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I never quit. I just had to stop for a while as I didn't have the time. I still have all my gear and recipes. But the time to do it just wasn't there with work, three grandchildren, running with a youth mentoring group for delinquent and at risk teens and a few other things. I started a...

Also I might add that unless you are dry hopping or something of that nature, skip the secondary and proceed to bottling to shorten the time that the oxidation has to take place. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Since it is your first brew, you will quite possibly drink it all before the oxidation damage causes too many problems. Also, if you are bottling and using priming sugar or the like to naturally carb and bottle condition, the yeast will use some of that oxygen to do its job. RDWHAHB. Sent...

You mean the rgulator and co2 bottle? I know people do that, but I don't see why. With the proper seals, there is no need for tape. In fact, IMHO if you need tape to stop a leak there you have something wrong.

I'd like to brew something that tastes great and is less filling.

I'm putting my stuff in storage while we prepare our house to sell. In the little town of less than 2500 people with seven police officers that get erections at the thought of busting a meth lab, I would have had nothing but hassle had I got pulled over on the way to the mini storage.

That's what I got facebook for. Fact is my kids, nieces and nephews use facebook and text messages more than anything else. I'm still young enough to adapt.

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If it cools and is in good shape, I'd be on it.

Something else you can do to get rid of some of the excess co2 is shake the keg a bit and then vent to let the gas out of the beer. This is pretty much the opposite of force carbing and just as scientific (wild ass guess more or less). Patience and set and forget works best IMHO.

I'm sure there are those who have space or equipment issues or whatnot that have a reason to do partials. Those are going to vary from person to person. I only did one based on advice from this and a couple of other online resources. And that advice was the usual "you need to dial your...

After reading all this.. I want to calculate the volume of my kettle mathematically, use the fill method, check both methods against each other and dump the water down the drain.

This is the greatest thing since the Stella challis giveaway.

I didn't even give them my email address and got one.

I got mine today too. The inscription on the side suggests its was "Originally Crafted for the Holidays". I don't know what I'll ultimately use it for.