Recent content by buzzbee

I hope I win one!Great giveaway!

My user name is buzzbee at City profile as well. thanks for reminding me of the forum. i think it's great your donating prizes to help get that forum up and running.

I have a AHS irish red ale kit. It says to bring 2 1/2 gallons to 155 then steep grains.After doing all additions ,cooling and putting in fermenter,it says add cool water to bring to 5 1/4 gallons. can we initailly boil a larger batch of water,say 4 gallons instead of 2 1/2? Or will it make a...

6 miles country driving. 3 stop signs and 1 traffic light. Some times we go to town just to watch the signal change,lol.

Has any one here ever used the ventrilo voice chat program? It is a great voice chat program. Wouldn't it be cool to talk to other members about brewing and newbees being able to talk to a more experienced brewer. Text is great,but couldn't voice chat be a great extension to any hobby...

Glass carboys fit great in the crates milk gets delivered in. I am not condoning using these crates that everyone seems to have lying around,just stating that they fit great and make it safer to move those carboys around. And the glass does ultimately stay cleaner.:mug:

Instead of a section of garden hose you could just get a shorter washing machine hose.many of the garden hoses are"kink" proof,giving you the extra layer of stuff that is not very compatible with barbed fittings.

Thanks,I was worried pouring all of it in might let the gunk from hop pellets make it more bitter or something.

When done boiling the extract down,and the wort is cooled,and pouring from the brew kettle to the fermenter,should you pour in whatever settled in the brew pot to the fermentor or leave it in the bottom of the kettle?

I am starting my third batch of extract brew. I have hard water from our well that I boiled the first two batches.We have a water softener,is it better to stick with the boiled hard water or should I use the softened water. I am leaning toward the hard water,just wanted to see what you all...

If you make any purchases from Austin Homebrew and are planning on making future purchases,be sure to check out the 6 month AHS membership! It offers great savings on future purchases,if made in the next six months. half of the savings can be realized on the first purchase!!

Have you filed a contested charge with the credit card company you were charged to? They can hold money from his account. If everyone that has been charged to a credit card and not received their stuff would do this it would put the brakes on quick.

I found a cranberry lambic,and a holiday porter lomg forgotten in a dark corner of my basement for about four years. I threw in the fridge overnight. When I opened it ,it still fizzed,so what the heck. These beers tasted a lot better now than when fresh four years ago. Especially the...

Will do Mitch!

Well,has anyone actually made this extract kit? Thanks to all who posted !It has been an interesting thread for a newbee. I'm sorry about wanting a clone of this beer,I am guilty also of growing peppers,sweet corn,carrots,hell I even keep bees for my own honey supply. But heck,I could just...