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Keep a few 2ltr plastic bottles around. Save the caps from the soda bottles. In fact, that's all I use now. I can give beer away and not worry about replacing the bottles. I reuse the caps. (I bottle a few in glass to have when I want to sample the brew while it's aging) I's likes...

I use the 2ltr. plastic soda bottles and reuse the caps over and over again. I also have my folks save just the plastic caps for me when I feel its time to use a fresh one. I use a few 12oz. glass bottles for samplers when I taste the brew while it's aging. :mug: neil

Greetings from the lower 48. God Save the Queen:mug: Neil

'mornin' Tomas--- where are you located? what do you brew? I'm down in S.E. Virginia. Neil

I reckon you all took me a little too serious.... ;) however, by the time I get to the last bottle, it will have aged poifectly....! When I started brewing in the early 90's, I used crack open a bottle after a few days and back then, I never racked over to a secondary....so that stuff was only...

Does it make me a bad person if I start drinking my brew only three days after bottling? It sits in the primary for seven days, the secondary for fourteen days and after three days in the bottle, I just can't help myself. Personally, I really do like the taste while it's still a little...

Glad you liked the recipe.....I do partial mashing. Mathews is located about 30 miles as the crow flies from Norfolk and on the Chesapeake Bay.

Hey all-- This is what I brewed a few weeks ago and just bottled. 3 Gal. Batch 0.5 lb. Pale Ale (Crisp) 1.5 lb. American 2-row 1.0 lb. Golden Promise 3.0 lb. LME Mashed 60min., Batched sparged 9 min. 0.5 oz. Chinook pellets 60m 0.5 oz. Chinook pellets 25m 0.5 oz. Progress pellets 10m 0.5...

Hey all-- I got back into brewing again a few years ago and went back to using B-Brite for sanitizing my bottles and brew gear, :confused: or so I thought that's what I was doing! It wasn't until recently that I read the label (after reading a thread on this site) and realized that all it did...

K--- I made a ginger beer many years ago from a recipe I found in an cookbook that featured UK cusine. I didn't make a large batch, I remember the grated ginger I added to water, a little lemon zest, sugar, cream of tartar and yeast. It wasn't high octane but it did have a nice taste and a...

Hey from SE Virginia... I've never dryhopped but plan on doing it when I rack over to my secondary in a few days. It looks like you guys use about an ounce for 5 gals.? Is that right? I brew 3 gal batches and figure 1/2 oz. will be fine....or is it? tnx for any info... keep on hoppin'...

I forgot to mention that they were pellets....

Greetings all--- I did a p/mash yesterday ---3gal.. some sort of IPA and was going to use Whitbread Gold Variety along with Simcoe,Fuggles and Cascade. I openned the WPV and took a whiff....(I love the smell of hops) but this stuff was S T A N K Y....it didn't even smell like hops. So decided...

tnx for the info...will have to replace the tube for a longer one and place the whole thing on the floor next to the carboy. I'm just keepin' my fingers crossed that the whole batch isn't shot.... hop-on--- neil

The water in the jar was clean on Saturday when I put the blow-off tube on, and since I normally put the regular airlock on after a few days, I don't change the water in the jar. So the jar water had a few chunks and floaters in it... I keep the carboy in a plastic storage tub that you get from...

tnx for all the replies and thoughts....I was kinda leaning towards the idea that it was sucked back in as well. I think I may have just confirmed that too. I just checked the level in the carboy and it is higher then when I pitched the yeast! I was only water, but pretty skanky looking...

Hi... I should have mentioned there were no pets in the house....it may have evaporated and I just didn't pay that much attention to the level of the water when I checked it yesterday....we have the heat on most of the day and off during the night.... I guess the only thing to do is bottle it...

Hey fella's I've never had this happen before. I brewed a stout last Saturday. Had the blow off tube in place with about 4" of water in a qt jar. The car boy is in view all the time. This morning I noticed the water was gone from the jar! I don't think it evaporated that fast cuz I looked...

Thanks for the replies and info. It is strange about the FedEx being late when I order from Midwest. I have had pc parts delivered in a few days after the order was placed and FedEx worked great, so who knows why they seem to get the beer orders messed up....I live in Mathews Co. and we had a...