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I'm wondering if it is a fishing expedition.

Never had any troubles buying all sorts of lab gear from Australian suppliers, either off ebay or from one of http://proscitech.com.au/cataloguex/home.asp or http://www.livingstone.com.au/main.aspx?cat=lab

Rob.

It is UV light that is causing the problems. I don't think incandescent bulbs put out anything in the way of UV.

Fluorescent globes certainly do though, but I think people only use the incandescent globes anyway.

What people have done with the incandescents is put a ceramic pot over the top of it ...

It's the hops (well, isomerised hop acids) that react with UV to skunk beers. I imagine it wouldn't matter if the beer was fermented or not for it to skunk.

Rob.


Edit: Well, i was wrong: Riboflavin, a yeast chemical, absorbs light energy with wavelengths of 350 to 500 nanometers (nm). This energy ...

With regards to the thickness of a CD - they vary. Between manufactures, age & quality.

So they're not really a replacement for feeler gauges.

Rob.

The best place to learn anything about this would be: http://homedistiller.org/forum/.

Rob.

if it's just plain crystal that will give the beer more body and sweetness.

The boil will have killed off all the bugs on the grain, so assuming that your sanitation for the rest of the process was okay, just leave them for a bit and it will mellow out.

If it has a lactic or acetic infection it ...

i'd imagine that after having a few of them, you wouldn't notice the flavour any more either

if it's still drinkable, i'd be drinking it quickly. it's only going to get worse, not better.

Methanol is a product of fermenting cellulose, hence the name 'wood alcohol'. To make it you have to ferment some plant matter. There will be a little bit in beer from the bits of grain that fall out. There is a whole bunch in wine (esp. red) from being fermented with the skins/seeds/stems.

I don't think that you need the irish moss for an extract brew.

The way I understand it is that it is for removing proteins and to encourage cold break to form when boiling wort made from mashed grains. The break material & proteins can cause chill haze, amongst other things. There is no break ...

drsmurto wrote:

nt wrote: You can get liquid malt in a 28kg 'tin' so you can then add any amount you want! Much cheaper if you plan of doing extract brewing, i think its about $80. But then you need a spare cube and a honey gate.......

Where would one buy one of these 28kg tins?