experienced batch spargers that consistently get in the high 70 to mid 80 % efficiencies. So, in a word. Yes.

Squeeze some lemon/orange into it when you pour a pint. :p

Black and Tan's Half and Halfs Black Tops Snake Bites yep.

First time I've done this. I racked my APA to my primary fermenter which I had just racked my second hand at a fat tire clone out of. Had a nice fatty layer of yeast at the bottom. Racking the new wort in made for nice swirling action to roust the yeast back into suspension. I had activity...

I've done that once as well. Never again. ARGH

Why? Any particular reasoning? I Dough in, let my mash sit for an hour to 90 minutes and stir every now and then. Then I add my 190 degree water (2gallons usually) to get the grainbed into the 160s. Let that sit 10 mins, I then stir right before I start to recirc. I then recirc until I get...

I used foil for the first time this weekend. It worked pretty well. Next time I'll poke holes in the foil. The wort wanted to flow out one direction more than the other.. while this wasn't a big deal.. it would be nice to have it sort of 'uniformly' redistribute itself.

Scaling up all the malts can be a pain. Especially the specialty malts. You end up with oddball weights. Just bump your base grains up, I say. Unless there is a HUGE jump in the weight I wouldn't concern myself with upping the specialty grains. Just IMHO.

Cancel that order and order them both from buy.com .. they're beating out amazon by 10% on all books. I got DGB and some others from them. Now that I think of it I need to check on another order.

The pressure will not re-equalize instantly. Set it for your serving PSI, watch what it goes down to (say 9 psi). Come back in a bit and it should be back at your serving psi. Also remember if the regulator is in the fridge, there seems to be some slowness to how the CO2 gauge reacts (both up...

Most kits use plastic buckets. The only thing I can think of is the better-bottle.com plastic PET carboys. Are those the ones? Most likely not if the kits are 'super cheap' (The plastic better-bottles are as much as glass carboys). The big thing with plastic is it's O2 permeability (how much...

Added my Sparkalloid Hot Mix on Sunday, I think it was. Maybe saturday. Cider is certainly getting clearer day by day. It was quite a surprise to see the difference overnight, though. Humogous.

I've taken beer on the plane before, but not for consumption just to make it to my destination. I'll be doing it again on wednesday, to jersey, too.

Aside from bleach being a problem,which can lead to funny odors and medicinal tastes according to John Palmer "Medicinal These flavors are often described as mediciney, Band-Aid™ like, or can be spicy like cloves. The cause are various phenols which are initially produced by the yeast...

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Nope, didnt wash the ceramic container. Just wiped it out with a dry paper towel and added my DME. I've now got a nice brick of DME in there, when I want to use some for a starter I sort of chizel away at it until I have enough. Effing sucks. I should just put it in the sink and let it all...

DME would worry me, since you are vacuum sealing it.. I'd think that dme would get sucked into the vacuum chamber. Not good. It would be nice though, I had DME in one of those flour containers (that has a gasket on the lid).. and it turned rock hard anyway! :(