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So, just to be clear...to all that are part of this conversation. This grain we're talking about comes to their warehouse on a train, it is then transferred into 50-55 pound sacks and never sold to anyone in any increment less than 50-55 lbs sacks. In order for a micro brewery to order...

I don't see the fact that they charge homebrewers more underhanded, what I see as underhanded is that they are phasing us out as customers altogether. I used to have the right to buy grain at wholesale prices, and I bought alot of it, and it was good. But then CMG realized that they have a...

For years I have ordered grain through country malt group, and now they are charging homebrewers with existing accounts an extra $10-15 a sack. Crud on us, and crud on them.

If I remember right, it was 2 or 3 campden tabs, and an equal part metabi. Did not let it sit on any lees...transfered a few times just to get it off spent fruit matter. Used wyeast sweet mead yeast. Ironicly...it finished at 0.98 not so sweet in my book. I'm currently harvesting more...

Splash racked it a few times last year...didn't develop a musk smell/aftertaste til I added the sulfates/campden... I'm thinking of making another couple gallons with fresh crop to dilute the old batch.

Basically, I miffed a measurement on campden and meta-K in a 3 gallon batch of mulberry mead, now it has quite a noticeable sulfite musk smell...even two years later. It's been in in a tertiary fermenter the whole time. So, my question is can I save it?

I always pipe "let's get it on" into the fermentation chamber, and if the fermentation stalls, I switch it up and put on "Sexual Healing" It seems to work...though my beer does give me a hard on.

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Me too! I'm in the Illinois region! My name is Benny R. I'm the guy standing behind the hop harvest. Just remember...vote for the hophead! Thanks! Ben :rockin:

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Couldn't you just use one of those "Steam Mouse" steam cleaners? Or does it take a ridiculous amount of steam to raise the temp in a 10 gallon mash? Obviously I'm just thinking of stepping the mash with steam, not using it as a primary heat source for entire brewday.

Exhaust fan & intake fan...don't brew inside without one. Intake of fresh air is more important than exhaust, but not having either is just plain stupid.

In my experiences, I have found that using more than 30% of table sugar in a batch will indeed produce "sherry-like" flavors. I can only attribute the cidery taste people speak of to the beer itself being sharp from youth. In the right styles of beer, this sherry presence is very welcome i.e...

Looks cool...consider this my reply.

I use one of those giant rubbermaid 40+ gallon totes on the counter right next to my utility sink. Cut a hole in the end for a drain hose, and voila...huge ass cheapo sink. For the spigot/sprayer I use a 6' length of garden hose with a shutoff valve nozzle on the end attached to my utility...

My fix has three parts, but only if you have a false bottom with a pickup tube running through it. First, go to hardware store and buy a two pack of STAINLESS clothes washer discharge hose lint traps for $1.99 Take a trap and remove the plastic thread that seals up the bottom. Proceed to...

Yuri, quick question on the 21 gallon Toledo hoppers...pre- molestation/modification, were the bottoms solid? What I'm getting at is can I drill a hole of my own in these, or are they pre-drilled?

About 3 days...but it's hard to tell whether or not you hit your mark (or overshot it) until it is chilled and served.

Most people rack/transfer a number of times for clarity and cleaner taste. It can be a crapshoot to force fermentation to come to an abrupt halt just to moderate sweetness. Most people will let fermentation run it's course, transfer onto campden tablets (or another metabisulfate) to kill the...