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I might try that with a tub and ice, sounds easy enough. Thanks for the tips! Dave

I was wondering if the fermenting temp. had anything to do with it. The temperature in my closet is in the mid to upper 70's, so maybe it's too hot. I've been brewing the same way since January (same techniques, same places, etc.), and this batch is the same type of beer as my first batch (a...

My most recent batch seems to be undercarbonated. I prime each bottle using regular table sugar (I know, I know, not the right way, but that's how I do it). My first 4 batches have come out fine, but this fifth batch is a little flat. Do you think I could add more sugar to each bottle, or...

For what it's worth, I'm brewing my 4th batch with Mr. Beer, and I've been very happy with it. You can experiment a little with it (adding hops pellets, using there recipes, etc.), but I do see how it is limiting. I've created the best beer I've ever had with this system.

One of the P.E. teachers I work with played "Smack the B**ch Up" by Prodigy for warm-up exercises. She thought the song was "Snap a Picture". The principal was not happy. The kids thought it was hilarious.

I live in vegas - missed it I really enjoy watching Danny Way skate - still missed it double whammy where did you see it? live? on t.v.?

"You are the dorkiest person I know." I hear that line practically everyday from both my wife and my students! If middle school kids call you a dork, it must be true.

Thanks for all the advice! But it all leads me to another question - Mr. Beer claims to have "done all the work for you", and recommends "not to boil the extract, 'cause it will muddy the hops". So I wouldn't want to boil the extract with the added hops (with or without sack) for a period of...

So for my third batch, I'm broadening my horizons a little and adding hop pellets. I'm using all Mr. Beer stuff, including the recipe. The recipe says to add the can of weizenbier, unhopped malt extract, and 1/3 oz liberty hops to boiling water (where I've already dissolved the "booster")...

Instead of using an adhesive paper, I had good luck printing out my labels on regular computer paper, sprayed them with a clear artist sealer (matte finish), then backed them with a good double sided tape. 3M makes a tape called "ATG" tape - it's a picture framer's tape - that will hold...

My cousin always talks about his two favorite beers: 1. Free 2. Lots of It

We were the same! It's sad when Bud is the "good" beer that you can splurge on when you have some extra money. I still enjoy a good Budweiser, but I cringe when I look back on those days of drinking all the "ice" beers. We always went for the "ice" beers cause we figured it would mess us up...

There is no beer movie greater than Strange Brew. We used to play the drinking game where you gotta swig a beer (or take a shot if that was your thing) everytime 'Eh was said in the movie. We got messed up pretty quick playing that game!

I've never heard of this one - what's it about (besides vespas)? My two votes would be: 1. Quadraphenia (more of a mod movie, but it does have rock[ers] in it!) 2. The Harder They Come (so it's reggae, not rock, but a great story)

In 1998, my dad's church choir (he's the Minister of Music at his Lutheran church) when on a European Tour, and I got to tag along. 2 weeks in Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria and Germany - best trip and beer I've ever had. Anyway, we went on a whole "Martin Luther Tour" in Wittemberg and saw...