Recent content by IvanBrew

This is somewhat of a resurrection, but has anyone made progress on ideal EDTA concentrations?

824.5 + 15 gallons of Zombie Dust Clone = 839.5

1. It depends on how it handles heat... I suspect it'd be fine, but you won't know until you try. If you cut the top off, fill it with 170F water, and it doesn't warp, you're probably fine. There is a chance, though, that's it's considered "food grade" at room temp, but not at mash temp, and...

I remember when this was my first computer: In addition to the cartridge slot, I had a tape drive I could load games from. I'd fire it up, go have dinner, and come back and play frogger, lol I also remember running a BBS on one of these, back when 2400 baud was smokin' fast and...

FWIW, Leaktite is the mfg of Home Depot's buckets. According to a phone call with them, they're not food safe.

I don't think you can go wrong with either the Chugger or a March for 10g batches. As to hoses: I really think you'll want/need some form of connector, even if not cam locks. I suppose you could, in theory, do as you suggest, but pulling the hoses on and off the barbs gets old fast, and...

Out of curiosity, any chance this is light-strike? Were you outdoors on a sunny day drinking out of a clear glass?

Any aquarium guys out there? My brain has been trying to smash this idea together with that of a fluidized bed reactor for some time now. I've worked out (and thrown out) a dozen concepts, but I keep coming back to it. One of these days I'm gonna have to conduct an experiment...

If it were me... I'd make my starter 24 hours before I had to leave. I'd stick it in a fridge to crash when I left, and when I started my brew day I'd pull it back out to warm up. Right before I pitch, I'd decant. Don't take this as expert advice. It isn't. It's just what I'd do.

Actually, no, you shouldn't be able to thread a nut from one end to the other. Most plumbing fittings in common usage in the US are NPT threads. Chances are the ball valves you're using are 1/2" NPT. NPT is a tapered thread. It's narrower in pitch diameter at one end and gets larger in...

It took a lot longer to teach my daughter #2 than #1. My good friend's son is the same way. For some reason, #2 is much more difficult, but don't worry, you'll get it.

Here's one of mine. He's just a little guy. 34" at the shoulders and 167 lbs. (you don't want to see my back yard now that the snow has melted... I need a backhoe)

I don't have enough experience with wine making to know what gives wine it's characteristic flavor. Do wines taste "winey" because of the strains of yeast used? Can you make a wine winey-er by altering ferm temp, or tannin content, or the phase of the moon, or color underwear worn when...

As you found, lots of people do smaller batches. Check out this thread on 1-gallon batches: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/1-gallon-brewers-unite-311884/ My main setup is for half-barrel batches, but I do 1-gallon test batches. I don't want to make 15 gallons of something I don't like, so I...

I pitched a starter with EC1118. Starter and full volume were fermented right around 68-70F (ambient in my basement). I do have the ability to control temps, but didn't for this.