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I was going to ask if a 3-gallon jug of distilled water I added 3 gal. dose of Star-San to & labeled 3 years ago but didn't use, is still usable. I doubted it and made fresh batches for some small jobs. The Star-San is now about that old (3 years). I think I will just dump the 3 gallon premix...

OK, Charlie, that's two revolting ideas. Goat Scrotum Stout and now this. I didn't get close enough to the GSS recipe to check the ingredients, but imagine those both on the menu at a brew pub. I imagine they'd age a while. I'd have a hard time sharing bottles with a vegan friend. Not sure...

Even for baby food...(I saw it once but would not easy find it again).

This would be easier to use than the oil-filled electric radiator I tried last winter. Thank you

Reminds me of a job I had in the 90's. The boss orchestrated a July 4 picnic and all went well until it rained as the picnic waned. The grill, coolers, etc. got moved into the big cluttered garage. In September (same year), the boss had an intern clean out the garage as a last task of his...

I can't walk very well with frosted glasses but sure as hell wouldn't wear a monacle, so I'll keep my spectacles warm. I just use tall beer glasses.

Interested in 2-probe version. Thanks

It was their biggest mistake ever...the glass carboy shattered from the thermal shock, and the wort immediately drained into the snow and grass! :eek::eek:. I don't recall, but think they decided that was the end of their brewing adventure!

I read other people's success & failure stories for education. I dread the possibility of dumping a 5-gallon batch. Someone else told me about theirs...putting a 5-gallon carboy with hot wort into a snowdrift to cool it ;O).

I took a look at BIAB. Maybe some day. I read first before jumping in with both feet. Like doing first 5-gallon LME after only doing 1 & 2-gallon DME. Significant change in gear (propane outdoors vs. electric stove indoors, wort chiller vs. ice around small pot in sink, etc. Seems like...

o_O...I was considering the 'old ale' legend of blending really old with new for oldish ale. But I only have 9 bottles left. I did do the +4 oz H2O tonight to make a pint of slightly weaker beer. Didn't do anything obvious for the carbonation, but it tastes familiar again...a slight tanginess a...

Thank you. I am definitely my own worst critic. I give away WAY too much of my brewing and infusion efforts looking for intelligent feedback. At 3 months, it was phenomenal...my best brew yet...do I thought aging would = phenomenal plus. I am going to try 12 oz. + 4 oz club soda which will...

I still have some bottles of an out-of-ABV-range Baltic Porter bottled 1/21. Bottle-conditioned 9 months, carbonation remains a little low. ABV was 12.34%. Was a 9.5-10.5% extract kit I added 1% corn sugar boost pack to, then erred a little in LME (+5.4% weight error). Aeration, 2 sachets of...

Lazy me...take-out Chinese, Thai or Cuban...

That BPS color remind me of Purple heart wood. & I think Purple heart is in the Flowering Pea category. A legume, anyway, if not specifically FP.

Thanks. My son-in-law wants to do a Belgian again and I was thinking DIPA...found NB's Houblonmonstre...I do not like sours but wouldn't object to a fruity tartness...just read about a bunch of hibiscus-forward beers so it's giving my confidence momentum.

Oops, finished reading again for other results, but still interested in opinions.

Wow...this is interesting. I bought a pound of dried hibiscus and used maybe a cup in vodka. It was almost opaque in a day so that was enough. It was really sour, so added honey & it tasted like cough syrup. Eventually blended with a batch of citrynowka (Polish lemon vodka) and liked...

(S-189 vs. Lutra vs. HA-18) I'm not sure if it's better (visibility for replies) to post my own questions for a re-run of this same brew, or create a new question. Tacking onto someone else's thread seems too far off. I was very pleased with how this turned out...but could do it differently...