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"The 15 g hdpe Container was opened twice to check progress. And again to add priming sugar." If I was to point to any one thing - I'd say that 5 gallons of empty headspace on a vessel opened more than once would be it.

Unless it's obviously changed, I'd be skeptical that sorbate has gone bad. Numerous things affect the ability of stabilizers to do their job. For example, K-Meta is really pH dependant. So there may just be a good chance that your wine needs a slightly higher dose for the effect you are...

Every month I ponder why our club meetings are on a Wednesday night. Then through a little fog I recall some Saturday night meetings that involved pickled fish, cigars, trolling Craigslist guys offering free nude photoshoots, and seeing the dawning of a new day. Yeah - Wednesdays are an...

I am quite jealous of those who can call you their LHBS.

I'm on a kick of lower ABV beers, and was noticing the lack of German lagers that fit the bill. Glad to see that it's doable. Will probably spin this one up this weekend.

It's six hours a week I don't have to listen to the dryer drone on. and it saves a quarter!

Without seeing the video, I can tell you that you are probably not crazy. There are numerous variants in keg post dimensions. It's possible for a slightly different style post to bottom out on the keg top before sealing the diptube/gasket. If such were aggressively tightened, it could crack...

I haven't seen an XKCD on here in a while.

Either we got trolled, or you found two baggies of dextrose. The PBW tastes fishy, soapy, and gets stuck in your teeth. Frankly, hard to miss.

Our brewing club has an annual group experiment where everybody brews the same base recipe but with one specific aspect that everyone has to do differently. This year the different aspect is sugar. The assumption was a saison as the base recipe, but I'd like to propose something English, as...

I can totally relate to this - but with still-warm cheese curds. Big package for the family, little package for me!

I'm 99% sure I've never experienced a bagel as has been described here. I just know that my bagel's primary directive is to convey at least 1/4 block of cream cheese into my gullet.

This wasn't the Headbutt perchance? I had the same thought as they announced the Golden Ale category and I eventually realized that the lagers got swept in there as well. I believe what gets lumped together varies by entry numbers in the categories, so may change year to year based on what...

I get the older hops from HopsDirect because I'm simple and cheap. A yearly purchase of 6-8lbs of hops at $0.35-0.50/oz shipped usually does me nicely. Of course I finally had to breakdown to buy my first packs of Citra and Mosaic from YVH for a NEIPA this spring. Otherwise grains and yeast...

I'm not surprised. The malt bill is a rounding error compared to the hop additions. And more malt means more hops which means MOAR FLAVOR which means HUGE SALES NUMBERS! right?

I personally have had significantly better experiences running lagers at room temperature than getting something lager-like from kviek (though I used Oslo for the most part). It'll certainly make beer though!

Alternatively, I was issued a dodge truck that got maaaaaybe 12mpg on a 23 gallon tank. Almost got stranded in BFN Wyoming with that glorious POS.

"Demoralized and overmastered people think the quickest way to end a war is lose" Megadeth - Dystopia

In central WI I usually planned to get my seedlings in the ground in mid May. With a general "15% frost chance after this date", I've been bit 4 out of 5 years. Now I just put seedlings out first week of June. I am trying out early sowing of carrot seeds. Put in 200 ft of carrots at the same...