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• Posted in thread: Plastic corks too small for my champagne bottles on 10-07-2006 at 09:02 PM
  sigh......well, anyone know where I can get some EU champagne plastic corks, then?thanks

• Posted in thread: Plastic corks too small for my champagne bottles on 10-06-2006 at 10:36 AM
  I have an assortment of 750ml champagne bottles, including chimays, saison, corsendonk, some
  goofy looking monk guy, etc. The plastic corks I purchased (the same ones all over the world,
  I'm sure) are...

• Posted in thread: Here goes- first brew! on 09-23-2006 at 01:18 AM
  video of fermentation. I can't believe how much activity there is. (10 seconds, 5 MB!! sorry; I
  tried to compress it more, but then you couldn't see inside the carboy!)forget it. link
  deleted. video s...

• Posted in thread: Here goes- first brew! on 09-23-2006 at 12:55 AM
  Sweet! I use a bucket for my primary, so I never get to see the action. Looking good. I hope
  you sanitized that little bowl you put on the mouth of your carboy.Yes, I sanitized the bowl,
  but now I'm f...

• Posted in thread: Here goes- first brew! on 09-22-2006 at 11:54 PM
  The beer has been at 72 F the last few hours. The water bath went well, but I need to figure
  out how to keep it steady.Do you keep the beer at the same temperature for secondary
  brewing?Pictures!why I...

• Posted in thread: Here goes- first brew! on 09-22-2006 at 07:24 PM
  I ran out of sanitized water when transferring to primary and only have about 4.5 gallons of
  beer. Is it too late to add water? Would that mess up the beer? Would it make a difference at
  all?

• Posted in thread: Here goes- first brew! on 09-22-2006 at 06:23 PM
  Come to think of it, there was tons of movement. Something has to be doing that!Guess I'm
  nervous. I know, I know, don't worry have a homebrew, or somesuch.Good advice!How I learned to
  stop worrying a...

• Posted in thread: Here goes- first brew! on 09-22-2006 at 06:15 PM
  Now that I'm at work, uh...working...I can reflect on my beer. Am I getting ahead of myself
  thinking that I have krausen in just 5 hours? Is it more likely to be just leftover who knows
  what from the ...

• Posted in thread: Here goes- first brew! on 09-22-2006 at 05:01 PM
  Excellent! I assume that, since you are getting some foam action, that you also have airlock
  action?Yeah, well, that was kind of an issue due to the equipment I've inherited, but... you'll
  see. It's s...

• Posted in thread: Here goes- first brew! on 09-22-2006 at 04:55 PM
  ssnnnooooorrrrreeeeeeHe's still asleep :)No I'm not! We've got KRAUSEN-SIGN!At 6:15 AM on the
  last day of summer of the year 2006 James made his first...well, we'll find out in a few weeks
  what it is....