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Combine the two, Get a cooler to fit your fermenter in then wrap your fermenter in PEX tubing that sticks out the top of the cooler. Pump cold water (or something) through the PEX until you reach temp. and it should hold for quite a while in a cooler. Check it once a day and adjust as...

I did toast the oats myself, just stuck them in the oven at 375 for 45 minutes. I am going to bottle it next weekend. Giving an extra week in the secondary since I hear honey is slow to ferment. By the way NQ3X - Coal Porter is a brilliant name for a beer.

I have an Extract Kit American Cream ale that I PM'ed a half pound of toasted flaked oats in. Mostly because I was dying to mash something! When I racked to the secondary, I was blown away by the color and body of it. I was inspired to add some honey to the secondary, leaving me with a...

Three Floyds Alpha King! I remember my first one of those quite dramatically. That was the beer that taught me what "hoppy" was. Kicked me in the teeth. I think I had 4 that night. Best of luck, let us know if you get close.

You will definately need an old toilet seat cut in half hanging somewhere in your brew-fort. All those old signs come to mind. "I am not slow I am not fast. . .I am half-fast." To the flea market!

The only problem here is that you aren't my neighbor. :mug: I am home with the boys and it is -5 out. If it was even a little bit warmer, I would load up the kids and head to the brew store so I could brew today. And I just brewed yesterday! The house down the block is for sale

Well ranted IowaHarry! I am sure we could all come up with some anecdote to give credence to that. Which is why that one solitary Con on my list of "why NOT to brew with your kids" has the potential to negate all the pros. It only takes one crazy person. Like most "adult" topics, you...

You are all hitting on my pro's. The only real cons to it are Societal ones, which can all be easily deflected. The presence of boiling wort and flames is a con as well, but learning safety is another life skill we all need. We are also having a good time fixing up the "BrewCorner" of the...

Hey all! Just finished up my second batch yesterday, (having an empty primary didn't make much sense to me). It was a snow day, so I and my 5 year old had the day off. As I was brewing he was there the whole time, helping measure and time things, smelling the grains and the hops. This...

I went to the LHBS last night and bought one of the 6 gal better bottles. I was debating for about 10 minutes whether or not to get one of those handles, I put the handle on, carried it around and decided that I didn't trust it. The other (non-brewer) customers thought I was nuts carrying...

Greetings from Central IL! Great Forum, I am having a ball and learning so much, this forum is keeping me sane while my first batch sits in the fermenter. Next batch is waiting to brew, just need to move the primary to the secondary. Here is my question, I couldn't find a thread specific...