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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: Brewdays
- Topic: Kveik Bitter
- Replies: 7
- Views: 257
Re: Kveik Bitter
One of my favourite commercial beers is William Bros. "Sapien". Described as a "Kveik Double IPA", it put paid to any aversion I may have had to using "kveik". (Olay, hard to do wrong with a 7.5% beer \:D/ ). I'm sure Mark's "Kveik Bitter" was fine. Pseudo Lager? Maybe wasn't be like a common-garden...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
This I just found sort of describes what I was doing: Alkalinity, TA The total alkalinity (TA) of seawater may be defined as the charge difference between the major conservative (concentration unaffected by changes in pH, pressure, or temperature) cations and anions: TA = ∑conservation-cations - ∑co...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:02 am
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
I reckon I have the culprit (well, the culprit was me ... I reckon I have the issue): The issue that cropped up is due to the unlikely (imaginary?) connection between "Alkalinity" and "Total Dissolved Solids". I was adding up the major ions (as anions and cations in mEq/L units, but not any "as" bic...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
... Blah! Over-complicated drivel. ... Except it wasn't, or my blasé attitude was not noticing a little issue creeping into my "Defuddler" spreadsheet. If I'm relying on five items to check the validity of a sixth, I don't want any of them to change willy-nilly. Yet I allow it, even encouraging it,...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
continued... Previous Dwr Cymru water reports had been okay (had "balanced"), but not this new collection! What I'm guessing is the main report and "summary report" has gotten uncoordinated. The main report was made up of a specified number of tests published as the "average" and "high" value for ea...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:13 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
So, I'll analyse the latest analysis first ... And yes, this is an excuse to air my "Defuddler" spreadsheet: Defuddler - 2014 B06.jpg The Calcium box is grey because the figure was derived from the "Foetid Mire" (all the "Hardness" stuff lurks down their). The values the "Foetid Mire" uses or calcul...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Re: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
Note neither have a Calcium figure (mg/l). I take this to be because they test for arcane "Hardness" and calculate the Calcium figure from that. Hence, they do a Magnesium analysis so they can separate Calcium from "Hardness": Note they can also quote Calcium and Magnesium in their "Hardness" guises...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 358
Low Alkalinity Water (Low TDS)
My Water Company (Dwr Cymru) snuck this update past me (no idea how long they published it, wasn't there last October, but I've got it now): Water Report (Brief) 2014 B06 - Denbigh Zone.jpg Everything appears to have crept upwards, and there's some unwelcome hiccups in it! First off: Comparing it wi...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:34 am
- Forum: Yeast
- Topic: Ferments release dried Brett yeast
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2561
Re: Ferments release dried Brett yeast
Flippin' heck. This stuff past me right by.
Who here is using it? Hell of a price, but not as involved as the "liquid offerings. Not many selling it either: Fermentis BR-8 - Get-er-brewed
Who here is using it? Hell of a price, but not as involved as the "liquid offerings. Not many selling it either: Fermentis BR-8 - Get-er-brewed
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Percarbonate as a Disinfectabt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 466
Re: Percarbonate as a Disinfectant
... I've heard of a commercial surface disinfectant containing 1.4% hydrogen peroxide (30-60 second contact time), and Harris Suresan, which is Sodium Percarbonate, which could only come up with a tenth of that (but they do say 15 minute contact time). Alcohol I've seen down as 64-73% for "optimum" ...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Percarbonate as a Disinfectabt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 466
Re: Percarbonate as a Disinfectant
40% works just fine. I have being doing such for years, ever since I leaned how vodka plants wash bottles. I've come across another article I wrote elsewhere: I dug up that article: one.jpg It was from: https://mycoscience.com/sterilization-vs-sanitization-vs-disinfection/ I usually prefer somethin...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Percarbonate as a Disinfectabt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 466
Re: Percarbonate as a Disinfectabt
Alcohol kills bugs. You have never seen a bottle of gin go off👍🏻 Costs very little to ship 😁 and doesn't respond to "boo" or even stronger language (I have tested this thoroughly) Yeap! Got me eye on Isopropyl Alcohol (not sure if it's safe as a no-rinse spray, should be?) Definitely not wasting Gi...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Percarbonate as a Disinfectabt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 466
Re: Percarbonate as a Disinfectant
I don’t use cleaners to disinfect. I use PBW followed with Starsan. For yeast propagation I use iodophor. That more or less backs up my query! PBW is mainly Percarbonate, and so is Suresan! PBW is just a very expensive way of purchasing Percarbonate (you need to be sold on the propriety extras they...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:10 am
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Percarbonate as a Disinfectabt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 466
Re: Percarbonate as a Disinfectabt
Ooof!
That link to buy H2O2 ... the transport cost is more than the product!
That link to buy H2O2 ... the transport cost is more than the product!
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
- Topic: Percarbonate as a Disinfectabt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 466
Re: Percarbonate as a Disinfectant
Blimey, the things these little write-ups can lead you to ... Harris Suresan They don't seem too worried about the solution being <3% concentration! There are also some reports that Hydrogen Peroxide can be difficult to get hold of because of lunatics using it to make explosives. I have some interes...