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Hmm.. Is there nothing else to consider? I'm seriously thinking about rebrewing this to see what happens with the same yeast, temps, etc., but add a diacetyl rest. I had some again last night right from the tap and it was plainly buttery. Instead of throwing it away or re-purposing, I might...

If anything, extracts finish higher than comparable gravity of AG wort. Of course there are many variables, so you may find it's comparable, but many have discovered their beer finishes at over 1.020 or higher. I would add late to the boil and cook it just long enough to sanitize. Make sure...

Forgot to link the document which I just: https://www.whitelabs.com/sites/default/files/Diacetyl_Time_Line.pdf

Also, I don't always aerate my wort. For beers at less than 1.050 gravity (ish) I might just pitch a whole packet of yeast onto the wort. I don't recall if I did that this time or not. Besides, I think it was Chris White who claims that aerating wort is unnecessary for dry yeast, as they have...

No problem. I'm not sure it's SMM that causes Diacetyl. SMM is a precursor for DMS, which is vegetable-like flavors. Hold on, let me look it up... The information I have is that the yeast generate Valine, and in doing so generates Acetolactates, some of which leak out during the process...

So Brewed an Amber the other day and it turned out very buttery. At first I thought it was just the excess caramel malt, maybe the copper malt I got from NHC. I needed a beer to submit to a club competition as an "Autumnal Seasonal Beer" so when I got home last night I hot steeped some...

Archie Bunker

It's out. I got some. It's good. I planned to check out the nearby craft beer bottle shop, but surprisingly I found it on the shelf at my local grocery store! Trying to decide if I should spend the money on another 4-pack...

Too many to name, but of course I like Bell's Two Hearted, Oberon, Founders All Day IPA, Deschutes IPAs, Guinness Extra Stout. That's a few. I generally look to drink more local, or rare craft beers when I get the chance. But those are some of the "everyday" type beers I would choose over BMC.

I liked the variety pack that Mich sold years back. Of course that was back when I was first starting to get into craft beer, but still... I haven't seen this new beer around yet, but then I haven't really looked either. My beer purchases lately have been the craft beer endcap at my local...

For day's I've had Queen's "Don't stop me now" in my head. Finally got it loaded into Spotify and then had to find a karaoke version. Found out the reason I had it in my head was because of some dumb commercial I wasn't even aware I was listening to.

So last night I caught Fuggles again and I guess I spoke too soon. I found a band of fatty-looking area under the skin on her back and I suspect it's a lot of infection. She did not like me touching it. She didn't have much of a problem with the sores when I wiped them with peroxide, but that...

I have a yard sale crock pot I purchased just for hot process soapmaking. I'd like to be able to make a really good mechanic's soap with a lot of scrubbing material for when I get done working on cars and whatnot. We have something at work that is very good at cleaning, smells almost neutral...

Ground Bologna. This was (is) one of my favorite things ever. The school I went to as a kid made the best. My friend's wife makes it just the same. My wife's aunt makes it just the same. I have yet to emulate their works of art. That said, I can still make it pretty good. Good enough to...

How in the world can you ever pick from that list of breweries??

Amazing. Took me a minute or two to get it. So subtle.

Good news. Mr. Fuggles looks like she is healing up well. The band of fatty stuff has shrunk quite a bit as far as I can tell, and the open wounds are closing. She has stopped meowing constantly for no reason or when I'm addressing her. And now that Winter is here, I doubt she'll have any...

I tend to agree. Where she got grabbed and the damage done leads me to believe a coyote would have held on and finished her off, whereas with a hawk, it could have grabbed and then been discouraged by her weight and her fight. I looked up some cat camera collars out of curiosity and I'm...

I managed to get the cat into the bathroom last night and cleaned her wounds with peroxide as per the vet's instructions. The wounds themselves look to be not oozing as much, and starting to heal better, but I wonder if that small band of soft tissue under one spot is the Fistula infection the...