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Ingredients / Re: Where to get cherries?

« on: October 01, 2012, 06:08:36 PM »

i am currently located in austin/round rock texas and have gotten fresh tart and pitted dried tart from our local whole foods type market called h e b central market.  i can also get dried unpitted year round from the mideastern market and they were supposed to get fresh tart in september but i never saw them, shop keeper said they must not be coming.

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The Pub / Re: Things that are not illegal

« on: September 29, 2012, 05:57:05 PM »

i am wondering where you want to go with this.  you can buy an apple that probably has yeast on it and will eventually have some alcohol if allowed to sit.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: oxigen grade

« on: September 27, 2012, 07:37:35 PM »

according to this, its pretty much all the same
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lpt/oxlabel.htm

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Equipment and Software / Re: New Equipment - What to get?

« on: September 04, 2012, 08:05:10 PM »

you dont have to get a pump with a plate or counterflow, use the imersion as a prechiller.  but a pump to recirculate the chilled water through the pre chiller is better.

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Equipment and Software / Re: New Equipment - What to get?

« on: September 04, 2012, 06:35:38 PM »

pretty much what everyone else has said.
in order for me:
kegs
barrels
bigger kettle
walk in cooler
grain mill
grain storage

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All Grain Brewing / Re: composting spent grain

« on: September 02, 2012, 08:55:25 PM »

avoid letting dogs get at things with hops.  it can cause malignant hyperthermia and can be deadly, especially to large dogs.  it was like crack to my beagle.

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The Pub / Re: Someone stole a whole canning line

« on: August 23, 2012, 08:20:55 PM »

i think it wan an irish grandmother with a litter of children/grandchildren preparing for winter. sub beer for vinegar and salt, pickle party.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: White Labs vials?

« on: August 21, 2012, 02:18:55 PM »

i have used them as tubes for some of my smaller cigars.  try wd40 to get the glue off, but it will of course need a thorough cleaning.

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The Pub / Re: Favorite movies

« on: August 07, 2012, 11:31:55 AM »

the big leboski.  the coen brothers are great

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Beer Travel / Re: Best store in San Francisco to buy beer?

« on: July 28, 2012, 11:03:40 AM »

Things may have changed since I left but, trader Joe's, bevmo, and whole foods are major retailers.  As for a pint, toronado on lower haight.

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The Pub / Re: song title game

« on: July 25, 2012, 08:41:09 PM »

devil and the deep blue sea- cab calloway
i'm drinking a cab padre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QI0EDNwGwY

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Equipment and Software / temp data logger

« on: July 17, 2012, 06:33:49 AM »

I cant find a realistic practical use for this but I thought someone might be interrested.

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2012/07/12/usb-waterproof-temperature-data-logger/

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Pictures of my house bug, any idea what it is?

« on: July 12, 2012, 06:59:47 PM »

ive done 3 berliners and theyve all look like that at some point, as well as my other sours.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Pictures of my house bug, any idea what it is?

« on: July 12, 2012, 03:50:09 PM »

im definitely not an expert but ive brewed a few sours and it looks like lacto to me

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Ingredients / Re: Post your water report

« on: July 12, 2012, 12:42:54 PM »

i live in round rock, texas and have been uable to find a water report that lists the appropriate info.  what are some keywords i should use when googling.  ive asked a local brewer and some club members and no one knows.  thanks.

Did you post to the Texas Carboys or Austin Zealots? I've posted info out to the Zealots Yahoo group a few times.

You should receive the annual drinking water quality report by July 1, the City hasn't posted online as of yet -- the one available at http://dww.tceq.texas.gov/CCR/ (search for "City of Round Rock" or TX2460003) does not include the secondaries that you would want for sulfate/hardness/calcium etc. pH usually ranges from 7.3 - 7.6, raw water alkalinity is ~155.

Chloramine levels depend on how far you live from the water treatment/pump stations, but be aware that with historical levels in distribution minimum of 2.15 mg/L (measured as total chlorine) and levels above 3 mg/L out of the treatment plant that you need to dechloraminate. Carbon filtration may not remove all if you don't have sufficient contact time to hit a removal efficiency that you need.

Assuming that Kim Lutz is still handling the water quality data for Round Rock, you can call her at (512) 341-3333 or email kiml@round-rock.tx.us for more recent data.

You can also get your water tested by LCRA Environmental Services in southeast Austin, they have a residential water supply testing services https://els.lcra.org/RWST.aspx.

just saw this, thanks for all the great info.