Recent content by Newgene

Actually, while it's still fresh in my head, I remember many times I was glad to either be a cop or know folks who were. I remember distinctly one time when I was a cop and I was driving back to MS from LA (off-duty of course), and there was a relatively deserted section of highway people drove...

I'm not a copy anymore, but I worked part-time for nearly 10 years. It was always a challenge for a lot of cops to see if you could pull over more than one car at once. It's actually pretty easy. You spin around and throw the lights on. The guy in the back immediately gets over to the side...

My biggest issue is likely with people who can't keep one speed constant. I give up trying to appease everyone. For example, I try to pick a speed (let's say 75). Yes, that is speeding in a 70, but it keeps the traffic flowing. The problem is I can't really accelerate up to 85 just to pass...

I gotta agree with you there. Pitching at 75 and fermenting with an ambient temperature in the low 70's will almost certainly throw some fusel off flavors. Every beer I brewed before temperature control tasted awful when put right next to one with controlled temperature. The beer was...

This certainly beats the steps in yeast washing from a previous batch. I do this all the time with dry yeast to give me a ton for future use. The beer always comes out great because I never worrying about having enough yeast to pitch. Combine this with the process of stepping up yeast, and...

This certainly beats the steps in yeast washing from a previous batch. I do this all the time with dry yeast to give me a ton for future use. The beer always comes out great because I never worrying about having enough yeast to pitch. Combine this with the process of stepping up yeast, and...

From Amazon, yes.

Good luck getting the original bottles back, much less having someone collect and clean extra bottles. I can see it now..."No, this is a screw top! :mad:"

Dude, if your hotel is on canal, you walk straight down canal to bourbon. Nothing really unsafe from any other big city. That's a very populated area. Other stuff to see are the audubon zoo and aquarium during the day. You could take a paddleboat ride. Those are kinda neat. Bourbon is...

Amazon prime is worth it even without the free video. If Netflix were expensive, I could live with just the Amazon prime. Netflix > Amazon Prime, but for me, it's a free backup. Lots of the same stuff on both.

I have a 50-ish bottle Haier wine chiller with the glass door (probably can't get as low as the fridge), and it will go well below 32F. I ran it without the controller, and it went from 68F to 30F in about 30 minutes with nothing in it. I shut it off, but it would have gone well below 32F...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/what-temperature-kills-yeast-67272/

If you do nothing else but wait, you will still have drinkable beer. If it's your first batch, you will likely be surprised that the beer is better than you thought. It may have a fusel alcohol taste, which it will taste like good beer with an off after taste. Drink this batch and learn what...

If I see no activity in my starter, I will check gravity on the starter. I won't pitch into the wort until I absolutely know it is working. If the pack didn't rise, and the starter never showed any signs of krausen (stir plates sometimes don't), I would have made sure to check the gravity. If...

I put cayenne in a stout one time. Never again.