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My father-in-law has one of these and it always intrigued me!

Congrats on the possibilities! Check out the top 5 links here: http://www.soilcrop.colostate.edu/research_extension/extension/organic_soil_presentation.htm I just pulled up this site earlier today from a link from another homebrew post somewhere on the Internet. The top 5 links are all...

When I bought my first (and so far) only burner, I opted for a jet burner since I have a 12.5 gal brew kettle and go with full volume boils. I didn't want to get stuck with my only burner being too small. Ace Hardware Outlet sold me a 200K BTU burner (HVDT12) for $21 and the host/regulator...

How are people handling wintering their hops in pots? Is there a specific temp that the rhizomes must drop to in order to become dormant? Should I leave the pots outside until the bines die off after some frost? How about watering? Do hops needs to become dormant each year? In a...

I didn't mean to claim that my technique was actually sterile, just that it is sterile enough! :) This is why I make multiple cultures from the same source. If the source is contaminated, all (or at least most) of my cultures will be, too. If a contaminate sneaks into the process...

Wild hops grown from seed

Wild hops grown from seen

Hops grown from seed

Hops grown from seed

Hops grown from seed

Example of a slant with a "nicely covered" area of yeast cells

Example of a slant with a "nicely covered" area of yeast cells

Example of a slant with a "nicely covered" area of yeast cells

Example of a slant with a "nicely covered" area of yeast cells

Hmmm... I searched a little and found: http://morebeer.com/themes/morewinepro/public/knowbase/knowbase.php?fcat_id=1009 ...in which they state 1/2 cup DME in 900ml (30.5 oz) water. They don't state the gravity, though. My original assumption was that a 1 lb bag of DME is probably about 2...

I'm just talking about chilling the DME and water. I'd decant the wort off the break, bring to a boil and then add the agar and proceed with the pressure-cooker "auto-claving" and pouring. Even without the auto-claving, there should only be a slight chance of contamination if my technique...

Don't forget to post your findings, regardless of whether they're good or bad! I'd be interested to know how much 1 cup weighs! ;)

I'm not used to measuring DME in cups (I use pounds), but I'd think that 1 cup of DME would be about 1/2 lb which would probably make the OG of your starter around 1.080. (1 lb DME in 1 gal water = 1.040) That's a little high for for my liking... generally I want my starters around 1.040 so...

What is the proper way to winter hops planted in pots? I have two hop plants growing outside and 7 plants growing inside... all in 1 gal pots (I put the two strongest outside). I live in PA, so our winters could result in total freezing of the pots if left outside.

To my knowledge, the adjustment is linear, meaning if you double the size of the batch, you double the amount of each ingredient. I've adjusted batch sizes this way without any problem. So, for a 5 gal batch of this recipe, multiply by 1.43: 12.5 lb Pilsen Malt 4.3 lb Munich 10L Malt 8.6 oz...