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So I'm about to try my first Kombucha brew and have a few questions... Do I have to open ferment or can I just use a normal airlock or leave a jar lid loosely capped? I have dogs and I don't want the stuff to get too crazy. That's all for now. Any beginner tips are appreciated. (Sorry...

Please forgive my lazy drunken self... I even searched though the thread for "yeast" but couldnt find if anyone had done experiments with this recipe to find if one yeast works better than another. If I'm gonna wait for 2 years I'd really like to have the best possible results ;] If nobody...

did your brew ever mellow out? mine is the same way. all bitterness and alcohol, guess ill let it age out.

also, keep about 3-5lbs of DME or LME on hand just in case you rock your efficiency on the first batch or just can't get the sugars you thought you would on the second run. That way you don't end up with a 1.5-2% beer that's not worth your time and effort! A refractometer is really nice to...

When my buddies and I get together on brew days we always partygyle! We took the second runs from a milk stout, an IPA, and a belgian tripel, and got a decent 5.5% dark ale. It wasn't necessarily to style but hey it's free beer and it's pretty good too. We also ran seconds on my graham...

Just checked on this one and it's still got a good third of an inch of krausen hanging at the top after almost 20 days. I think the graham crackers might of had something to do with that, has anyone else had this happen? Im going to give it 2 or 3 more days and then throw in the vanilla beans...

Has anyone tried this recipe subbing the bakers chocolate for Hershey's unsweetened dark powered cocoa in the boil? I've got a little over 4 oz of that sitting around and wondering if there's a reason not to use this? Thanks for sharing this recipe, ill be doing this brew over the weekend.

Haha, no problem. We even have a guest room ;)

Hey everyone I've just relocated to Orlando FL and I'm looking to get involved with the brewing scene down here. I'm planning to check out the central Florida home brewers club meeting tomorrow. We are in the lake Nona/lake Heart area and I've ordered a ton of ingredients to get these...

It appears hes out of the game on the temp controllers now... I just made an offer on 2 hopefully I'll get a deal. Thanks for your help!

Okay great, I've got 2 beer fridges now anyways haha. I'm kind of leary of getting the wrong model because the tech details and spec sheets on all the ones listed on ebay don't match. I just dont wanna burn down my new house ;]...

okay, stupid question time... I need the 110v model for a standard fridge 3 prong outlet correct? The 220v model would be for a monster appliance like a clothes dryer or a Herms system right?

alright, I'm temp controller shopping. I don't mind a project so I might look at the STC-1000, I think I can handle the C-F conversion. I really like the way some of the STC-1000s look when flush mounted on units. I also like the Love temp controller but I can't see spending that much more...

That's what I was thinking but just wanted to know what to expect. I'll play with the adjustments on the fridge and see what it does.

with a temp controller on a standard fridge/freezer can you still maintain freezing temperatures in the freezer? my wife wants more freezer space lol. thanks for the great replies.

I've had a beer serving fridge for a while now and I've just gotten a fermenting fridge to do temp control. I dont have any temp controller yet. The fridge is an older frigidare with the freezer on the top. I was wondering if I really need to use a temp controller or can I just use the fridge...

It's going to make a difference if youre doing full volume boils or partial boils with an extract kit. Hops utilization and bittering is directly affected by the boil volume. You are able to extract more bitterness in a larger volume of wort. That said I think even on a partial boil you'd be...

I'm still up around the Mall of GA. Let me know if yall get together. Brad

Okay, bummed about moving to another place where the LHBS blows. If these guys are gonna make me order online anyways I'll just keep using the bigger guys that offer better deals. Kinda sad because I want to support my local guys and enjoy having the local brewshop boss tell me my beer needs...

Okay, I'm just gonna throw this out there... has anybody dryhopped with one of these yet? I can imagine you wouldn't keep it all in suspension unless you boiled it down in a gallon or so then cooled and added to a keg like the OP but then you'd probably lose most everything but the bittering...