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Howdy, I am heading to Sapphire Valley, NC on vacation. Does anyone know anything about the Sapphire Mountain Brewing Co.? Any recommendations for brewery tours? Thanks

add a couple pounds of fresh fruit to a wit beir kit in the secondary. Leave plently of headspace.

Hey I am headed to the Bar Harbor area of Maine in september, can anyone recommend any breweries that I need to check out/ or beer related attractions? Thanks Scott

Look into brew in a bag and other alternative brewing methods. There was a method posted here a couple of months ago about transfering boiling wort to containers and letting it sit over night to come to temp prior to pitching.

Welcome to the forum, and the addiction!

Hey folks the title says it all. The temp controller I have been using on my beer fridge crapped out. http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/brewing-equipment/fermenting-equipment/fermentation-temperature-control/johnson-refrigerator-thermostat.html I am looking for something reasonably...

Also fermentation temp would affect ester production

You might try a steam beer...

Welcome to the addiction, To answer your first question, there are several ways to keep your beer cool, first is to put it in a large tub of water with a few frozen water bottles. Getting a cheap fridge or freezer and external thermostat is a good idea (thats what I use). You can build...

Theakson's Old Peculiar...you cant find it over here anymore

i would leave it alone for 2 or 3 weeks if you aren't done fermenting...

ok now I am less confused

right but the kit shown does not come with a bottling bucket, just the spigot...is the fermenter ported?

Question, what are you supposed to do with the bottling spigot?

+1 on the autosiphon, a vintinator and bottle tree is really nice as well for sanitizing bottles, buy a spare hydrometer or three they break like crazy, and a floating thermometer as well...oh and don't forget the brewing books, must have more books...