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I notice that a lot of dietary zinc supplements are the gluconate. Is there any reason not to use those? I found one zinc glycinate product. Added benefit - nitrogen. Pricey though.

Nice. All it needs is a nice honey maple stain and about 17 coats of poly.

Beer sales for off-premises consumption are about 30% higher than beer sales for on-premises consumption (in the US anyway). And some of what is consumed on-premises is bottled or canned. Bottled beer dominates the global market, with close to 50% of sales. And then consider that about 25% of...

Flaked maize is $2/lb at my LHBS. I guess that's kinda pricey for corn flakes, but at least it ain't $6.

Confirming freshness is great. But what do we do if we confirm staleness? Besides cry in our beer, that is. :)

Why not just close the valves on your regulator and disconnect it from the tank for a few minutes when you want to refill the sodastream cylinders? Or get a second 5 lb CO2 tank. It's always nice to have a spare on hand when you run out.

But hefty brews are often the ones that benefit most from bottle conditioning (and for a fairly long time at that). My big stouts and Belgians get the cork and cage treatment with bottling yeast (and patience).

Have you brewed with a diastatic strain before? Where would it have come from? Are you thinking low level contamination of your original pack of Koln that eventually overtook the culture, or a wild yeast contaminant? I don't think spontaneous mutation to diastatic is a thing.

Find the tree. Strip the bark. Extract the oil. Leave the cones on the ground. 😂

And as has been pointed out, lactose also adds to final gravity. Close to 8 points for this recipe. I'm not sure that I would want a beer like this to finish lower than about 1.025. edit - too slow

Well, it's not exactly like they're trying to hide the dimensions. They're right there in the product description: Height: 25.1" Diameter: 9.2" Volume: 5.28 Gallons Like I said, taller than a standard ball lock and wider than a standard pin lock.

Although we do have a special thread just for this.

Well sure, but I certainly didn't do a lot of web searching for additional information before I brewed my first kit and I suspect that most newbies don't either.

This is why I haven't pulled the trigger. They're both taller than a standard ball lock corny and wider than a standard pin lock corny. That, plus I already have too many kegs. Are they tippy like the smaller ones or does the base keep them standing upright?

Generally don't advise bottling while drunk, but YMMV.