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First, talk with your doctor about this. They know alot more about your condition than anyone here on the boards and can advise you better. All information given here is for informational purposes only. It should not take the place of professional medical advice. You have been warned. Having...

The GIMP bianary is 7.7 MB. You also need the GTK runtime environment which is 5.5 MB (make sure you get the right version for your Windows edition). Here is the link for the Windows port. I've used both the Windows version and the Linux version for ~8yrs now and would never use anything else.

Medicine. I'm about 3 months away from my MD. Word to the wise: Avoid all hospitals on July 1 (that's when all of the new interns start).

I think the wiki would be a perfect place. Is there some way to set up a review/editorial process so that noobs can still contribute but can't mess things up? I know some wiki software allows this kind of control. And if a noob (or anyone else for that matter) proves that they are helpful, they...

Thanks for all of the info guys. I really appreciate the help.

HB99- Thanks for that explanation. My current obsession is cask ale, so I appreciate you taking the time to go into detail. As a follow up question, what level of carbonation are we looking for prior to venting? I remember from some of your earlier posts you recommend halving the priming sugar...

You could start a blog for your homebrewery and keep people updated on what you are doing. They could comment on the different posts and whatnot. Also, you could start up a google group (or any other free forum) for the homebrewery where you guys could go to chat, etc. This is what I am in the...

HB99: Can you explain this. I would think adding priming sugar wouldn't change the time required, as you still have to allow for the secondary fermentation. Or does the addition of priming sugar allow for a rapid rise in yeast count that would speed up the secondary fermentation?

Sorry if this seems like a silly question, but why is it recommended to prime a cask conditioned ale given that it is eventually vented with a target co2 of one volume? In CAMRAs cellarmanship document they say it's optional. If so, would there ever be an advantage to priming?

Brewhead: I really wish I could go through the beer faster, but I can't due to work/school schedules (and it's gonna get a lot worse come July with an 80+ hr work week). I try to average at least a beer a day for "health" reasons ;) , but I can't always do that. BernieBrewer: I completely...

Just for the sake of argument, why does everyone assume bigger is better? Or that bigger is inevitable? I drink most of what I brew, and even with giving some away a 5gal batch of beer lasts me about 2months. If I went to 10gal it would last me 4mo roughly. Given that I would like to brew about...

At least she is drinking something that is remotely related to beer. If you were dating one of those "Oh, I don't drink beer, just liquor" girls you might have a tougher road ahead of you. Having said that, I have found that girls tend to take to hefeweizens pretty well. Try picking up some...

So as I was pondering my situation last night, I went to the basement to retrieve a beer. As I opened the top to my old picnic cooler, I had an epiphany: "Hey, wait a sec! I have an old picnic cooler!!!" [insert "you idiot" here]. It's an old rectangular Coleman cooler @ around 52qt if my...

Initially the reason I wanted to do small AG batches is because I can only boil on my stovetop for the time being and couldn't boil the requisite volume for a 5gal batch. The amount of work isn't an issue for me, as I get just as much fun out of the brew day as I do in enjoying the endpoint...

I actually had the stopper fall in the primary on my 1st IPA. Nothing bad happened. I think dibby might be on to something, especially if you throw the stoppers in to a glass primary. I could sit and watch them rise and fall on the bubbles all day. Kinda like watching the washing machine.:D

I definitely recommend getting a carboy and do a secondary. For me it made a big difference in clarity and flavor of my beer, and cut down on the sediment in the bottle. Let us know how it works for you. :mug:

After reading a number of threads about mash tun coolers, I have decided to make one. Size wise, I am looking for something that I can do an AG 2.5-3 gallon batch in as well as a 5gal partial mash. I was thinking a 3gal cooler would do the trick, but wanted to see if anyone thought differently...

I brewed an IPA this summer that took an extra month to carbonate. When I tasted it early on it was very sweet and flat, so I just kept all the bottles in a warm spot for 2weeks and moved them to cellaring temps for another 2. Now they are perfectly carbonated. From the sound of it, the pssst...