Recent content by MarcGuay

Hi. I don't quite understand what you mean. Can you explain more? It sounds like you use Beersmith for stew recipes?

Hi folks. I'm looking for software to track food recipes the same way Beersmith keeps track of things for my beer. I'm looking at https://nutritiondata.self.com/ but it's kind of clunky.

Have you taken multiple readings a few days apart to see if it's still fermenting?

My understanding is that milk kefir grains need to be returned to milk regularly (specifics unknown) in order to survive. I've been using "water kefir" grains, which are used to fermenting regular sugary water, to ferment standard beer wort and reached as high as 7.7% ABV. Similar to your...

So you would suggest I follow my nose and tongue?

Hi folks, I acquired a food-grade bucket from a local bakery for a fermenter. I washed it with PBW and sanitized with Starsan on brewday. I did not notice anything funny about it. After racking into my bottling bucket and rinsing out the yeast cake, I noticed dark mildew/mold on the bottom...

I realize this is very old but maybe I'll get lucky: How did pitching a starter rather than the grains work out?

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Feedback from a local homebrewer I've been swapping beers with: "I get some floral and earthy notes from it, with a hint of citrus. The earth is nice; some hops taste like dirt; this is more forest floor. The hop is pleasant, similar to say Goldings." Also based on the bitterness impression...

They're listed on this page http://houblonsfranklin.com/Brasseur/Varietes/ under Indigène. I brewed a pale ale with them and it turned out nicely. I estimated around 3% AA and I think it's pretty close to that. It's quite floral, maybe a bit of pine and citrus. I'm bringing it to a...

Yep, Houblons Franklin http://houblonsfranklin.com/.

How does it smell?

Are you saying that the difference between a fermenter and a dip tube is exposure time (and since the dip tube isn't exposed for long, what it's made of doesn't matter), or that the PVC dip tube I'm using is probably food grade and not to worry about?

But beer is more acidic than water and that's why it's important to use food grade containers as fermenters, no? Thanks for the tip on cleaning.

Hi folks, I've added a small L-shaped plastic adapter to my bottling bucket spigot as a dip tube but I'm pretty sure it's not food grade, just PVC. Any concerns with this? The beer is room temperature and only in contact with it for 30 minutes or so. Marc