Recent content by Chemkrafty

I'm in for this.

Hey all! I was able o get some insulated shipping boxes that were going to be thrown out at work. They have 2 inches of polyurethane insulation on 3 sides as shown here: http://www.thermosafe.com/products/insulatedshippers.aspx There are 3 but I think I only need two for this job. I'm...

Its not too much. I use a few beans in a large quantity of vodka. It takes a good month or so to get a good full extraction, but you can use that for all your cooking, etc, as well. When the stuff is ready in a month or two, you can just add it in the secondary or bottling bucket to taste as...

Remember to only change one variable at a time so you can quantify the effects of each change!

If we can find a decent group buy price, I'd be interested in getting in on this as well. I think someone suggested it, but can we coordinate with any local breweries to piggy back a pallet of grain at their pricing?

Where is the teaser to get folks to watch the next season? The Governer arc should have ended here. This "war" should have ended half a season ago. Hell, the first episode of season 1 had a better ending than this! I almost feel like that was a feel good series finale. On a side note...

While it sucks and it hit Rick and Carl the hardest, everyone there has lost people they cared about. I imagine there is quite a numbing effect after awhile int hat sort of situation. Isn't that what half the story is about though? Trying to maintain some semblance of humanity and decency in...

Or you just ferment in a 5 gal carboy with 5 gal and set up a blow off. You might lose a little bit, but I've done it plenty of times.

I'm familiar with the rocket stove design from reading permies.com. I don't see any reason why this wouldn't work. You'd just need to put enough forethought into the design so it is large enough to heat 6-7 gallons (assume 5 gal batch). for the BK. You would need a separate one for the HLT...

I enjoyed the Karamalz I had in Germany. Here is some more info... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_(soft_drink)

I think Briess also has a black wheat that isn't supposed to add any roasted flavor. Maybe replace the white wheat with that?

Do some online research as its not terribly difficult to make peasant garb. My wife, 2 yr old and I dressed up as peasants and had so many people take pictures of us it was crazy. It cost less than $100 for all 3 costumes. Admittedly my wife sewed a lot of it, but it wasn't that crazy.

Its likely overcarbed as BobbyM alluded to. If you overcarb it, time is not going to allow it to stabilize. The amount of gas absorbed by the liquid is directly proportional to the amount of pressure in the gas space above it. The only way to then remove the gas from solution is to reduce the...

Like I said...give it a go! Sounds like a technique not used on the homebrewing front, so you can be the pioneer. Just make sure to report back on your results and let us know how it goes. Maybe you'll start the next big trend. I would suggest taking a very simple recipe that you love and...

Sounds like a lot of overkill for a minute amount of savings per batch. Just do straight up brew in a bag or batch sparging. Both of those methods take very little time to drain the liquid to the BK for the loss of a little bit of brewhouse efficiency. This might cost you a $1 in extra grain...