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• Posted in thread: 14 year old homebrew on 05-18-2012 at 09:10 PM
  My litle girl helps me bottle my brews. Last year, we did the Northern brewer No.1, which is a
  really strong Old Ale. We used a gold cap for one bottle instead of the usual silver. That one
  is marked ...

• Posted in thread: Stick with extract for fun and beer on 09-12-2011 at 08:51 PM
  I've tried a few BIABs, and it's OK, but I'd just as soon use that extra hour and a half on
  something else. There are so many great Northern Brewer kits I have to get through that I know
  I'll be drink...

• Posted in thread: Barley Wine did not carbonate on 07-07-2011 at 01:25 PM
  I'm in the same boat right now. My first bottle was completely flat. About two or three weeks
  later, though, the next one was lightly, but nicely carbed. I've never made a beer as big as
  this one--it'...

• Posted in thread: full boil question on 05-17-2011 at 08:50 PM
  Don't know if the twang you're getting is really due to only boiling 4 gallons and adding
  extract late. Something else might be going on. 4 gallons is a pretty decent size for a partial
  boil, and if y...

• Posted in thread: Bucket heater piggybacking a hot plate on 03-03-2011 at 10:59 PM
  I use two bucket heaters. It gets 5 gallons boiling pretty good. Actually one alone would
  probably almost do it, so I am sure it would work with a hot plate.

• Posted in thread: Favorite non-homebrew to buy to use to bottle on 03-03-2011 at 05:32 PM
  Goose Island bottles are great. I got two cases of them from my brother in law. I started
  soaking them in Oxi-Clean for a half hour and all the labels were floating at the top. Zero
  effort to remove t...

• Posted in thread: Anyone ever tasted Krausen? on 02-21-2011 at 06:21 PM
  I had some huge blowoff on my last one, so I gave it a taste. It was incredibly bitter.
  Couldn't get rid of the taste in my mouth for a couple of hours.

• Posted in thread: Corn Sugar and BIG Beer - question on steps... on 02-11-2011 at 06:59 PM
  When I made the Northern Brewer No. 1 kit a few weeks ago I just dumped in the four bags of
  sugar(!) at flameout. I really don't think it matters too much, but I saw no sense in boiling
  the stuff. It ...

• Posted in thread: Coopers Real Ale Recipe on 02-10-2011 at 12:04 AM
  Sounds perfectly reasonable. That will be a good yeast, too. The Coopers yeast is fine, but it
  gets a bit boring after awhile. I'm sure you'll be very happy with this--especially since it's
  really eas...

• Posted in thread: Coopers Real Ale Recipe on 02-09-2011 at 06:07 PM
  +1 for the DME..If you want to add a little more without a headache simply steep 4oz of
  crystal40 at 150 for about 30min. in 1 gallon of H2O. Put the crystal40 tea water into your
  brew pale and add th...