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How to possibly reduce the incidence of catastroph…
How to possibly reduce the incidence of catastrophic carbonation: Adjust the recipe to include a set amount of consumable sugar for the yeast to activate, then sweeten with left-handed sugars (usually known as sucralose). This would essentially make it a “diet” soda, but it should not taste any different than if you had used an equal amount of granulated sugar (beet or cane). Splenda is the currently marketed version of this, though I’m sure there are other suppliers.
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Obviously my previous searches on google weren’t a…
Obviously my previous searches on google weren’t as good as the ones I’m using today. Another link that is quite good for content, though the navigation needs some work.
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Found a good link, with recipes and tips, from a …
Found a good link, with recipes and tips, from a brew supply store in Corvllis, OR USA called Corvallis Brewing Supply. He also highly recommends starting with 2 liter bottles and extracts. Well, I do tend to do things the hard way.
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Shopping List from 12/26/2002
Item Vendor Qty Price Total glass Carboy, 3 gallon (Catalog #6023) Midwest Homebrewing 1 $13.95 $13.95 case (qty 12) EZ Swing Caps and bottles, clear (Not listed in catalog, very similar to #6714-C) Midwest Homebrewing 1 $16.95 $16.95 Jet Bottle Washer (Catalog #6500) Midwest Homebrewing 1 $10.50 $10.50 Bottle Brush (Catalog #6520) Midwest Homebrewing 1 $2.24 $2.24 8oz bag ONE Step Sanitizer (Catalog #7820) Midwest Homebrewing 1 $2.00 $2.00 Permanent Carboy Handle (Catalog #6047) Midwest Homebrewing 1 $10.
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A friend posted a link in a discussion about this …
A friend posted a link in a discussion about this topic to our BBS, L-Space, and there are some interesting possibilities there. I do think that it does highlight exactly how little information is really available publicly about the topic though. (A hit about navigation on that link: It’s a sorted index of keywords and targets. If you scroll to the top of the page, you get links to the individual keywords, that take you to a listing of recipes that contain those keywords.
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This is an attempt to journal my brewing activitie…
This is an attempt to journal my brewing activities as I attempt to homebrew drinkable (and hopefully even good tasting) root beer and other sodas. I had been thinking of trying this for a couple of years but had never actually gotten around to doing anything about it. That changed a couple of days ago when my sweetie Betsy gave me a copy of “Homemade Rootbeer, Soda, and Pop” by Stephen Cresswell (ISBN: 1580170528) for christmas.
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I’ve also been thinking quite about about what I d…
I’ve also been thinking quite about about what I don’t like about gift giving during the holidays. For several years now I’ve been part of the family at my in-laws and while things have gotten better, it still feels, well, wrong. Betsy’s family has a long history of doing a gift exchange of enormous proportions. It makes things difficult because I have enjoyed so many of the things that I’ve gotten from them, but the sheer quantity and expense doesn’t sit well with me.
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It’s been a good set of holidays for me so far. Pe…
It’s been a good set of holidays for me so far. People have gotten me some really interesting stuff that I’m looking forward to making some use of. Betsy’s dad found a book of water tower photographs from all over western Europe and the US that it just astonishing. He also got me a bot kit that I think will be lots of fun to tinker with. My parents replaced my poor cracked old vintage flower/sugar bins with some really nice somewhat more modern yet still classic looking aluminum bins.
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Dara Moskowitz has put into words what I’ve been t…
Dara Moskowitz has put into words what I’ve been trying to for the past few weeks. Read it here.
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Finally found a source for the first Throat Cultur…
Finally found a source for the first Throat Culture album, “A Cappella Head”, which features the fantastic track “Easter Island Head”. If you like aCappella music, you should really look into these guys. The discs are somewhat rare, but worth looking for.