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I know of at least 2 on here from the city...

Finally! I've been looking for more folks to say this stuff. The nutrients are scientifically derived as opposed to using whatever cheap sources folks can come up with!

Nutrients can be had at any homebrew beer shop.

Evil Wizard,

I'm curious what you use for packing in the 6" column...

Zapata,

You are correct. Coles was another source of cheating for us Canucks back in the day.

I looked at your paper, my eyes glazed over and I'm hoping someone can break it down for me.

Break it up, throw it in, shake it once in a while. It will dissolve eventually.

If you can summarize with Coles notes for an idiot like me it would be appreciated.

oh I recall that fire. pretty close to home.

Curious to see what you come up with Tiramisu.

https://www.equinoxstore.ca/en

https://www.glaciertanks.com/tri-clamp- ... ols-2.html

Stib,

That was a great read.

As far as strains of yeast, have you got any suggestions?

Forgive my ignorance, but isn't bayanus the generic term for "Wine Yeast"? Then within that terminology there are numerous stains to sort out for use? Companies like Lalvin etc list multiple yeast strains identified under the Bayanus name, with variants under it? If this is correct, it mak...

Curious question here. Do folks use simple Vitamin B versus a more complete nutrient for cost reasons or something deeper that I'm missing?

For some reason I can't zoom in on the pic. My issue I'm sure. Let's keep in touch. If I bring stuff in we can likely work together. Might look at glacier tanks etc. Tri Clamps are great and you can never have too many. I haven't done the math on the elements, but I'm guessing bigger ones are likely...

Can you provide more details?

Heat?
Spirit type?
Packing?

Etc

hey Copperfiend. Not sure if you know but LWTCS is a hella good designer. Personally i would follow any input he gives if I was handy. Since I'm not I just soak it all in and support him when I can.

He'll get you on the right path.

Best of luck.

I forgot to add that while yeast prefer simpler sugars, they can ferment a number of different ones. However, many yeast to struggle to ferment more complex sugars if simpler ones are introduced. Of course this is hardly a factor with sugar wash.

kiwi bruce is dead on. while sucrose works it is technically easier for the yeast to use inverse. To build on this, any stressors to yeast will increase off flavours/byproducts. Stressors include pitch rate, ABV (tolerance to high amounts), temperature. Moreover, each strain prefers different fermen...

Winnipeg you say? Interesting. Not sure exactly what pieces you are looking for but there here are a couple thoughts. https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/store-finder/ they can likely make the bigger stuff, no shipping as there is a Winnipeg location. https://www.graintoglass.ca/ They will have some o...

I'm curious about the North Stills gear. Mayhaps a post about it when you are dialed in?

Colour me curious...

Why the cane sugar AND molasses?

I haven't looked at 5 gallon barrels in a while, but lots of places make them. Shop around a wee bit.

A thermopen is relatively cheap, with good enough operating range to suit most needs.

Welcome!

You definitely can. I've done it too. Getting consistency is tricky to say the least.

Hi folks, I'm a beer brewer, and have some experience with smoked malt. Best Malz and a few other germans make beechwood smoked malt. If you look around at other suppliers (North America and British) you can find a variety of different kinds of smoke in malt. Alder Cherrywood Peat etc. Beechwood is ...

Oh boy! A chemistry degree!

We are going to have questions for you.

Start reading the Boston Apothecary site for me will you? Way over my dense head.

Evil Wizard,

I just saw your post tonight. I'm going to have a look.

I see a string of characters, but I only read some foreign language. Perhaps Greek?

NiN - that's one elegant solution. For the extension I'm thinking a couple of joints as well for pretty much the same reasons.


I wish I was handy instead of handsome.

Noted. Many thanks.

Edit: But what holds up all that weight?