Recent content by Superbad

I'm about to bottle my first batch this evening, and I want to first of all thank you guys for all the help you provided! Couldn't be here today without the friendly advice. Question 1: I am going to sanitize my bottles with StarSan for the first time tonight, and it says on the bottle that...

Do any of you use the oven route? Any tips on how to do that would be appreciated since our dishwasher's labels are all pretty much faded off and it's impossible to tell the specific settings. Thanks!

Thanks guys for all the help and taking the time to post such great information on this site. Could not have gone without it! When should I expect to see fermentation really start to kick up? Also, since I'm using a bucket as my primary, I can't really see what is going on inside. I would...

I was just asking in case I couldn't find a 5 gallon that had a spigot built in. I don't think I would have the tools to drill a hole and attach a spigot, so I was wondering whether it was possible to just create a normal siphon and do it that way. Thanks again for all the help, it is much...

Thanks for the help guys! Revvy, could i use that setup and just siphon into a bottle filler instead of getting the spigot attached? Or are there models that come like that? I just don't have the tools to get anything like that done at the moment...

Hey guys, first post on the forum but I've been reading some great tips! My first kit is in the mail and on the way, and while I've been reading about the various steps, I have begun to realize that having a bottling bucket of some kind is just about a necessity. Unfortunately I only have...