Recent content by jeffersonjames

I know this is going against the rest of the very good advice here, but, I use a 5 gal kettle for 5 gal batches of extract brew. I would go 10 if i had the room and will when i buy a new house and a propane burner. With a smaller kettle I can only boil 2.5 to 3 gallons of wort. I mix the wort...

Hey, I am a Sr. Designer for a Pool Manufacturer. I use CAD everyday for work and as a way to layout future art projects. The biggest word of advice would be to learn some key commands.

Welcome from Upstate NY! When I joined I started off small with a kit. I bottled once and then went straight to kegging. Now I have a pretty nice set up. I hope you enjoy this new hobby and group. There is a lot of useful knowledge here.

A good rule of thumb is - if your water taste good at room temp, then it will taste good in beer. Another note is to not use tap water if it has to go through a salt based water softener system. With that said I always buy 5, 1 gallon jugs of spring water. Its pre-measured, cheap and super...

The Pink Floyd reference makes me think of The Mars Volta. I have been re visiting them lately after quite a few years and it immediately got me thinking of Tool. It has been awhile since I listened to them and this thread has convinced me it has been too long. With that said are there Mars...

If you brewed 5 gal you will need at least 48 bottles. 50 to be safe. If you hold off a bit till you have the bottles your beer will not be affected in a bad way.

This thread inspired me to try a deep dish in a skillet. Usually I stick with a pizza stone, NY style. I may retire the pizza stone and use the skillet for now on.

I have added 2oz to last 10 min and another 4oz in primary and the vanilla flavor and aroma was very distinct.

The first beer I made was an ale clone. You can check various sites like midwest brew supplies. They sell good kits with instructions that are easy to follow. They also have a free dvd that you can get. I agree that putting together a recipe is better than a kit but it can be daunting when...

I think I have become used to endings sucking. I will have to check out BSG and see what a good wrap up is.

I was once a huge fan of heroes. There is a point that it starts to kinda suck...and by kinda I mean it really sucks. With that said the first two seasons and some of the third makes it one of my favorites. I plan to start it over soon. I also loved lost and am currently finishing the last...

Ooops...sorry for all pics. I was adding them on the android app and it kept saying it crashed.

I put 2 taps through the front without any issues.

This is what I built mine out of. I just cut out the shelving. It was a little messy and not as pretty to look at but it works great. I used white duct tape to fix the cosmetics.

I'm afraid not.