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The other shop is north in Spring/Woodlands area called Brew it Yourself. They have a club that meets once month and I plan to make some of the meetings. They also do all-grain demos at times. The temp swings are a problem here. You are right about that. You defintely would need some kind...

For those of you who leave your beer in the primary for 2 or 3 weeks, are you using buckets or carboys? If I use a bucket instead of a carboy and leave it in the primary for 3 or 4 weeks am I risking oxidation? BTW, I live in the Houston area too. There are two brew shops in the area I...

What kind of reaction does he have to it? I went to an allergy doctor once and was told I was basically allergic to 90% of things. The only thing I ever have a reaction to is seafood though. Unfortunately, I love seafood and for a long time I said screw it and dealt with the reactions with...

So I went out of town for about 10 days. I asked my brother to come over and feed my fish. I should have specified that he NOT touch my thermostat. I specifically set my thermostat on 71F so my recently bottled batch would get happy in the bottles. I just got home to a cold house. My...

I'm a newbie here also so I don't know how much help I will be other than telling you what happened to my 2nd batch. A few hours after pitching the yeast I had vigorous activity in my airlock. The next morning I still had vigorous activity, but when I got home from work I had no activity. I...

Bingo... that's it... Paul's basement.. man that is impressive. People I show that to just about fall over. Good job Paul. meatman

Several weeks ago there was a thread on here with something to the effect of "Show us your full carboys." Well I wanted to show my buddy one guys basement loaded with full carboys and wine barrels. I have searched and searched, but can't seem to find it. Does anyone remember that post? I was...

Do you think transporting the bottles shook them up and caused that or contributed to it? Anyone else have a comment on that or experienced that? Had you open any of the bottles before to check the carbonation level? The reason I ask is I am going to be transporting some brew about 1200...

Do these temps for ales also apply once it is bottled? The place I am keeping my bottles right now ranges from 66 - 69. Is that too low?

Is it safe to assume that if your sg is 1.015 or less you won't have bottle bombs? Has anyone bottled with 1.015 or less and had a blow-up? Thanks.

Whoa...now I see why they are called bottle bombs. I guess if you open a bottle and don't have foam come out of the top you are most likely okay. I just popped open one of my Paulaner Oktoberfest after being bottled for 5 days just to check and I have some decent carbonation so far. Slight...

I read a lot about exploding bottles. What does that really mean? Are we talking flying glass across the room? Glass stuck into drywall? Or just a rupture and beer spews all over the place. Just in case I have my batch in a crate. The lid is partially on with so it doesn't get too warm in...

I wish I read some of these posts a few days ago. I bottled my 2nd batch Monday and probably should have done a couple of things differently. In hindsight I should have closed the spigot halfway on my bottling bucket. I have one of those bottling tubes and the brew was coming out too fast...

I've only done 2 5 gallon batches so far and cooling the wort down is a pain and you run a risk of infecting your batch while doing it if you splash water or ice in it. I haven't yet, but I definitely plan on making one. I can make one for $30 with parts from Home Depot. Next batch I will be...

I just bottled my 2nd batch that had some odd behavior that might give you some insight. It was a Paulaner Oktoberfest recipe, but I used an ale yeast so it needed to ferment around 65 - 72 degrees or so. I had extremely vigorous bubbles in the airlock for less than a day. No bubbles the rest...

I finished bottling some brew earlier. Should I still keep the bottles at the same temperatures I kept my primary at (68 - 72F)? I assume you want to keep the temperatures consistent at least for a few weeks after bottling. Is that right or if my temps get up to 74 - 75 F or get in the low...

Thanks for the feedback guys. Another question on this topic. After you sanitize where do you put your bottle caps, syphon, hose, etc. to prevent airborne bacteria from infecting it? I just finished sanitizing and I am about to syphon and bottle. I layed everything out on a tray layered...

How do you guys clean your auto syphon if you have one? It looks like only the end piece at the bottom of the syphon comes off. The other end pieces won't budge. It looks like they are glued on to me. I ran some light soap through the syphon and rinsed well then soaked it in idophor...

Just for clarification... do you mean that you leave your batch in your primary for 2 months before bottling? Thanks, meatman

I just cracked the lid on my bucket and took a look. It looks real good in there. I don't see anything that looks like foreign growth. I see some bubbles on the surface and some hops remnants. I took a sample and tested the sg. It is 1.014 - 1.015 right now which means it dropped since my...