Brewing Master

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There are a lot of chemicals which fit the bill, although none of them work as well as steam-sterilization.  Probably the most effective is formaldehyde.  If you need to kill everything in a bio-safety hood, you vaporize formaldehyde inside the hood with all of the sashes closed. The gas would also [...]

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Is it true that vigorous exercise the day after getting drunk is much harder on the heart and liver and should be avoided if possible.  In other words, should you postpone exercising for a day or two after a long night of drinking? Any info [...]

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Yeast in bread or beer making don’t need air!   The do quite well until they run out of sugar to convert to alcohol and CO2.    They don’t die unless they produce enough alcohol to kill themselves. True to a [...]

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I know I can order it from a brewing company by mail but is there a place in a local grocery store that they might have corn sugar? I thought maybe I might be looking in the wrong area or something [I looked where regular sugar is].

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I know I can [...]

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Clyde, Ed, Dave, Lum, RottenGrapes….Thank you all for your thoughts on using ML fermentation to lower the TA in my red wines.   Obviously there is a lot to know about this whole winemaking process~should have started years ago but I was busy with things like work, raising a family and didn’t [...]

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You might want to issue a search at www.hbd.org and read the articles that it finds. Note that use of a refractometer is of limited use in beer making; the residual compounds (dextrins, etc) and the dark color of some beers influence the reading in an uncompensatable way. Good luck, [...]

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Rick, good luck.  I haven’t figured out those tables  yet.  I just keep adjusting my co2 till the beer seems about right.  Sometimes it’s as low as 5-7 psis and sometimes up to 12…  If anyone can explain about the "volumes" for forced carbonation (in beginners terms) that may help me a [...]

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She looks still to me. Ok, so who has checked out Greg Long’s reference to stillmaker.com ? Sofia sure is cute, but I’d guarantee that she doesnt know much about still making Or did I miss something ? Chris

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I think he [...]

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Thanks for the replies eveyone.  I added another package of Lalvin RC212 last night.  This time I rehydrated at a much lower temp.  The must was bubbling away in a couple of hours and is now going fine. Thanks again for the help – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text [...]

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This is great, just one more thing – do you have the conversion from brix to sg?  All I can find are tables, but I need formulas. Sorry for the headache.
Hi John: The following formulas fall apart at the very low & high ends of [...]