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Where did you order your mesh basket from? Thinking of doing something similar...

How much citric acid do you use per gallon?

For what it's worth I think that looks pretty good. :) If mine ends up looking that clean I'll be happy. I'm a little worried about space since mine is also electric so I'm going to have some SSRs and a few more plugs to fit into a 16x16x8 box. A buddy of mine is doing something pretty similar...

Wow, I am building almost the exact same thing, but I'm starting out with an AMD APU board for my OS right off the bat. I'm also planning on writing everything in .NET since it's what I know. Do you have pics of the inside of your enclosure? Also curious about what touchscreen you got? I have a...

GUI looks very cool, what control library is that?

Like many people my bines took off fast in March due to the unseasonably warm weather, they were doing great and then April really cooled down and they just stopped growing. They were at about 8 feet and really haven't grown at all in the last month or so, but they are starting to sprout lateral...

The way I understand it, as long as the batch/expiration date is printed on and not stamped on, you should be fine. The issue was the stamping was puncturing the package.

I just store in mason jars like the yeast washing thread shows. Unfortunately a few months ago while I was away my fridge took a dump and all my yeast warmed up for about a week. I thought maybe they would be OK, but after opening a couple, they just didn't smell right. I even made starters out...

I'm gonna pick up some S-05 over lunch, and check it when I get home. If it has taken off today then no problem, but if not I'll check the SG before I re-pitch. I'm pretty confident that there was nothing going on in there as of this morning, though. And to mirror the sentiments of others...

Chalk up another one. Brewed a cascade pale ale Sunday and decided to pitch a pack of notty that I've had sitting around for a while. While I didn't take note of the batch numbers, I bought it last fall so the timelines match up, and here we are Tuesday morning and nothing. I'm fermenting in a...

I think I just pitched one of those. Just did a cascade pale ale on Sunday and pitched a packet of Notty that I've had around for a while. 36 hours later and nothing. I'll probably go to the LHBS over lunch and get some S-05.

Perfect. Thanks YooperBrew!

The time will be near soon for dandelion wine, which I've never tried before. Most recipes I see emphasize picking fresh flowers and using them the same day, but I was wondering if I could put them in the freezer after picking so I could make the wine anytime after picking instead of having to...

10 apfelwien, 10 various wines, 5 irish stout, 5 cream ale, 5 pumpkin ale, 6 mead. Soooo... 7524.5 + 41 = 7565.5

You definitely can bottle without sugar for a still Apfelwein, it won't hurt anything. I use beer bottles to cap leftover wine all the time that won't fill a whole 750ml. I (as well as most people I think) prefer it carbonated, though. Maybe you should carb half and leave half flat to see which...