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That's an old pic BUT I just sipped some of my "BS Ale" from the hydro sample. Exquisitly thin, almost devoid of flavor so as not to confuse the palate. There was a bag of William's extract in the veggie drawer of the fridge, been there 10+ years. Figured it would be a shame to just throw it...

Hmm, I'm trying to figure out what's weird about porters... oh I get it!

Yeah, kinda like autocorrect, only I hate autocorrect!

That sounds good, and easier too.

I wasn't in any thread at the time. Still could be operator error!

Thanks, I'll check that link. Well it was nowhere near completion, only 3 days in, going strong. I only wanted to free up the big carboy. And I never should have done it. About 45 min. to an hour after I racked it to a 5 gal. it grew legs & tried to escape. Had a bubbler on the top, it foamed...

This might almost be more suited for the "drunken ramblings" thread, but here goes: I'm gonna rack the current batch of AW into a 5 gal carboy to free up my 7.5 gal acid bottle BUT I want to avoid exposure to O2, ritght? I figured the AW is steadily pumping out CO2 so I stuck the (sanitized)...

Hope mine looks that good. I already started another batch just 'cause it smells so good. 5 gal. this time. Long blowoff tube just in case, but this batch is behavin itself. Sittin over there bubbling almost 1 per second. Hope I like the stuff.

I know, old thread, but this might help. How to Search... Someone else mentioned this technique here but I don't remember where! Guess I could search for that too. I searched for "pectic enzyme" with the normal Search in the upper right corner. It returned one post. Then I opened a new...

Hey, I thought I was Mr. Cheap! Thanks, I'll try to stay outta there. I kinda figured to just use a 5 gal if I make any more apfelwein, it foamed up thru the airlock pretty good. Had a tshirt on it & plastic under so no biggie. I like the 3 gal batch size though so I could use the water jug...

PS: upon further reading (I'm up to post 1760) I found reference to the "blue bottles" (water bottles), seems the concern is they are permeable to O2. I figured there was no danger or they wouldn't be used for drinking water. Still thinking of getting a Better Bottle, or the Fermonster from the...

Side notes: Smells great, never had rhino fart condition with the EC-1118. OG 1.065 or so, forgot to correct for temp. Room temp 68° to 70°F. Had positive CO2 pressure 4 hours after pitching yeast, airlock bubbles within 12 hours. Bubble vid is from day 2, noticed sprites day 3. Did an...

I've spent days reading from the start and I'm up to post 1640. Have a 3-gal. batch using EC-1118, scaled down EdWort's original recipe using TreeTop juice (they only had 7 half-gal. bottles). Added pectic enzyme at start. Of course it overflowed the bubbler! Cleaned that up. Here are a couple...

Brake cleaner kills 'em dead. Think mine are paper wasps but they look like yellowjackets. I made a couple pop bottle wasp traps (see yootoob), cut the top off a plastic bottle, invert, stick it in the bottom part. Looks like a funnel. Add water, a little vinegar, sugar maybe, raisins...

Just man up, do it right, spend the money, gitchoo some brake cleaner. Works real good on bugs too.

I grew up near Houston, never noticed how bad it was 'til I went somewhere else (anywhere else) then came back. Gettin off the plane you run into the air. :>) Found out the British Embassy used to give hazardous duty pay to their folks stationed in Houston, couldn't figure why. Try...

Chuck Norris uses testoterone thread and kevlar to... oh never mind.

"BADUMP"... "Oh, possum?"

Chuck Norris taught me to stare down the foam. OK I was gonna say add a few drops of Marvel Mystery Oil but nobody would beleive THAT...

Sorry... what was the fvckin qvestion? (Homebrew-related memory loss)