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Milds (Southern and Northern) Berliner Weisse Kentucky Common Gose (not Geuze)

Set a silicon hose on top of the grain bed and maintain 1" of sparge water above the grain. No need for a sparge arm. I assume the tin foil referenced above helps avoid disturbing the grainbed, many people use stainless steel pet food bowls, milk jugs, old plastic fermenter lids, etc for that...

Ahh mathematica, as irritating as maple, without the practicality of matlab.

Unless you pulled actual grains from the mash, it's not technically a decoction. Closer to a step mash than anything else. Regardless, that looks like an interesting recipe. How much of the first runnings do you end up boiling off? Wouldn't the diastatic power of the marris otter quickly...

$18 a sixer!?! Glad I don't live Kentucky...

One word: vegemite Nothing wrong with drinking the yeast, great source of B-vitamins. :mug:

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Did the probe come prefilled with electrolyte or was an electrolyte solution provided? The electrolyte is usually 3M KCl, so you can store the tip of the probe in that. The calibration standards you have will be okay for a short period time (use the pH7). At the very least it's better...

Eventually yes, but not as quickly as in a starter. The starter is primarily for yeast to multiply, the faster propagating yeast will quickly win out. During fermentation the yeast shouldn't spend a lot of time actively multiplying, with a large starter of each strain you can get the...

I haven't done any testing, but based on my pipeline, I typically let the keg sit for 3-4 weeks to condition/carb. Bleed the excess CO2, pressurize to serving temps and chill for 1 week prior to serving.

Fermentation is ugly, especially with many belgian yeast strains. Don't worry it's completely normal. Belgian strongs can take months to mellow and age properly. If the SG reading is constant, bottle it and see what happens in 4 months.

Have you used it while brewing yet? I am curious if the condensation from the boil will interfer with hop pellets trickling down the pipe. How many ounces of hops can you pack in that feed tube?

Same way we would in a lab Water aspirator However, those are usually hooked up to an industrial non-potable water.

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Give it time. Excessive suspended yeast (of certain strains) can cause metallic flavors. I have had several batches that tasted like a glassful of coins, after kegging and a reasonable conditioning period it was fine.

And again Thermopen Best brewing/cooking investment EVER! :mug:

Despite my half-arse search attempts, I haven't been able to find the mounting bolt size for a BG14 (banjo burner). I am mocking up a three tier brewstand and would like to design slotted burner supports appropriately. Can anyone tell me what the size/threading on the mounting bolts are for a...

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I make no claims to be a microbiologist, nor a yeast expert. For what it's worth here are a few references with a nifty PDF containing a variety of quite large fancy words. "Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Potential Roles of Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenases in...