Recent content by hopsfan76

Have fun... Great hobby. It can be as hard or easy as you want it to be

So i found this link a while back. actually the wife found it on pinterest. SO i am saving my good, decorative bottles, like Stone Brewery etc so i can create my own. ANy one tried it? I was thinking of making some, gifting them to friends or even selling a few on ebay, i dont know. anyway...

hahah, you customized your racking cane! im all about the mcgyver aspect of home brew. good work. even if it was by accident.

looks tasty. hops baby!

normal. curious, how long did it sit before bottling?

thats a good little trick, not that i worry about burning the bag, but just so i can get it out when I;m done with it. I have tongs somewhere but the wife seems to always comandeir my good kitchen tools. lol if i miss[pelled anything its because i am enjoying an arrogant bastard. drink up

Thank you! I'm all over it. Hope to have my sites up and running by next month, so thanks for the help

good to know im not the only one who needs to peak and take a whiff of my beer.

Hhaha, ya your beer will probably be fine. I have to resist the urge to jump in my batches as it is. So a little touch won't be a big deal. I think sanitation is important but I also think some people get a little freaked out by it too. Beer seems to do fine most of the time. Any time I have to...

I posted this question originally in the beginner brew forum then realized I might get a better answer here among the seasoned home brewers. So between myself and a few friends we have a few web pages in development and are looking to post some of our videos and brew reviews and beer related...

I have a few websites in development, mostly for fun, and with a few other homebrewers. we just wanted a place to showcase our efforts and have some fun but I was looking to see if there are home brew products that offer affiliate programs or offers that I can advertise on my pages. Honestly...

And because I no longer use my Carboy for secondaries, it has now become an additional primary. So I can get even more brews going at once. Usually I use it for cider, but I did double up some mr beer ingredients in it to make a 4.5 gal batch.

On the topic of secondaries... I did the same recipe twice, once using a secondary, once without. I don't know that I saw any difference either. It was just a straight forward IPA. I can see a possible need for secondaries with certain recipes but after about 10 batches under my belt, I would...

damn, I thought getting a buzz was a requirement in home brewing. Are you saying we should be doing it sober?

some bottles are better than others. I am a huge fan of sierra nevada bottles because they clean up so SOOO easy. And its no punishment to have to turn a case of full bottles into empty bottles so I can brew..hahha