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I just received this notice from WASA: -------------------------- Dear Customer, 5/14/10 -- Washington Aqueduct Returns to Chloramine to Disinfect Area Tap Water Yearly Treatment Change Concludes Washington, DC —Beginning May 18, the Washington Aqueducts water...

Anybody here use a Love TCS-4010? I did a search on the forums and came up empty--just wondering if I'm missing something on this switch. Basically, I'm having trouble keeping my basement brew area warm enough for ales, so I think I'm going to add a heating element inside my fermentation...

I have a Berliner Weisse fermenting away. Started with a lacto culture for 2 or 3 days, then pitched a European Ale yeast. It's been in the primary for a tad over 45 days now. It was not very sour the last time I tried it, but I'm patient. My plan is to wait to try it again when it's at the...

Anyone going this year? Anyone been before? This will be my first trip. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Prost!

I just checked my Flanders Red last night to see a nice, white, powdery pellicle on the top. I've been waiting for that bad boy for over a month now. I was really starting to get worried. I pitched the Roselare directly (did not start with Cal Ale or anything else), but have not used a...

Hi all. I'm hoping someone can lend me a hand with this. I bought a Love Controller (TSX-10140) thinking it would be easy to wire up. Unfortunately, I forgot that I'm only a few IQ points above "Petarded" (Family Guy fans out there will understand). :D The stamp on it implies that it was...

This may be a dumb question: can you mix two different Crystal malts to come up with an "averaged" Crystal malt? For example, a recipe I'm looking at calls for 1 lb. of Crystal 75L. The LHBS only has Crystal 60 and 90. Can I mix .5 lb of 60 with .5 lb of 90 to "average" 1 lb of...

Has anybody used this wireless USB system? If so, any feedback on how well it works? Cables Unlimited Here's my plan: I want to set up a temperature probe to log my fermentation temperatures. I was planning on getting one of these: Go!Temp It looks like it has a decent software...

I'm 31, from Montgomery County, Maryland. I joined the forum in March as a "junior member." Became a "member" in the last week or so after hitting whatever post count turns you into a "member." There is just too much valuable information on this board to take it for granted, so today I finally...

I brewed a wheat beer last weekend (you may have seen my post a few days back on the resulting explosion). :p Anyway, this weekend I'm planning to rack from the primary into a secondary onto apricot preserves. My question: should I re-aerate the wort when doing this since I'm really...

EDIT: SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE SOLD OUT, BUT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO SET UP AN ALERT WHEN THEY ARE BACK IN STOCK. YMMV. They are $21.99. Add $3.01 on something else and you get free shipping too. Again, these are not ported. The price isn't spectacular, but I maybe you'll save a few bucks...

On Sunday I brewed my second batch ever--an American Wheat. I fudged the recipe a bit by adding a bit more DME than I should have, and ended up with an SG of 1.062. Measured it again to be sure, and it was still 1.062. Fine. I siphoned 5.2 gallons into a 6 gallon Better Bottle (first...

I'm planning to brew my first batch this weekend, a California Common kit that comes with all the extract, hops, yeast etc. The kit comes with a package of DRY yeast (a california lager yeast I believe). I have a home-made stir plate that I was planning to use to make up a starter with...