Recent content by HopfulAddiction

When you are shopping for a new house and SHMBO looks around in the basement and suggests locations for the placing the keezer before the couch or TV.

How big of a vehicle? A box truck is recommended.

Personal experience is absolutely everywhere. Then again I live in Michigan so a typical dive bar 6 beer tap set up is bud, bud light, miller, miller light, coors, and two hearted.

I tried to put together a timetable that accommodated when my carboys were free and when things would be drinkable. It overwhelmed me. So bought more carboys now I just say OK I want a spiced ale for Christmas. It will take say 4 months to age so I need to brew it in august so it is ready in...

I have been reading the cider forum multiple days multiple hours and I am still utterly confused. Too many choices it seems The wife has charged me with making her a cider. She just purchased me 4.5 gallons of unpasturised, no preservative fresh cider froma spring press at the local cider...

Not sure what's going on. The beer is a Honey Amber extract brew with specialy grains 2.5 lbs of steeping grains 6.6 lbs of LME and 1 pound of Honey as teh fermentable matter. OG 1066 per the recipe and damn close on brewday. FG is 1012 per the kit's directions. So my situation: In...

I agree with New Belgum, and will add Dogfishhead and, Bells.. At least in what I drink dogfishhead is the easiest as is has only one label, whereas bells has 3. So Bells has the most to pick up off the bottom of the soak tub.

Same here but they are damn tasty. Well not really fan of those you listed but Shorts, ABC, and others. I trade my bottles with friends Bells bottle or buy them outright. The Bell's labels just fall right off in water.

My temps fluctuate in great ale temps 62 to 68, but if I can make it better by adding a few gallons of water to the 'shelf' I ferment on why not. Looks like i can only fit one container so primary it is.

Resurrection of an ancient thread, but seemed the best in my search. From what I gather even though I ferment in my basement, which fluctuates a few degrees. I Just so happen to ferment in a nice protected spot which just so happens to be in a laundry sink that never gets used. I should fill the...

Really cause I'm brewing my 1st kit and it calls for over 2 months before bottling 7-10 days in primary, and 2 months in secondary with the dry hops. The style is an IPA. Kit direction say rack to secondary when gravity is within a few points of final usually 7-10 days. Airlock was going...

Caused me to come back here. After 3 (mostly) drinkable Mr Beer kits and my wife upgraded my set-up yesterday.

I put my sugar in a microwave safe container with a small amount of water bring to boil and add the liquid to the bottles using small measuring spoons. worked great.

My scale only does up to an 1/8th oz increments. But it will measure one gram so I think I'll survive.:D

I haven't looked at my beer in a couple days. By Mr beer direction I could have bottled yesterday. I'll peek on it in a couple more. Just to see it.