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I would like to experiment with and learn the flavors of this ingredient. Does anyone have a good simple recipe (or suggestions on formulating one) which features Golden Naked Oats prominently and without a very complex grain bill to get in the way?

You'll probably be fine. The only real threat would be fruit flies or something similar. The beer may be fine but the bacteria can easily colonize the krausen ring above the beer if you have one. If you don't see any obvious bacteria colonies when you pop the lid then you're home free. I only...

Why the rush?

the sampling port I rinse out after each sample I pull, not for fear of infection but mainly to prevent the sticky dried beer residue. I'll also shoot some starsan up in there when I'm done. The port at the bottom I only use when I dump the trub at the end of primary fermentation. I also hit it...

that one was 650 sq. ft. and my current one is 750. I do seek out apartments with ample counter space though. yeah still single so enjoying it while i can. the conicals look way cooler than a bottle tree though, which is ugly and plastic. provided that you have plenty of counter space i'd...

I don't have any recent pics handy with the new blowoff assemblies present, but here is one from my old apartment where you can see that it gives the kitchen a sleek industrial look ;)

I use a flight of 3 blichmann 7-gal conicals with tri-clover fittings and they are great. I also have the blow-off assemblies for each which i leave rigged permanently. This setup is obviously a little pricey but since I brew in a small apartment and I don't have closet space for fermenters so I...

well I can't speak for OP as I don't know where he is, but the place I go is a large compound for a company that employs a lot of westerners. Drinking is permitted there as well as somewhat relaxed rules regarding women. They even sell some crappy lager in the commissary. All the westerners live...

Alright, well I guess my advice would be to not half-ass it. You shouldn't need to be re-fermenting near beer when it is possible to get the real ingredients and do it properly, whole-assed. I'm not sure how they're getting the ingredients but I can look into it. Unfortunately no fun will be had...

A very pointed question I know but are you in Dhahran? I know there is a small but active community of homebrewers (westerners) on the compound of a certain company there I could probably get you in touch with. I'm actually on a plane heading to saudi tomorrow.

Does anybody have any information on the style of honey they are using?

I'd go with a normal clean ale yest, WLP001 or Wyeast 1056. I don't think their change of yeast varieties between the light and the dark version is really necessary.

I'm brewing this today all-grain. Since the AG version comes out quite a bit lighter in color I beefed it up with 6oz. of special B and 6oz. Carafa II, which should also add a little depth to the flavor without abridging the drinkability. I'll post again in a month with taste results!

I need to get a furniture mover but the easiest solution would be to put the empty vessel in the freezer and transfer the beer there from the boil kettle. I'll probably just hoist it for now. The blichmann has fly out handles that make it easier to heave. For trub dumping I should be able to do...

I just received my new chest freezer and had to mod it a bit, but it works! I use blichmann 7gal conicals and the freezer is a Danby DCF550W1 5.5 cu.ft. Chest Freezer. If you're scouting a similar solution i'd try to find one that was a few inches taller, though I had a tough time. 5 cubic...

I have been systematically troubleshooting chill-haze and in my last batch I tried a protein rest in my mash. I just did a 20 minute protein rest (for the record i didn't infuse enough water, it ended up way too thick) and i infused up to sacc rest for 60 minutes and the rest of the mash went as...

i've noticed a similar purple ring in my conicals on occasion. I'm not sure exactly what it is but for me it seems to be present when i carried over more trub into the fermenter. I've been doing a better job of straining out hop particles from the boil kettle and haven't seen it in a long time...

Maybe I'm not understanding the question, but your fingers. I have the same setup and there is a small length of silicone hose (4 inches maybe) that just slips on both barbs inside the MLT connecting the false bottom to the spigot. you don't need to worry about this seal being water tight it...

I should add, another Idea i've toyed with in the past was taking one of these: http://www.coolorheat.com/ and gutting it. it says it passes water through "soft coils which I might be able to rig around the fermenter somehow. havent found anyone who's done something like that.

my window's don't open, its weird. most of the building does but I'm in this funky loft level with big unopenable windows. Running the peltier coolers or something like that would be a LOT less money than running my AC unit at a high enough rate to bring my room temp down to 65-68.