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I can't imagine anything good coming from taste testing at 3 days in the average fermentation. There's still so much going on physically, chemically, and microbiologically with the fermentation process that it is typically not an accurate representation of the finished beer.

At work, I have had the best results with DI water off our in-house system.

Small tan spots, most likely = yeast rafts, and are totally normal (barring photos that prove otherwise). Solvent smell? Did it burn your nose? Most likely CO2, which will do that when you breathe deep. Or it's just some alcohol vapors plus other smells associated with normal fermentation.

I would keep the temperature lower than 70 °F, toward the lower end of the range for the yeast.

How much priming sugar for how many gallons of beer? The temperature doesn't dictate how carbonated your beer is, the amount of priming sugar does. The temperature will only affect how quickly it gets to the final carbonation level.

I think 29B is applicable. Fruit and Spice Beer. From 29 - definition of fruit: "The culinary, not botanical, definition of fruit is used here – fleshy, seed-associated structures of plants that are sweet or sour, and edible in the raw state. Examples include... tropical fruit (banana...

The flour will also have native yeast.

Liquer is a distilled product, leaving behind any yeast and microbes from fermentation process. Hence, no fermentation. That, and the high alcohol will tend to inhibit microbes that do get in there.

Most likely... look to your avatar.

Are you sure of the accuracy of your hydrometer? In water, it should measure 0.000 at the stated temperature for measurement. My particular hydrometer measures about -0.006 low in water, but I know that so I adjust the number for the bias. Otherwise, I have found that the programs tend to...

For any given process, consistency is the key. Keep your measurement methods consistent, and you will be starting on the right foot for process improvement and a better product.

I have a similar airlock that was made for Mason jar lids. You would be surprised at how much will evaporate; especially on a dry day. Otherwise, how stable is your temperature? If it gets warm during the day, air will be expelled through the airlock. Then if it cools down much at night, the...

About 4 lbs of rice hulls

Are you in the US, and do you have Amazon Prime? $14.00 for 5 lbs delivered by Friday. Otherwise, use malted wheat (if you can find that). As Vale said, it won't taste/feel the same, but it's at least a wheat beer.

I have a friend who gave up alcoholic beverages. He will occasionally have a non-alcoholic beer, because he gets sick of club soda and Coke when we're out. It's nice to have an option for him. I'm looking forward to trying the new one from Brooklyn Brewery. It's supposedly available in my...

Missing your target gravity is not necessarily a sign of incomplete conversion. There are several factors that can affect the gravity after the mash. Also, the specific gravity of your wort really has nothing to do with preventing bacteria, except for the fact that it is an indicator of the...

Brewery ARS in South Philly produced "Street Corn", their take on street corn as a Saison. They smoked their corn to have it represent the grilled street corn for May 5th last year. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiEo_DPhCd6/?hl=en It was a damn good beer.

Perhaps drunken gnats may better approximate Brownian motion than BBs? But, good analogy.

Their Google page still gives a phone number to the brick and mortar shops: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Northern+Brewer/@44.939848,-93.148753,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x5a2296441a2be53d!8m2!3d44.939848!4d-93.148753

I have used EKG exclusively, which is one of my all-around favorite hops in beer, too. I see a lot of cideries using Citra. I tend not to like the citrusy hops in cider... just my preferences.