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Is it truly necessary to boil the **** out of your jars when you're harvesting the cake?Wouldn't sanitizing (iodine,starsan,even bleach)the jars be enough?

Any Canadians on here ever been skiing in Smithers?I'm taking my 15 yr old son on a ski trip to there for his spring break.We'll be ferrying in to Prince Rupert from Ketchikan,Alaska and taking Greyhound to Smithers for 3 days skiing next week. Any info/comments welcome...

I'm fixin to do a witbier and i have the seed version of this spice.I'm assuming i need to crack those seeds,what's the procedure for doing that?I was planning on using 1/2oz for a 10-12 gal batch.Does that amount seem right?Thanks in advance...

SWMBO gets seed catalogs sometimes and the latest catalog,Burgess,advertises Nugget hop vines for sale.I assume they are rhyzomes but it doesn't say.Cost is 4.95$ each.What ya think?Comparable to homebrew supply suppliers...

I've got a Ranco controller hooked up to my keezer and have the freezer thermostat set all the way cold as is recommended by my HBT advisors...all good. Now i'm near ready to switch over to the "True" brand keg dispenser and want to know where to set the thermostat on that device,as i'm gonna...

With the price and availability of hops and not really giving a crap about aroma,we gave up aroma hops altogether over 6 months ago.I'm curious how many veteran homebrewers use em. Cheers:mug:

We recently acquired this old keg dispenser.It's the 69"3 keg model.It has 2 3" single tap towers.This sucker looks like it could hold 10 or 12 cornies.I want to drill out the existing towers to accomodate 2 faucets on each(at least).Does anyone have any tips or suggestios about how i do this.I...

There are a lot of photos scattered over many threads of brewing set-ups.I looked all over the web for pics and ideas for a simple sculpture.Maybe it'll help someone to see a bunch in one place. This was a fairly simple project. Cheers:mug:

Here she is!Everything worked good.Christened it with a boil-over.A paint job and an on/off switch will complete the project. Questions and comments welcomed. Cheers

A shout out to my fellow garage brewers.I use a garden hose for all my water needs.How about you? I usually remember to let it run for a moment first.Our beer still tastes great. Cheers

Got 40# of this in my last order and am wondering what to make with it.This is a base grain right?We make a lot of hoppy pale ales and wheaty ales and pilsner style lagers.Any suggestions?Thanks. Cheers:mug:

Weekend project.Burner legs are counter-sunk into the base.Pump,QDs,spigots,on the way.All said and done cost=800.00$.[/IMG] [/IMG] Cheers:mug: Platform 20"x72"

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You gotta love upgrades!First brew today with new pseudo single tier sculpture. 2 kettles on 2 burners with cooler mash tun in between.Got a pump coming and weldless valve assemblies for both pots.I like the newly made .5BBL keggle for boiling as it doesn't seem to want to boil-over like my...

What would be the easiest way to cut the top off of a 1/2bbl keg to make a brewpot out of it?Jigsaw..Sawzall...Cutting torch...?Any ideas out there?Thanks. Cheers:mug:

How big do you brew?Count your club brews too.We just brewed our 4th 12 gal batch today. Cheers:mug:

An Irishman walks into a bar and sees an old lamp on the end of the bar.He picks the dusty thing up and rubs it to see if it shines and POOF!! a genie appears!The genie says,"thank you very much,you have released me from my prison and for doing this i grant you three wishes".The Irishman then...

Order of progression: Extract kits(indoor brewing)5 Gal. All grain 6 gal. Wort Chiller 200# grain orders. outdoor(garage)brewing. Kegging. Keezer(4 taps). Today!!!!12 Gallon batch:ban: Shoulda done this sooner!It's true what they say,it's hardly any more work or time to double your...