Recent content by natebomb

Thanks for the replies, you've confirmed my worst nightmare....Force carbing it now and will feed to buddies this weekend haha. As for the primary, a bucket, can I just fill it with water and a cup or two of bleach and let it sit for a day or two then give it a good cleaning or is it garbage?

Great recommendation, hadn't thought of that.

Here's mine, still needs some finishing touches. The freezer door is chalkboard paint and I'm thinking of doing the main door the same....any comments? Also, still trying to figure out a type of door handle or I might just forgoe the handles all together. This is my first build and won't be...

Hey guys, quick question, I have access to two ice cream coolers similar to the pic posted for $25 each. I'm curious if I should risk it and attempt to build a keezer out of them or if I should just stick to a free freezer I can get locally. I like the design of the ice cream chest but not...

Hahaha, this was my option....I worked it out to about a $0.55 donation for each pint. Surprising how generous buddies are when 10 pints costs them less than $6 in Canada.

I too unfortunately do poo where I brew.

To keep this post relatively short, I'm going give a summary of what I've encountered. Using a Festa Brew Pilsener kit, I left my brew in the primary with a tight lid for 6 weeks for a variety of reasons, mainly just from being busy/lazy with life, school, work, etc. So, I lift the lid to...

Not sure if this works for you or not, $20 http://www.homebrewstuff.com/servlet/the-298/portable-co2-injector-ball/Detail

I'm kegging a brew and will have about 4 liters left over after the keg is full. My plan is to fill 2 2 liter bottles and I'm wondering how much sugar to put in. I've never bottled before let alone tried to improvise with a pop bottle. I'm also assuming that I use dextrose right? Thanks in...

I'm brewing a festa brew kit Blonde Lager as my first beer. SWMBO is privy to lagers and given the fact that I'm trying to start some major brewing, I figured I'd go with the blonde as the first one. After 2 weeks in primary and 2 weeks in secondary, I racked to the keg and tasted the beer...

Exactly, woke up mid sleep and realized that I'd have to make another investment. Man, this is an expensive hobby to get going eh? Still come out with cheaper and (hopefully) better beer in the long run!

Yeah, I'm trying to avoid bottling as best as possible due to certain SWMBO restrictions. What would the consequences be of drinking around the same amount from the keg and then siphoning the rest into the keg? Would I be able to get the carb levels back to normal relatively quickly?

I kegged my first brew and didn't realize that I should have had another container ready for the leftover beer. I have about a gallon of beer left in my carboy sitting on the yeast gunk. I just put the airlock back on and put it back in the dark. What is my best bet for using the rest of this...

I'm a weekend kind of drinker, one or two through the week, ramps up on Thursday usually to 10 or so, Friday the same, then Saturday usually 12-20 beer.....typical for the summer then it slows down in the winter, family, friends, pool and bbq just goes way too well with beer! As far as weight...

Great idea! (Like I said, no creativity on my part)