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WHOA! Congrats! I am really looking forward to trying this beer.

Did you end up getting a full five gallons out of the fermenter? Seems like I am going to lose a lot.

I just brewed this yesterday. A crazy amount of hops. Does anyone filter the hops or screen them before bottling? Or do they pretty much sink to the bottom of the fermentor and you siphon of the top?

I am going to brew this kit this weekend. What did you guys think of the beer?

I just don't have to equipment to lower the tempature to 40 degrees after the fermentation. That's why I want to stay away from a larger. The. CA common uses a larger yeast, but it doesn't need to be brought down to 40 degrees after the fermentation.

I am looking for a beer and yeast that I can ferment at 50 degrees. I am on travel for work often and do not keep the house at a constant temperature. But my basement is always about 50 degrees. Besides a California common, I haven't found anything else I can ferment at that temperature. I do...

One of the reasons for the small kit is I spend a lot of my time at a condo that I travel to for work. I don't want or have room to cart all my brew stuff back and forth. I saw the one gallon brews setup and figured it was best for the condo brewing. I have watched a few videos on youtube and...

I think i will make/buy the equipment for a 5 gallon set up. I will still use it for small 1-2 gallon brews. Thanks everyone for their help.

Has anyone tried the 1 gallon all-grain kits from Austin Homebrew? I have a bunch on extract brewing experiance, but never have done all grain. I think this would be a good start to get into all grain. I was looking for sample instructions on the site but couldn't find any. I don't this this...

I would love it more if my hops came up. I planted them April 11 and they still haven't come up yet. I am getting impatient. I am watering them every other day. Hopefully they will come up soon. Anyone in the Boston / Providence area have their hops break ground yet?

Nice set up. I am really impressed. Anymore pictures of the trellis?

I would like to see pics when your done... Post them up!

It's 8ft tall.

My hops are on order, hopefully they come in soon. I plan on growing them on this arbor I build last year. If all goes well, I will post more pics of the arbor covered in hops.

Thanks, I didn't even bother looking at the bag instructions. Stupid... I read the instruction sheet 5 times trying to figure it out.

I am going to brew my AHS American IPA I in a few days. I bought the BrewVint Yeast Fuel, along with the White Lab California Ale V051. When do I add the yeast fuel? I can't find it any where in the instructions.

I actually used a carriage bolt (sanitized of course) to pry it out. I am going to leave more hanging out next time. And I may have to order a larger stopped. I am using the one that came with my kit.

I am going to rack to the secondary, but I can not get the stopper from my blow off tube out of the primary. I tried using the back of a spoon, everything and I can not put it out. Any tips? I should mention I am using a better bottle and a rubber stopped. Thanks

I am going to brew a 5 gallon extract batch and place it in my 6.5 gallon better bottle carboy. I will use a blow off tube. I usually switch to a airlock about a week into the fermentation. I won't be around to switch out the blow off tube to and airlock. Is it OK to leave the blow off tube...

I finally pulled the trigger and bought the Better Basic Starter Kit w/ plastic carboy and an additional Better Bottle Plain 5 Gallon carboy as a secondary. While I was at it I got 3 extract kits, Honey Brown Ale, Sierra Madre Pale Ale and the Irish Red Ale. I am going to do my first batch...