Thanks for the reassurance, guys. I'm going to clean the ever living **** out of them and move on. We have a lot of those earwigs running around this year, and it's so gross! GAH!!! I'm thinking of maybe stuffing the tubing with aluminum foil or something to detract them. I know that the...
I'm sorry to gross everyone out, but I'm not sure what to do! After my last brew I rinsed out all my equipment and stored it in my basement. I went down there to gather all my materials, and found a bunch of earwigs (pill bugs? silverfish? disgusting critters!!) in the tubing for my...
I found a guy on craigslist selling five glass carboys. He had pics and they all looked clean and well-maintained. Initially, he wanted $30 apiece, but I haggled him down to $20 apiece. Is this a good deal? At the HBS, they have new ones for sale for $36. We want to start making wine (we...
I'm really curious if any of the all-grain brewers could address Fadeux's question:
"If your goal is to be an all grain brewer, how much extract can you do to learn about the process before you are just wasting your time?"
I think this is a good question. Insights? What can extract...