Recent content by brewkrew

I feel you... Not 15gal, but my first batch smelled and tasted horrible! We'll see if the bottles do anything, but I'm not optimistic. It had a thin film on it also.

You shouldn't boil the caps because it could damage the seal on them. Just make a bowl of star san and get them soaking before you start bottling.

This is my plan. I bought a bunch of 22oz bottles and a case of 12oz... that way I can taste test the the 12oz ones and waste just a little bit less beer.

This thread is awesome... I would flip if something like that happened.... especially cause I'm fermenting in a huge cooler in the living room of my apartment.

Great advice guys!! I'm already in preparation for my next batch. I'll let maybe half the bottles sit for a long time if the taste doesn't shape up, but probably dump half of them in with a month to free them up for the next batch. Great idea on the bleach bomb of my better bottle. I have it...

Well I went to bottle my first brew today. It was a Morebeer.com American Amber Ale extract kit. When I took a hydro reading and tasted it back after about 1.5weeks in fermenter it tasted a little sour, but not horrible. (it also upset my stomach which I handed off as yeast) Today, 3 weeks after...

Perfect thanks!

Ok, I have been searching around the forums for a long time now (my boss must really hate this forum). I am going to bottle my first brew today and have been looking at what to brew next. I think I'm going to go with Northern Brewers Cream Ale Extract kit. I want to do some experimenting with it...

holy bottles... unreal amount of beer... special occasion? or just a bulk brewer?

haha... I use a huge 120qt coleman cooler. My apartment is sitting around 80 and I just throw a frozen L container in there about twice a day. My 120qt cooler is excessively big, but it will fit two carboys when the time comes. I'm also going to buy a piece of Styrofoam insulation, like yooper's...

I'm inching down this slope... My space is limited, my budget is well I'm still a college student, and every day at work I'm trolling this forum and constantly think of a new toy I want... It's a dangerously expensive and enjoyable road for more beer. I've only done one batch and my gf already...

Those videos are almost as epic as brewing your own beer.

Solid point. Just speaking from experience, I had a lab at my parents place that I would trust with my life, literally. He was an amazing dog. I think he could have been trained to do this, and I don't think it would have been a problem with him going in the fridge. It's like a dog being trained...

If you read the thread it is pretty clear why he is teaching his dog to do this. Also I don't get why people are so worked up about teaching a dog to get into a fridge. If you can teach them to get into the fridge and specifically grab the beer, why is it hard to believe they won't grab anything...

I didn't even bother searching for this... Sometimes I hate how clever and informed this forum is lol