Recent content by Mike35673

I have no interest in doing this, I was just curious what the scam is.

I swear on a typical 4 hour drive, I will hear 5 of these commercials on the radio, all from different companies. Has anyone ever tried these things? I'm assuming it's a scam......the commercials make me furious with their veiled lies about it being a "government buyout" and "the credit card...

I use both. I use a cleaner like the LD no-rinse or Oxy Clean to clean my bottles and my equipment. I have used idophor in the past but have now switched to star-san which I find preferable. I do go through oxy-clean fairly quickly when I scrub botles and remove labels. The star-san I have I...

I think the film I described is from the glue on the labels themselves. I will use my 6.5 gallon bottling bucket and fill it and remove a case or two of labels...That probably gets a little gummy in the solution.

Beat me to it. Exactly what I did. I had an ugly film on mine after an Oxy_clean bath but after a quick dip in a starsan bath, that came off with no effort at all and I had clean sanitized bottles.

So after another week in primary, it stayed at 1.032. Again, the sample tasted GREAT..i mean GREAT. Now it is in the bottles. I'm excited.

Yeah and I am still a fairly green noob so when this guy, who I would expect to be an expert, tells me this, it gives me pause. Trust me, I went home and chewed him out -to myself of course -.

Kuhennen's(could be spelled wrong). Mound and Old Chgo. Ive been to cap and cork, but they are quite a bit more expensive, on everything.

I agree this place far and away educates me and is a great resource. But I want to believe a LHBS would be helpful, knowledgable and courteous. After all, more homebrewers mean more sales for them right? DUMB

I thought I was pretty clear about wanting to brew it now. He appears to be the classic snobbery kinda ******-y guy. While I was browsing the shelves, I overheard him and two other guys laughing because some guy didn't take a FG rading of his wine. With the "what a dumbazz" kind of attitude...

That Costco kit is by far the best deal I have ever seen for a starter kit.

I was asking him what he felt about two Brewer's Best kits..An American Cream ale and a Blond Ale. Telling him I wanted to brew them now, so they would be ready and peaking around spring/summer. He tells me that this is stupid cause he guarantees they will go bad by then. Thats what he said...

It's December, so I thought this would be a great time to brew a nice golden ale for the summer months. I really want to get this brew as clear as possible and could use some tips on best place to pick up a kit. I checked out Austin and was curious if you guys felt the upgrade from the dry...

Well I am happy to say I took a FG sample and drank said sample after testing and I didn't taste anything funky!!! Just flat!!!

Interesting. I have a Russian Imp Stout in the primary and it is entering week 2. It might be a good idea to take it to my cooler basement for a final week before bottling? FG right now is about 1.032, so it might be close. I will check again before I move it. Are you guys saying this is a...