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Not sure if this is a fluke or to be expected. I've done a few Berliner Weisses over the years and just transferred my latest iteration to the fermenter where it will get a dose of raspberry puree for a secondary fermentation. I use straight Lacto Plantarum from capsules for kettle souring, and inoc...

I never fuss with chalk either, but with the higher carbonation of Topo Chico, might the chalk then dissolve into solution?

What is the definition of temporary hardness?

What temperature do you ferment US-05 at when brewing a pale ale? I've got 65 down in my recipe, but curious what others do.

Very easy to do. I've done it a few times and the sauerkraut at the Oktoberfest party was homemade. I've just started up my first pepper garden with Thai, cayenne, and giant jalapeno. Planning to do some fermented pepper sauce with the Thai and cayenne and pickling the jalapenos. I do wonder how man...

Jimmy Orkin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:03 pm I also have some food grade sodium hydroxide if I need to raise Ph but I have never used it. That means I have never needed to raise my Ph.

Make pretzels!

Ideally, know where your water originates from. Your report is Wylie's treatment plant, but there are others along with other water districts. I also happen to get my water from Wylie's treatment plant and if you are in the DFW area AND on NTMWD water, this is the likely source. I use RO water and a...

As an aside, some of these exBEERiments should be taken with a grain of salt. However, this overnight mash has pretty predictable results like higher pre-boil gravity and lower final, indicating there was better extraction and fermentability over time. The lack of head retention, unless there is som...

Have you read this: https://brulosophy.com/2018/01/08/mash-length-overnight-vs-60-minutes-exbeeriment-results/ ? I have not had a reason yet to go to this extreme, but I think if I had to, it would be at the mash/conversion phase and not post-mash where the wort just sits. The exBEERiment referenced...

very cool! I wonder how well it would hold up vs a freezer using a temp controller, or is it just your standard freezer with a different temp controller with a different temp range?

SS just announced this yesterday...available December for $1299. Better price and more powerful than the G40 with same vessel size.

https://www.ssbrewtech.com/pages/svbs

I don't know why browsers aren't set to do this automatically.

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/elonw/

White Labs is changing their purepitch packaging again, starting with WLP001.

https://youtu.be/XTuSgap8uSM

I need to experiment with aromatic. Maybe you’re not adding enough immersion chiller though.

I fermented at 67. Slight underpitch on the yeast(WLP300) at about 83%. Funny, I usually get heavy blowoff from WLP300, but this time it really didn't do much at all. The starter did a little and the krausen was massive. Yet, it went from 1.047 to 1.014 in about 3 days and down to 1.013 within a week.

Never have gotten what I want from a Weisse. Latest is a Dunkel Weisse that isn’t expressing the banana like I want. Did a protein rest at around 118 and mashed at 152. Liking the body though. Will be at the fall party as well.

I've gotten some great ideas from homebrew finds. Great idea. Speaking of wheels, I hated my Blichmann tower of power not having wheels. Having to awkwardly carry it around has always been a pain. I can see why they don't offer them since it is fairly top-heavy. I found some 3" locking casters ...

Thanks, Jimmy. I think so.

The idea is that we might be able to post a forum digest in the blog as a link.

Such as, last 7 days:
search.php?keywords=&terms=all&author=* ... mit=Search

I need to start there more often. Thanks, Jimmy.

Depends on who we work with in the future if we wanted to pursue it/own it. I think people liked the Deep Ellum LoL, and the C&G event seemed well received by the attendees. As an entrant like Walter, I would have been disappointed. They were used to get people down there without much support. W...

Subscribe to every forum is a pain in the butt. There should be a global subscribe to all in account settings. Not sure what they were thinking there.

Is there a way to just show posts from say the last week, 2 weeks, month?

Greetings Homebrewers. Kettle to Keg in Sherman is now offering online orders. See below message from Robert. We are discussing how to apply your club discount to online orders. If you want to make an order and get the discount, please reach out to me and I will provide a temporary code for you to u...

Thanks, David. I can’t make it up to Sherman otherwise I would get it from them. Thanks for checking!

I'm in need of a pound of special roast for my brew day Saturday. The delivery of the order to Eric's store may be too late. Does anyone have some they could spare?

I too am in favor of dropping cider and seltzer. Seltzer more so than cider since cider and mead are part of BJCP. Seltzer seems to have run its course.