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First time! Just sealed up 5 gallons 26,301.5

I would guess the first number indicates the year and the last 3 are the day of that year. So yours would be the 318th day of 2012, which is November 14th. Sorry for all the edits, feeding the baby right now.

I've exclusively brewed with tap water with great results, but our tap water tastes great (apparently Louisville pioneered water filtration or something). Early on my beers weren't as good as they are now, but that's because I was fermenting at room temp (around 75*) and now I can control it to...

Awesome, thanks. That's at least somewhat reassuring. I'm still hoping to brew tomorrow, but I'm definitely going to wash it and boil again a couple more times first.

Here's what the pot looks like after the boil.

I agree that it looks like calcium. The thing is, I've used tap water for every batch so far, with no issues. The only change is the pot and the propane burner. Could it be some kind of residue on the pot reacting to the water? Like maybe I didn't rinse it well enough. Should I try to boil...

So I just picked up an old turkey fryer from a guy on craigslist. He said he used it once, so I made sure to scrub it really good (just used regular dish soap). I'm planning on brewing tomorrow so today I filled it with regular water and boiled it for an hour to build up the oxidation layer...

I can't help with the mashing, but I made a batch of the cream and all my light beer drinking friends loved it. I fermented too high for my taste, though, so watch that if you're not into those weird flavors.

Nice! I appreciate the tips! We're planning on moving within the next year or two. I was planning on planting the rhizome in the ground and just digging it up when we move, but should I consider potting for now to make transplanting easier? Like I said in my first post, I didn't exactly...

Nice! Did you start yours in pots and are planning on transplanting, or are you growing them in the pots?

ha! Very much so. I want some hops!:D

So I made a spur of the moment decision to buy a rhizome at my LHBS this past weekend. I've been thinking about growing for a while now, but I hadn't researched it at all. After seeing some of the rhizomes on here (especially the ones beerloaf currently has for sale), mine looks kinda...

I'm about to do my first PM using the same method so I've been researching things a lot lately. From what I've found, I would probably mash with your total volume, ignoring the golden rule. Then your "sparge" would be to drain your grain bag, squeezing the bag to get as much wort as possible...

FWIW, my wife and I LOVE BBC's food and beers.

Thanks for the help! I'm absolutely looking to get into all-grain, but right now it's either buy equipment or brew again (it's been a year since I've been able to brew, and we just had a baby, so hobby money will probably be low for a while). I would get the best results from mashing everything...

I'm trying to venture outside of my extract brewing world and do a partial mash, and I'd like some help covering a recipe. I'm going to brew the Rapture Russian Imperial Stout recipe on here (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/rapture-russian-imperial-stout-255890/). I'm planning on using 3 cans...

Thanks everybody! My step-son is almost 9, so I'm not completely new to this thing (although I did get to skip the first three years...). Mentally I don't think I could be more ready for this -- we've been trying since we got married a few years ago, with no reason for why it wasn't happening...

I've been dying to tell since we found out 3 weeks ago, but wanted to wait until we went to the doctor to find out if everything was okay. She's around 8 weeks now, and everything looks great! It's all pretty surreal still -- it hit me pretty hard right away, and I immediately started...

It should be reallllly sweet with all that DME! Haha

There's no signs of melting or anything yet. I've only been using it a couple days though.