Recent content by tharlanjr

I am planning to condition a brew for a few months but I wanted to see the best way. Should I age it in a secondary carboy for a few months then bottle a month or two before drink time or bottle it after a month or two and let it age in the bottles? I am wanting to make an Octoberfest so...

Well it looks awesome. Have you thought about putting the taps on the side? Might look kinda funny but they will be out of the way and you can have the larger chalkboard ones.

How did you mount the wood on the doors? How does the inside look?

Maybe something like this would interest you... http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/v-vessel.html Its only 6gal, but you can ferment in this then remove the sediment without disturbing the beer very much. I have been checking this thing out, looks like it would be pretty handy. Hope this...

sweet, g;ad to know I should be ok. I have been tasting it the whole time. From right after boil. when we transfered to secondary then when we bottled it. Our first batch was an American wheat, it only calls for 2 weeks in the primary then bottle it. We did a little more than two weeks in...

Well, I started my 2nd batch tonight and bottled my first batch. I got a couple concerns I figured I would post up about. When I was using the auto-siphon it would get air pockets no matter how I tried to get it going. So oxygen was introduced to the beer. Not a lot, but a bit. Am I in...

username tharlanjr cool forum over there...

Did you make sure the bubbles were off the meter? Check it again...

Wow, someone has issues... OP, sucks that happened to ya. If your going to be making more orders like this maybe build a container to store the box. Just put a note for the delivery person to see.

I have this also, works awesome. I had it pretty low on my first run and it was still easy to control. Remember to stir and control the flow when adding hops to control the boil and you won't over flow.

First batch is in the primary!!! We were kind of unorganized, but it went pretty smooth otherwise. Now its time to RDWHAHB...

The burner is MASSIVE, I wasn't expecting it. I figure with this combo I won't have a problem doing a 5gal full boil.

Got the Kettle and burner today!!! The burner is HUGE!!! This is the pot. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009JXYUA/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 This is the burner... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009JXYQY/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Having our brew day on Sunday! Pretty stoked!

Welcome, I am getting ready for my first brew day also. I am not NAVY, but I work down at the 32nd st Naval station. I've been hopping back and forth between the Cleveland and the Bonhomme Richard. Good luck with your first batch and keep us updated!

Do you have the model # for that fridge? Looks good! I wanna give it a shot.