Recent content by LiquidAthlete

if it helps, another thing I like to do is while i'm steeping grains. I start my boil in another pot and add all my DME. I Have an electric wisk that I use and just go to town. I also add before the water boils for similar reasons. I find it saves me about 1/2 an hour of time also. I have never...

+1 on the strips. I'm going to look into thatmyself.

Idid a hard lemonade last year that took three attempts to get fermentation started. Once it took off it was great. I ended up mixing some of the must with a pack of yeast and put it on my sir plate. I think it was yopper who I got thexrip from. An old thread but work great. Good luck and enjoy.

I started getting a good feel for my recipies at this sight http://hopville.com/ .

"I did not think about the hot-side ariation issue so it might taste a little stale, but we'll see." I just was listening to an old brew strong podcast about hotside airation and they where saying that it isn't that big of a deal. The yeast will take care of a lot of the issues hotside...

I like your thought process. i don't know if it will be the best beer you ever make but unless you have contamination you should have beer. I had a problem once where I didn't have enough malt in a batch and I din't find out till everything had cooled and I pitched. The next day I added 3 lbs of...

My next door nieghbor does exactly what you are talking about. He owns a very small label that is distributed on Long Island and in Manhatten. To me there are two sides to this. The economic, and the purist. From the economic side, to actually take your idea and actually get it to market is...

I just bought from Austin homebrew. 50# for like 147.00 shipped. That was in sept. It seemed like the best price at the time.

Hamden. Who is your LHBS. I really don't have anyone right around the corner. I think Maltose is the closest. I buy frome them whe I can, but their prices are real high. I get cleaning stuff and steeping grains from them. sometimes hops or yeast.

I paid 146.00 including shipping from Austin hb for a 50 lb bag. I'm hoping having extra dme around gets me brewing more often. As much as SHE lets me!

I heard that also. i did a lot of looking for good price and went with Austin HB. Their prices seem to be the best and they seem to have awsome customer service. I had been buying kits from midwest but they where a good bit higher for DME. LME is tough in buk for storage. I also see Forrest...

We are all out there coming up with or trying everyone else's recepies. How much dme do you go through a year and where do you get it?

Just leave the lid on loosely. There is enough co2 pushing out anything bad. Let it ferment out without taking the lid off. once the primary fermentation is done 3 or 4 days clamp the lid back on. don't take it off though. you just don't want anything falling in... dust or bacteria. after two...

I do agree with suthrncmfrt though. I like to set it and let it rest. I understand the want to get it going quick though. Like time frames that don't work out.

I have never heard about freezing or cooling co2 tanks. I don't think you really need to do that. Where I go they exchange them anyway. By the time you got to the filling station the tank would be up to air temp. As for kegging, wait till you fill the tank first. After you fill the tank you...