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sorry... i know this is a dead thread but the same thing just happened to me. wondering if sodium metabisulfite can be used instead of sodium bisulfite? or even better (easier for me) what about starsan?

What do yall think of this order for a flight of beers for a tasting... 1) Cream Ale 2) Oatmeal Pale Ale 3) Brown Ale 4) Stout 5) IPA I'm conflicted about where to place the IPA in the lineup. Your thoughts?

So forget the whole "10,000" btu's per jet thing. Like the rating on the banjo burners, I think everyone knows at this point that these ratings are way far fetched. That said, I've been able to find pretty consistently the following btu rating for the 23 and 32 tip natural gas burners: 23...

So it looks like some water made it into my refractometer. I can barely read it at this point and upon closer examination I see some "fog" on the inside glass. Has this happened to anyone else? Can I open it up and dry it out?

i agree... i guess the question was more about the plastic and if/how it holds up to the PBW and STARSAN. is it a type of plastic that's okay to use with these chemicals? i'm assuming so since so many ppl are using them as conical cleaning pumps but didn't see any mention of this specifically...

I see a lot of folks are using these submersible pond type pumps for keg/carboy cleaning... running PBW and/or starsan through them. I'm wondering what type of plastic these pumps are made from? Safe for contact with PBW and Starsan? Here's some links to a few of them I've seen others...

got mine working. thanks for the tips! running at 38 just fine now. yay!!

wow that was quick... 2 responses while i was typing my reply to the original. thanks gents! it was a huge grain bill, but split into the double mash, it was actually a small grain bill. so i don't know that that would have impacted anything. certainly had i been able to mash all 70+lbs i would...

hehe... ya, i have a few brews under my belt - but certainly am not above making a mistake somewhere along the way or leaning something new with every brew!! i did crush it myself. i have a monster mill and crush at (or below) 180 RPM at .037 - crush looked good, but to be honest, i didn't...

I'll just start right off by saying that I know the beer will turn out fine. It'll taste great (I'm sure) and I'll enjoy drinking it. This question is to try and fiugure out where I went wrong in the process more than anything. So here's the deal. I'm on a 25gal system and have this Imperial...

Anyone have experience with the Therma K thermometer? http://www.thermoworks.com/products/handheld/therma_k.html Only about 10 bucks more than the thermapen and I like the idea of having the probe separate from the unit. With the probe included it appears as though the accuracy is a tiny bit...

LOL. thanks gents. no... i just copied that original formula from another source so i too had no clue what ** meant either. thanks for the clarification!!

thanks! even stupider question then... what's the ^ mean in the equation? LOL

Greetings. I have a need to convert an existing SRM to MCU. All I can find is how to get SRM from MCU, not MCU from SRM. If I wasn't an algebraic moron, I could certainly re-calc the formula for SRM: SRM color = 1.4922 * (MCU ** 0.6859) Can anyone help? I want to get the MCU from and...

So I could use some help. I'm trying to do this with a whirlpool upright freezer and having some trouble. I thought I found the adjustment screw but it doesn't seem to be working. I've tightened it all the way down and ran overnight = below freezing. I've unscrewed all the way and ran overnight...