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  1. Nosybear

    Diacetyl in Rye Kolsch

    Sweet corn is DMS, not diacetyl. Generally DMS is s a boil problem, not vigorous enough or covered boil.
  2. Nosybear

    December 30 BF New Year Eve Eve

    No problem - now that I'm just about done with corporate america, my Saturdays may be a little less clogged.
  3. Nosybear

    Pizza Port Shark Bite Red Ale

    I do a 90 minute boil almost by default. Develops color a bit more, perhaps a bit of flavor but my concern is that I'm brewing at 6,000 feet elevation. I want to make sure I boil off all the DMS since the boiling point up here is about 202° F. Otherwise I don't see an advantage to a 90 minute...
  4. Nosybear

    Book recommendations (small batch)

    You can scale down any recipe to 1 gallon. At our scale, simple linear scaling works. Some differences may be you can cool the batch much quicker, might affect hop utilization. Also, measurement error becomes more important because of the small quantities involved. Palmer's book is just a good...
  5. Nosybear

    December 30 BF New Year Eve Eve

    Josh, are you taking over the Zoom meeting? If so I can cancel my Zoom subscription (As of year's end, I'm a retired man....).
  6. Nosybear

    Brut IPA for Keto Diet

    When I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic, I did a lot of reading on alcohol, even wrote an article for Zymurgy on it. Here's the truth about it: Alcohol is digested as a fat and as such, should not be a problem for a keto diet. The problem for the keto dieters is the carbs in the beer, mostly...
  7. Nosybear

    Brew Names

    I'm with you, brother.
  8. Nosybear

    Brewing a stout and need a little help with water profile

    Dechlorinate and brew. Stouts were made for hard water!
  9. Nosybear

    A question about water chemistry

    Just make your beer and read John Palmer's "How to Brew" to learn why you're putting stuff in your water. My guess is that you read all this stuff on a homebrew forum somewhere and got the idea you had to do all of it. If you had to cut your water 90 percent with RO, chances are it was good for...
  10. Nosybear

    Mead Recipe Question

    Mead's easy: Dilute honey with water to the OG you want. Add some metabisulfite to kill off any native yeast. Add some yeast nutrient - honey doesn't have everything the yeast want. Pitch some good yeast, D-47 wine yeast works well. Sit back and let her buck.
  11. Nosybear

    What are you doing with homebrew today?

    Yeah, three whole bottles off the keg. The Kolsch turned out fantastic, by the way.
  12. Nosybear

    What are you doing with homebrew today?

    Bottling? What is this bottling of which you speak?
  13. Nosybear

    What are you doing with homebrew today?

    No, that's one gadget SWAMBO has not authorized....
  14. Nosybear

    What are you doing with homebrew today?

    Tomorrow I'll put it in a keg and add gelatin. It'll be ready by Saturday, when I have to turn it in.
  15. Nosybear

    Thinking about changing from Electric to Gas

    That size will work fine for smaller batches.
  16. Nosybear

    Thinking about changing from Electric to Gas

    I have a 1600 watt induction unit I use as a side burner. Damn, it heats water fast!
  17. Nosybear

    Building a retirement system.

    I can't drink more, so I'll have to get used to the activities you mention (done with Corporate America on 12/31).
  18. Nosybear

    Experimental side by side brewing.

    Wife is right! Design of experiments.... All the jargon and babble aside, no-chill half of a batch and chill the other half. Pitch at the same temperature, the same amount of yeast. Then do a triangle test (have the wife help) and see if you can identify the difference. If you can't, get a few...
  19. Nosybear

    What are you doing with homebrew today?

    I'm trying to get a Kolsch to clear so I can burst-carb it and bottle it for a competition - has to be turned in Friday!
  20. Nosybear

    Thinking about changing from Electric to Gas

    I use induction burners - very efficient but they require electricity, which I believe has also gone up in price. We have rooftop solar but it doesn't provide 100% of our electricity - weird Colorado law about being taxed as an electrical utility if we produce more than we use. I like the...

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