Recent content by Alex4mula

Not sure if this is right pace for this. I apologize if not. I know Cadillac Straits exchange bottles but I have two brand new shiny ones so I would prefer to fill them up. Since AHB closed last year I have no place. Anyone knows where I can take a 5lbs bottle for quick CO2 fill up around...

I use the red bottles and oxygenate for one minute with an oxygenation stone. I watch for bubbles in the beer without too much reaching the top (waste). The bottle las 15 to 20 batches of 5 gallons. Other than providing good O2 my main reason is not to bother shaking a heavy glass carboy.

I admire these one gallon brewers. I can drink one gallon in a good night with friends. Definitively easy in two nights at weekend.

I don’t remember them expiring before. They lost a big customer. I probably spent over $3k over last 3yrs.

They didn’t honor any points for me. Personally I will never order from them again. Same name but not same values. Sorry.

I'll need to check Cadillac Straights. It may be my new local option. And having tap beer and food would make it a very easy choice to make me go there from Canton. I see they have competitive prices too. All good :)

I just found out about this today when I called to check why my order was taking so long when usually I got it in 2 days. So sad. It was 30min from home and most of the time I would drive there to patronize plus their prices were good. Knew the people by name. Was nice to buy fresh liquid yeast...

That I would like to see. Would be great.

The knob got very hard to turn on both.

You have maybe 19+ five gallons batches there of stouts/porters. Start looking for good recipes ;-)

I had two Taprites fail before 2 years used inside keezer. Don’t recommend them for that. Last one I got is a Harris but using it outside. Will see. Has 7 yr warranty vs the 1 yr of the other.

If you find $35 expensive then yes.

I bought a 5 gal pot and it holds 5 gal if filled to the top edge. So most you could boil is I guess around 3 gal on it. If you are planning to do 5 gal batches then you will need at least a 7+ gal boil kettle.

Glass will take hot no problem. Just do not shock it from cold to hot. Transition slowly.

I think this last paragraph is what tells the truth about a lot of the brewing practices. Each one decides how far they want to go to get the beer they like;-)