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I've started to get sick of all the 12oz bottles so I turned to my friend the growler, it is a twist off but whenever I open it I always hear a healthy amount of carbonation. I have plenty of these because Cape Cod Beer only sells in growlers. Can I get away with this or should I move on to flip...

Finally upgraded to a 6.5 gallon fermentor, so much easier to clean than a MB. I rushed my last batch due to me leaving for sea, that was a mistake. Another crappy batch. I will try one of midwests 5 gall kits in the spring when I get back. Can any comment on midwests kits?

I've found if you search places for kit recipes they give you the measurments you can easily make your own recipe from that. But don't cut down the hops in half because the utilization will get messed up.

The last half filled bottled I had had the full amount of sugar in it(I do tabs in bottles). It came out great, super carbonation. Even with a perfect pour it was 75% head. Next time you bottle just keep checking through the lid to check when the trub is about to come through your spigot.

So based on your advise I was going to try cut down on the spices and change the hops. Does this sound any better? 3.3lb Gold LME .75lb Brown Sugar .50lb American Crystal 10L .50lb Carapils .50oz Fuggle 30min .50oz Golding 20min 1 tsp. Pumpkin Spice .5 tsp. Cinnamon 30oz Canned pumpkin...

Hi I kinda threw together this 2.5 gallon recipe for a pumpkin ale from a few different recipes and does anyone have any suggestions. I figured by the time I brew this and get it bottled it would be fall time:( Also I really can't tell whats a good yeast to go with this.(Kind of new at this)...

I really don't want to split the kits in half because I have to make 2 batches of that brew. I've made a hefeweizen from a 2.5 gallon recipe one member gave me and hopefully came out delicious. Its bottled and needs one more week. But moving away from Mr. Beer is a great thing to do. The...

I recently gave up on Mr Beer refill kits and getting better ingredients has made all the difference. Can you veterans give me a few recipe suggestions that is 2.5 gallons?

Hi I'm looking to get a little bit more serious into brewing and realized that I need a bigger kettle before I can make bigger/better batches. Looking for a sturdy SS pot. Not one of those 30 dollar ones off Midwest. Let me know, thanks in advance. Chris

I made the mistake of getting extremely anxious on my first batch and kept trying mine till its was bottled conditioned ready. Waiting that two weeks is pretty hard. Also cidery taste could be from booster which I assume you threw in your first batch. Another thing, Mr. Beer kits are pretty...

Thatta boy!

I'm sorry but what does that mean exactly?

Another quick question, for those of you using pellet hops, do you even muslin bag them or just strainer them out. I was ordering a recipe from midwest and didn't know if the bag was neccesary.

looks good, what metal is used alluminum?

The fermentors work fine(Minus Spigot) just use different ingredients than Mr Beer's. Also a quick question, I need to upgrade my pot, its not big enough,however I don't want to spend the money just yet on a nice one. Would I be able to use a lobster stock pot(19QT) for the time being?