I got into sourdough recently. I'm doing boules, loafs, baguettes, batards, etc, and then using discard for corn bread and other things. The funny thing is I follow a low-carb (ish) diet so don't really eat much of it at all.

Um, no. But we did watch! Live action manatee orgy porn.

Yes, he's 64 years old, going to be 65 in January. When I was a little girl, I remember going to that park when it was the movie animals park. I saw him then, and I seem to remember my dad paying a dollar or so, and me throwing him marshmellows. Now, no marshmellows or other junk food- but...

It's never off for me, usually if it is it's within 0.05 or so. When you check the mash pH, at what point are you checking it?

Oh, yes, the manatees are in huge numbers now. Yesterday it was really cold, and we even saw a very active aggregation (mating ball). I was part of a manatee release last week with my State Park volunteer job. I volunteer at a wildlife park where we have rehabbing as well as resident...

Ah, you mentioned dry hops so I pictured dry hopping. But yes, you get more isomerization in a larger volume. Here’s the basics of why. The max isomerization (the chemical reaction of hops oils turning into bittering units) you can get in the best case is 100 (actually less based on various...

well, yes of course. Dry hops oils aren’t isomerized at all. So of course it would be significantly different. Think of a raw chicken vs a boiled chicken- significantly different. Yet, the same thing.

I dislike S05, so won’t use it any longer. It throws peachy esters than I just cannot stand, and it takes too long to drop clear so I stopped using it a while ago. S04 is great- in cider. It’s also ok in English ales, at 62F and no higher or else it gets weird flavors that I can detect a...

I’ve been fortunately since I stopped working full time at the age of 46 to still find work. I worked at the same hospital as a ‘fill in’ for years, until about 2018 or so. I’ve helped out with some article writing, some help desk stuff here and for another company, and that’s been great, I...

We had a very quiet day- some kayaking, helping a friend get ready for tomorrow (her family’s big Thanksgiving Day which I will attend) and watched the Lions almost blow the game. 80F and sunny with a slight wind- perfect day!

Which hops do you like best in this? I'm sort of on the fence on mint tea- I am trying to think of what hops I'd like with mint.

What's the OG:IBU ratio? I can't see that.

A. No, not really. Hops can be boiled separately, but it’s not the same at all. Since you’re not using hops, this doesn’t apply. B. You don’t need to boil DME. It’s spray dried. You can boil in for a minute if you want to. Not required really. C. No enzymes if you’re using DME- it’s...

And I’m going to give my advice, somewhere between these two! I don’t like oats in my IPAs, and the crystal malt is fine up to about 5%. I would not use wheat and carapils- I’d probably stick with the carapils and ditch the wheat. I like the Munich malt, and a firm bittering, with a 5%...

oh, no. I wasn’t one of the wandering drunks! I was happy to take a shot however, simply to lighten their load a little!

Sorry I missed you all (again!). It’s now 8:30 PM and our festivities ended. We did have a surprise visit from the “Fireball Fairies”, a wandering group of booze toting gorgeous ladies just as we were settled in for the evening. We heard them before we saw them, as you can well imagine...

One easy thing to remember when purchasing DME is that .6 pound of DME is equal to one pound of base malt in general, while .75 pound of LME is about equal in gravity points. Our software helps with that of course, but sometimes you may be a homebrew store or buying and need to estimate how...

I have an obligation until probably 5 PM as well. They are having an hurricane recovery early Thanksgiving for our community since Thansgiving itself is more for family time and not the community people. Later is always better for me (the reason I don't usually make it- 4/5 PM is the worst...

Distilled or RO water is fine. You can add 5 grams of calcium chloride to your water to increase calcium a little (for yeast health) and the chloride and should be fine.

I can't recreate, so I need the link to look at the recipe. Thanks!