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    Not Buying BMC Ever Again... Am I alone in this?

    It depends what I'm doing. Riding the lawnmower or fishing, I like and prefer a light BMC beer. Whenever someone asks what my favorite beer is I always answer "free beer". I stayed in a hotel for seven months straight one time that had a free Budweiser tap weeknights from 530-8pm. I've never...
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    it might be a little weak

    I'm sorry, I meant US-05 dry yeast. I just repitched and gave the bucket a good shaking. It was my first batch so I'm not sure if it had a negative effect or not, got it fermenting though. It tasted ok to me and I likely won't make that kit again so won't be able to make any kind of comparison.
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    it might be a little weak

    Same thing happened to me on my first kit, I pitched (don't recall the yeast that came with the kit) at about 90 degrees because it was getting late and had no activity for four days at about 70 degrees. I had a pack of SF-05 for my next planned batch so threw that in, it was going good within...
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    1-Gallon Brewers UNITE!

    I got five 3.5 gallon buckets and one 2 gallon bucket all with lids from the supermarket bakery this week. Have a three gallon batch of cider going in one of them already. A side effect of that is now I have two nice one gallon glass carboys left over from the apple juice and am planning on...
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    Cheapest Bottles

    Try your local country club/golf course. My CC has a can/bottle trash can on every other hole. I usually find a case of non-twist offs easily during a round of golf. Plus they are all usually freshly emptied within a couple of days so they are fairly clean. Go to ToysRus and buy one of those...
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