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Fliptops were the very first type of bottles I ever bought. I just went off the reviews on Amazon which were pretty good. Then after I actually got them I got on the forums and started reading the horror stories about how they leak. I've done 3 or 4 batches with purely them and haven't had a...

Not that I disagree with your premise Revvy, but I just spent 15 minutes of my life reading the most hypocritical article of all time. Bourdain goes on a tangent about his whole meditative process behind enjoying a meal at a restaurant, appreciating chefs and struggling cooks, praising the...

What kind of bottles did you use?

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People literally used to brew using pond water infested with poop and dead organisms in barns using equipment that probably had never been cleaned ever. Do I care workers are smoking while brewing? Barely. If I owned the place I'd care more so about customers not seeing it than about the smoking...

Like was said earlier. You may want to properly take apart and clean your regulator and properly reassemble it so it's airtight and check it for leaks. A small one way check valve installed after your CO2 regulator will prevent any liquid or CO2 blowback entering into your CO2 system if you...

Been off the forums for a while due to finals so I never responded to this. I've only kegged a few months now and I've finished 2 kegs almost 3. I use a kegerator too and I keep a liter mug by the taps for my German lagers. Typically fill one up at the end of the day and the weekends maybe 2...

I don't see a photo so my input is just speculation based on your description. What valve on the keg did you hook the CO2 line to? I've heard some people recommend attaching to the out valve that goes to the bottom of the keg to help force carb. I've heard of water or beer getting into the CO2...

#17 per capita. No such thing as a Boise City

I'm from Boise, Idaho initially but I finished high school living with my father's family in rural Kentucky. Initially beer to me was Natural Light in a keg at a field party around a fire. I was totally ignorant to craft beer and it's culture and history. I enlisted in the USMC not long after...

Has anyone else found this to be true?I've just barely started kegging with only two batches kegging thus far. Kegged my first batch about two weeks ago and we tapped it last night, on the other side I've still got bottles from 6 batches ago stored away. Do you guys find you flow through kegs...

Welcome! I must say that I am somewhat envious that one of my bucket list spots is Belgium. Belgian beers is really what got me interested in craft beers and homebrewing. I love the culture and history that surrounds such unique and absolutely terrific beers from Belgium. Welcome to the forums

You'll find differing opinions on racking towards a secondary fermenter and variances of when people find it appropriate to do so if they do. Always racking to a secondary is an old school method that has virtually been abandoned. Some still use a secondary to add to clarity of certain beers or...

I believe you are correct. I've found some articles that discuss differentiating some strains based on determining fatty acid content (which I have no idea how to do), but everything else points to differentiating through PCR. Even if you did have access to the resources to implement PCR...

Various plates and microscopic slide techniques can be used to assess the phenotype characteristics and aid in narrowing down the specific yeast. At least I assume similar techniques are used like they are in determining strains of bacteria

I think the big difference between brewing and making is that in a brewing process compounds are extracted through hot water, coffee, wort, witches potion etc. Wine or mead are devoid of such a process

Subbed! Always loved the biological aspect of brewing moreso than the chemistry or engineering that seems to encompass almost all homebrewing. Can't wait to see what you find out

There is. You don't want to create a flour, but you want it to be more flour like versus traditional crushing of predominantly cracking the grains. The first time I used my corona mill was a partial mash with the oven and stovetop. To crush the grains then I had to use watchers under the mill's...

Yeah one of the big advantages to BIAB is the fine crush, and that this is easily accomplished with a cheap corona mill which is already naturally suited for the job. I bought one for $30 when I started brewing in anticipation for brewing all-grain in the future, and out of ignorance of how...

I was thinking in terms of the same premise. Basic needs like food, water, and security would need to be firmly established before a group could start investing in other issues like brewing. Imagine Rick yelling at Carl when they're on the move, "Don't be an idiot Carl we can't leave that...