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I agree 100% but I am willing to give our legislators and those controlling their puppet strings another year considering the progress that was made in 2010. However, if next spring homebrewing is still illegal I will to help organize a state wide Wort Making Day.

Good advice. I may have to try this.

I've got a 20 gal. aluminum pot for my HLT, a 60 qt cooler with copper manifold for mash and lauter tun and a 15.5 gal keggle. I went with this setup for the same purpose as you. I probably do half and half 5 and 10 gallon batches. 5 gallons when I'm experimenting or doing high gravity beers and...

You should look into your sanitation practices post boil. Is everything touching the cooled wort sanitized? How do you cool and transfer from the boil kettle to fermentor?

When using liquid yeast and I'm starting from a vial or smack pack. I've reused yeast a few times and have started planning my brews around using lower gravity beer to grow yeast for my higher gravity batches.

Both are good points and would have been my next recommendations. No...really they would have been. I'm not just riding Juan's coattails.

With your description it could be a number of things so I'll start with the water. How do you get your water(sink, spigot) and do you treat it (filter, 5.2, brewing salts, campden tablets, let it sit for 24+ hrs....)? Also, does your water have a chlorine smell? Just trying to get the full...

Brewing this recipe soon. Did you toast your flaked oats? I toasted some last night for the first time and like the smell and taste.

That's good to hear. This is the method I use and it has not required a blow off tube since going to a water bath. I was curious about the temp difference between water and wort.

This may end up getting edited b/c I've never tried to add a link to a post. This thread, stainless-steel-quick-disconnects talks about and gives the part number for McMaster Carr quick disconnects. All valves, pump inlet and pump outlet have the same QD and all tubing has the mating piece on...

I like my QDs. They do get hot so I use a towel to grab when disconnecting.

Maybe some of us have a more refined buzz palate.

Damn...so that's the secret to the Chillzilla!

The wife and I are going Saturday. Have fun.

First, I would like to say this spreadsheet is great. I've been using it over the past year and my beers have improved. Thanks TH. Second, I don't think you have to try and hit the gnats ass with this spread sheet. Use it as a guide but rely on your experience to modify the next batch. This...

Sorry, I forgot what day it was and bit hard on this one. Business as usual in AL politics.

Dry hopping a IIPA and brewing a APA.

I'm guessing the rating is for the size of the aquarium. Do you have any other info from in or on the box? If not, do you have a link to the manufacturer?

+1 on the Nook and I've only been to the JClyde once and really liked the atmosphere there. Let us know when you will be in Hsv. Maybe meet for a beer or stop by and try what's on tap at the house.

The bill hit a bump in the road. The ABC wants us to change the wording of the bill so wine can not be interpreted as distilled spirits. Funny thing is if they were to read it there is a line in the bill stating just that. However, that is not the big hurdle. There is a lobbyist for the Alabama...