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Great, thank you! The Lowe's in my area is still under construction, but I've heard it will be open before the holidays, so I will definitely check it out!

Ok, I have browsed around online and read some of the FAQs, but I am still a bit hazy on kegging. After a break (for personal reasons) this year from homebrewing, I am looking to get back into it. This time around, I really would like to keg rather than bottle. It appears that my first...

No. Stainless is more durable, but aluminum is fine. Helps if you boil just water in the aluminum pot for ~30 minutes before you use it for the first time - this will build up a layer of oxidation to prevent a small amount (less than what is in Tums) of aluminum from getting into the first...

When you say "no activity", do you just mean in the airlock? My bucket lid never seals tightly no matter how hard I hammer or sit on it, so I rarely have airlock activity during primary in a bucket. Have you opened the lid to check for krausen? Have you checked the SG to see if it has...

I can't answer as to why the cold break was delayed, but I have read that many people leave the hot/cold break in the primary without any ill effects. I don't think you have anything to worry about. RDWHAHB! :mug:

I only have one cooler; I use it for mashing & lautering. I batch sparge, and use my old 5 gallon partial-boil brewpot as a hot liquor tank, and the 7.5 gallon turkey fryer pot as my boil kettle. IMO, If you are batch sparging, having a second 5-gallon cooler as an HLT becomes less important...

Married my high school sweetheart right out of college, and it'll be five years on Friday (8/10). Starts to get depressing that the 5 years have just flown by - where does the time go?

Sorry to take this off-topic, but are you planning on entering or attending the Southern Vermont Homebrew Competition/Festival? My brother-in-law is the director at the site hosting the event (Bennington museum), so I have been trying to talk a buddy of mine who also brews into throwing...

I've had the same thing also. Between that and the clusters of CO2 bubbles that sometimes form on the top of my secondary, I have had many infection "scares". I am finally learning to RDWHAHB, but it's hard not to worry about something you put so much time and effort into.

I am not an expert, so all I can do is chime in with my experience. I did about 5 extract batches w/ steeped grains, all recipes from my LHBS. All used LME, but a variety of yeasts (all dried - Nottingham, S-04, US-05, Munton's Gold and Windsor) and hops (Hallertau, Saaz, Cascade, Chinook...

Despite the extra cost, this is exactly why I went with the 10 gallon cooler when I did my conversion a few weeks ago. I actually purchased the five gallon cooler, thought about it overnight, and exchanged it for the 10 gallon the next morning. I wanted to be able to do recipes like Denny's...

http://www.truebeer.com/Half-Liter-Beer-Boot_p_0-175.html Oh, and there's a 2-liter model as well: http://www.truebeer.com/Two-Liter-Beer-Boot_p_0-176.html

How about EdWort's Haus Ale? https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=31793

How does that work for you? Based on the reading I have done (Papazian and Palmer), you should be adding the water to the grain. Pre-heating the mash tun with a gallon or two of boiling water mostly eliminates heat loss to the tun; my brewing software (Beer Alchemy) also has the ability to...

Boiling with the lid on will lead to DMS (di-methyl sulfate) in your beer, which can cause a cooked vegetable flavor. If you are going to boil less water, then I suggest you look into the late extract addition method of brewing; keep in mind that you will need to change your hop additions in...

I've only done one AG batch, so I can't comment on most of this. However, for your burner - do not open the propane tank all the way; 1/4 - 1/2 turn to open will give you all the gas you need. If you open it too wide, your regulator will restrict the flow, resulting in lower than normal...

No, the warmest water I put in was 168F for lautering. My strike water was 164F for a target mash temp of 152F (I was excited to hit it dead on!).

Great, thanks for the responses, guys. That puts my mind at ease for my next batch this weekend. I'm sure this is asked on a regular basis, but does anyone have any low-to-medium gravity (1.030 - 1.050) recipe suggestions for a second AG batch? I was thinking about maybe doing a blonde ale...

I built a mash tun using FlyGuy's instructions, and brewed my first all-grain batch on Monday. Had a few problems, including the cap coming out of the end of the braid, but the beer is fermenting away now. After emptying and cleaning the mash tun, I noticed that the inside of the plastic...

So I brewed my first AG batch using this cooler yesterday - the cap on the end of the vinyl tubing/ss hose fell off and caused a bit of grain to make it into the wort, but nothing too bad - I'm still fermenting the batch off to see how it turns out. However, I noticed that the inside lining...