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Someone should do an experiment. 5gal simple beer. Split into 2, be very gentle with one to limit oxygen. Then put a ton of oxygen in the other half. Split a pack of dry yeast. Then see what happens.

Also a can prevents skunking. Brown bottles block a lot of bad uv rays but not all. The can blocks all light. Therefore preserving the wonderful hop flavor.

Kitchen gas stoves have this problem too. Max I could get going was about 3 gal, then I just added water. I had a couple of extract with specialty grain batches that never boiled well and turned out.

Could also look into the party pigs, or tap a draft systems. I have not tried any if the systems yet. But I am looking for something myself. Just don't have the space for the cornie keg setup.

Toss it now!!! In one or two more weeks it will crawl out and we will have the Swamp Thing 2. Oh no. ... I have no idea what is going on.

My buddy Ace, having some fun in the sand playing fetch. 1.5 years old and still has more energy than i thought possible.

Nice. I like. But seriously how many people have one of those.

Make and enjoy what you like to drink. Who cares what anyone else thinks.

Looks like active fermentation. Try a blow off tube instead of the air lock.

Love flyfishing. Don't get out nearly enough.

So I tried the Marshalltown heater. It helped heat the water much faster. It would the take the wort to a boil then shut down, and repeat. It seems like the internal controller lets it get to a boil the shuts it down till it stops boiling. I'm sure the beer will still taste fine. A nut...

I will go with the $40 one. If it works well, great, if not, oh well it is not expensive.

Thanks for the suggestion. So how well does that MARSHALLTOWN heater work? Is it reliable?

Sometimes crazy is a good thing. ;-)

http://www.homebrewstuff.com/15-boiling-brew-heater-controller.html I was thinking of trying one if these. Does anyone have any experience with this? Does it work well? My main use would be supplementing my rather weak gas stove. I have only done extract brewing to date. And may go to...