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Ross- Despite my being in Victoria, I did business with you on several occasions and on a few asked questions. You were always helpful and a pleasure to do business with. Best wishes with Bacchus. Dan Vasey

The above article refers to diluted Star-San. I believe the question pertains to a stock bottle. Star-San contains phosphoric acid and dispersant/foam agents. So long as there is no contamination, the phosphoric acid should not degrade. If it keeps foaming, keep using. Many casual brewers have...

If by blanket, one means a heavy layer that does not mix with the air above, then no, it's a myth. But, it is heavier than oxygen or nitrogen and steadily pushes up from below, nudging top layers toward their exit. Most important, the volume generated during fermentation is many times greater...

What was the highest temperature of the 22L batch after the apparent end of fermentation? Feldon is right about dissvolved CO2, but whether that wholly explains the difference is hard to tell. Fining leaves yeast behind, and activation is a possibility. In any event, an advantage of plastic...

The corn syrup sold in the US is bland, adds little if any of the flavour associated with corn-adjunct lager. High-maltose corn syrup is basically malto-dextrin in solution. No idea what rice syrup solids are. If you want to replicate US lagers that use corn adjunct, consider a partial mash...

I used it once. I recall it's made by using enzymes to convert rice, not by malting rice. It imparts more flavor than plain sugar does, but not much more. For the little it offers it's not cost-effective.

Unless otherwise stated, the 14 days in fermenter presumably means in the primary only. On cherries, it takes a lot. New Glarus, a US brewer of a much-praised beer advertise they use a pound for every 750 mls, (1 kg/1.65 L. They use sour cherries that are medium in flavour, The frozen cherries...

Good advice above. Now, what was that other thing we used to do?

The person who posted the recipe got 66% brewhouse efficiency, which is mediocre considering that a kg of candi sugar was used. That you did better is unsurprising. Your attenuation works out to 76%. Considering that an unusual yeast mix (which is not to say a bad one) was used it's hard to...

If it's an AG or partial-mash recipe, M might include the measured original gravity too.

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Visitor to Iowa farm sees one-legged pig, asks farmer what happened. "It's a real story, yup, yup. Ernie is the smartest hog in the world, helped the little 'uns with homework. House caught fire one night. Ernie broke out of the pen. broke into the house, sounded the fire alarm and hauled the...

The moss is abundant in places and an easy i.d., but ideally some Icelanders would be glad to help a foreigner sample that and other old foods. They might serve you hákarl and slátur just to watch the expression on your face. I won´t spoil the fun by translating. Don´t use either in beer. I...

I'm American and like to collect automatic weapons, grenades, artillery and flak jackets. Seriously? Writing, curing bacon and salmon. Too many things I used to do are out of the question.

I find Galaxy very distinctive. Although Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin are singularly fruity hops, subbing one for the other makes no sense, according to my palate and memory, like subbing grapes for peaches. I've seen claims that both of those hops lend passion fruit qualities, but p.f. seems to be...

Old yeasts never die, they just fade away. Much older yeast than that, e.g., from old bottles of a beer, has been cultured and used successfully. It's no surprise you have some active yeast; the problem is you don't know how much. If you're working on 20L of wort at 1.05, pitching all three...

Yikes! What could go wrong?

Interesting. Does the glycerol prevent formation of ice crystals in the yeast cells?

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, Budweiser sold (lightly) hop-flavoured, liquid malt extract in cans about the present size for LME. Though Prohibition had long passed and packets of yeast were sold with them, directions were for baking bread, not brewing, which fooled no one. I used...

In a cube with air excluded, the hop oils aren't going anywhere fast as you cool.