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I've been using my Danby 4.4 CF refrigerator with my CO2 tank in the fridge with a picnic tap. I decided I didn't want the tank inside and I wanted the capability of adjusting pressures independently to the 2 kegs. I've got the gas side completed and I am waiting to get the funds to buy the...

I watched this and started crying! Helium Beer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V9QHBgrPNY&feature=player_embedded

I used my kegging system to bottle my mead today and It worked quite well. I just added a small piece of tubing to the picnic tap and then installed a bottling wand to that. The picnic tap makes it very easy to control the flow of mead when the bottle is almost full reducing the waste from...

I started early this morning! Happy Independence Day everyone! mug:

I never thought I would do it but I graduated with a BS in Information Technology! I'm so relieved and thankful that I can't put it into words. :mug:

I will finally be done with school in a week and a half! To celebrate I'm going to brew a beer. I'm craving a nice malty, balanced beer so I'm going to try an Irish Red ale. I've looked at the style guidelines and I have worked up a preliminary recipe for 3 gallons. I use grams for the hops...

I have been thinking about sealing my mead bottles with wax. I have sealed beer bottles before with sealing wax I purchased at the LHBS. I did it for the look because I gave the beer as gifts for Christmas. I make candles as another one of my hobbies so I am contemplating a way to make a...

I always cold crash my beers before kegging as it helps clarify the beer. I kegged a batch of my honey ale today and only got about a gallon into the keg. I popped the lid and found that the fermenter is filled with layers of thin ice! That is when I looked at the thermometer in the fridge and...

The guy at AirGas told me today that some homebrewers have expressed to him that Steal CO2 tanks have imparted undesirable flavor to their beers. I have used both steal and aluminum tanks and I have never noticed a difference. I went ahead and exchanged my tank for a steal one but now I'm...

I am on-track to graduate in June with a BS in information Technology. Twelve more credit hours and I will have made it. It is finally sinking in that I am almost done and I can't wait. After three years of working overnights and going to school full time, I am looking forward to once again...

I converted a glass beverage dispenser into a 2 gallon fermenter. I was looking for Number of features: 1. Glass or clear plastic so I can see what's going on in there 2. Wide opening so fruit or other stuff can be added or removed as needed 3. 2 gallon size to be used as a fermenter for 1...

I started the mead yesterday (Jan 20, 2015) and I want to document its progress through the entire fermentation up to bottling. I modified the recipe in that I pealed the orange and left the rind out of the mead. I did not use any cloves. I followed the recipe other than that. Bubbling...

I am planning on making a batch of mead here soon and I came up with the idea of a Pomegranate Melomel. I'm planning on a three gallon batch. It has been a long time since I attempted a mead and the result back then was a very high grade rocket fuel. I've been looking at the information on mead...

I am planning on making a small batch of mead soon and I m looking for a supplier of quality honey in the Denver metro area. Are there some good honeys available here or will I have to get what I can from the grocery store?

Finally! A brew day! Not much school work this weekend, it is crappy outside, and I am brewing. Life is good!:mug:

I received this in an e-mail from The Brew Hut. Thought I'd pass it along. Vote for The Brew Hut! We applied for a Mission Main Street Grant for small businesses that would allow us to create new classroom space at The Brew Hut. We need at least 250 votes to be eligible to...

I was going to brew early this morning but I couldn't sleep so I brewed REALLY early. I started milling the grain at 4am. I brewed Yooper's Cream Ale https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/ag-cream-ale-33242/ Everything went pretty smooth with the exception of the hose slipping off of the spigot of...

I really need to get my apartment brewing system down pat. My last batch, a brown ale was so good it brought tears to my eyes. Well the tears really started flowing when I blew the keg the other night. I thought I had much more left. Now I am out of home brew and I won't brew again until next...

I've got plenty of glass carboys but recently I have started using plastic buckets again for my fermenter. I purchased a Brewer's Best bucket from my LHBS and when I got it home I found out it doesn't have an O-ring in the lid. I contacted them and they said their lids don't contain an O-ring...

Saw the add at the top of HBT this morning, went to the web site, read the reviews, and purchased one. https://www.cool-brewing.com/ That was some effective advertisement! I think this will be my solution to reducing fermentation temps in the apartment. I will also be interested to se if...