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I really enjoted the German Altbier. A brew brew!

Dutch ovens are the best for camping. A small smoker would be nice too. http://www.macscouter.com/Cooking/DutchOven.html http://www.cowboyshowcase.com/dutch_oven_cooking.htm http://www.dutchovencookware.com/dutch-oven-recipes.html

Just give it time it'll look great oce bottled.

Stainless steel coffee travel mugs work well. They're insulated, and have thick tops for blocking the sun. Thereare some that hold like a quart at a time too. :mug:

I've made a wheat beer using every fruit I can get my hands on - strawberries included that's quite good. I wasn't crazy about the apple version but some people liked it. You didn't say if it was to be all grain or extract so I'm guessing extract. Deejay's Special Wheat For Fruits Extracts...

I've gotten into the habit of using Irish Moss in everything. Doesn't take much so what the hey ...

I vote for the stainless Steel hose braid

If you are thinking about AG but want to do a small batch in a 5 gallon cooler you could take up the space to provide for a deep grainbed by putting a large water filled plastic mayonaise or prezel jar in the middle of the braid to take up space. I've done that with my 10 gallon cooler - it...

I have a 10 gallon rubbermaid cooler but I don't see why it can't be done with any cooler with a threaded removable spigot. I removed the rubbermaid cooler spigot , added a primary bucket Spigot ($3), added a nylon straight T which threaded into the end of the spigot ($2), 2 - nylon barbed...

Maybe you could boil down to a thicker (more consentrated) wort in one pot and use the second for additional sterile water to bring it up to the needed volume. The extra water could be cooling while your mashing/sparging etc. so you wouldn't need to cool two pots. :o

I have a 3 month old 10 gallon rubbermaid cooler no problems yet. :ban:

I use the cheap muslin bags - a few minutes after I pull the bag out I turn them inside out to dump the contents rince it out well and throw in a bowl of sanitizer. No stains. But I won't hurt anything.

Just soak it in hot water with 1/4 cup of white vinegar - even get rootbeer out. Same for gaskets if their good but add 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar.

Congrats on your up in comming retirement! Fair winds and following seas to ya! I did 22 years myself shipmate, been civil service for the Navy since. I am in charge of the parties, both food and drink seems the most popular commercial brews in New England are Bud Lite (ewwww), Bass Ale, and...

Take the wife to Pumbaa's party, in front of her ask friends ideas about recipes for the wifes favorite brew, malt beverage or whatever and brag about building the new keggerator for the wifes incredibly temperture sensitive brew! :mug:

LME is not trash it's just that: 1) it looses it's freshness fast 2) it must be used quickly 3) it's HEAVY and costs alot to ship 4) bulky and harder to store 5) should be refridgerated after opening DME is: 1) easy to store 2) light weight cost less to ship 3) doesn't go bad...

Brewman - You should've waited until after the last frost. It's still to cold to plant. We wait until end of April early May here in CT, I don't expect it's much different in NY. Did you plant them in the snow? :confused:

Dude - Those rhizomes look really dry! dip them in some water and seal the bags until the night before you plant them, then soak them in a bucket of water over night. They'll take better. Good Luck! :mug:

Try soaking your rhizomes in a bucket of water over night before you plant them. Don't let the roots dry out before you plant. Root stocks need to be kept moist if they dry out they will probably die. If you get them early add a tiny bit of water to a ziplock bag and keep them in a cool place...

Got my hop rhizomes in Thrusday but we're having another cold spell so I have to wait a few weeks more. Their sprouting in the bag. Maybe the end of the month. I got 2 of each Brewers Gold, Kent Goldings, Hallertauer, Cascade and Liberty. There's a little paperback called Homegrown Hops...