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I started using the liners in my 6gal carboys too. I have not used buckets since I went all-grain, but it is tempting for beers with lots of whole hops. I ordered another box of bags that are 3 inches longer to leave more hanging out of the carboy, making it easier to work with. I like that I...

yes 500 is pretty slow

You have to use a LOT of maple syrup to taste it, say 4-5 pounds.

I believe its a light crystal malt made from pilsner

I did a test mash with distilled and Muntons MO and it was 5.70 at 67.6F. It was at least 5 minutes into the mash if not more, I can find out if you want. It seems like MO has a higher pH than most malts so somewhere in the ballpark of 5.7 would be a good estimate if you can't measure. If you...

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When I'm shooting for a target cell count, I'm making a larger starter for each day the yeast gets older. If you are just making a starter to improve it from where it was at, the age doesn't matter as much. When I see fit to spend $12 on DME and 3 nights of making starters to make up for old...

I prefer to go by mrmalty yeast calculator for my pitching rate and not make substitutions of similar yeasts. If my recipe is 1.070 and the yeast is 3 months old, I am approaching the limits of a single 5L starter and approaching the cost of a second pitch of yeast when I consider the cost of...

Having brewed more compelling things, this beer didn't really get onto a serious tap position until today. Its obviously aged more, and tastes wonderful! I think the chocolate malt is coming through and balancing nicely with the minor smoke flavor and I think it will be something I look...

I've been busy tonight :) I made a bunch of pH test batches using 115g of grain infused with 0.5qt distilled water at 170F to hit about 153F in a small sauce pot and stuck it in the oven to maintain temp for 10 min. Then I filtered enough for a pH sample with a coffee filter, chilled it to...

- Don't worry about keeping my hands clean so much - Use starsan instead of BTF because it is so much more effective, flexible and won't stain stuff. Lease parts in starsan until I need them. - wait for HBT to exist and read it - Go all grain to save money, brew a lot more often and on my own...

Multiple brewers, new shiny equipment, and beer! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ikonibrew

I used to dabble with qbrew which was free but once I wanted to get into all grain, I realized I wanted better software that would figure out water volumes and temperatures for me. I knew there was other software out there but many used beersmith so thats what I stuck with and bought. Figured...

You mean North Texas? (trolling ikonis) I bet ikonis wants more brew buddies but isn't interested in a club. Guess you'd have to compete with club Flomaster.

I thought aromatic malt was very similar to munich

I am amazed the predictions came that close. I am definitely planning to do a DI mash measurement of my own base malts to plug it in, and dabble a bit with known base + known quantities of sauermalz to refine the acid contribution prediction too. Did you use sauermalz in any of those three...

I plugged a previously brewed and measured really dark imperial stout into it and it was way more accurate, thanks! TH 2.0 predicted 4.73, TH 3.0 predicted 5.75, and measured was 5.62.

Don't take offense when people say they sense a particular thing and it is not a desired perception of the beer, its just what they personally thought of when they sensed it. Sensory description can be really difficult for the untrained and part of it is simply having the right vocabulary to...