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Thanks all. Getting ready to brew this weekend

Hey all, Christmas is early this year. Got this in the mail today-wife ordered it and she had the brains to get the extension legs. Gotta love her for listening-who knew. Anyway it looks like this thing could heat the house or melt gold bars. I can't wait to give it a try. Does anyone else own...

I'm in- love free stuff

Thanks for the input. I will rig up a airlock to prevent fermenter from sucking back fluid into wort.

I am going to try a lager beer in the near future. I have a temp controller and a small fridge. My fermenter wont fit with a air lock so I will use a blow off tube. Is 3/8 tubing ok or should I use a larger diam? All the photos I see use a larger tube. Thanks

# 1 Tri tip cooked over red oak. It's hard to beat a good Porterhouse or a Thick T-bone.

Hey all. I'm thinking of moving over to the kegging side. Any advice on equipment? Should I be looking for any specific brands or types? If I buy used what should I looking for? Don't want busted regulators and such. If I find worn regulators can they be rebuilt? Also what is a ballpark cost...

irish red in fermentor =20 gallons and counting

Hello all. Day 6 in primary and gravity reading is 1.010. It's on the mark according to the kit instructions. Lesson being learned is give it time. I guess it's hard to mess up ale. I tasted the sample and it's pretty good for a young 6 day old beer. Thanks aii. PS I never thought I would join a...

1056 is the yeast that came with the kit. well I guess time will tell. Thanks for the input...I let you know what happens

i didn't do a starter. I activated pack and pitched 4.5 hours later, I thought the package was going to blow up. Oh well. If the fg doesn't match up can I repitch with more yeast?

Hello all Just brewed my 4th batch on Saturday and used wyeast 1056smack pack. I have noticed the airlock activity is alot slower than previous batches with dry packet yeast. Is this normal. sg 1.042 and pitched at 68 degrees on a midwest irish red ale. Thanks.

Thanks, I will try the 2 Bottles idea and post results in 2 weeks

Botteled my first batch 7 days ago and was wondering how long it takes to carbonate? I want to taste it now but would it be a waste to crack one so soon? Thanks

Hello all. I cooked my first batch on Saturday afternoon with my 14 year old son and all went well-I think so? I visited a local brew supply store and and talked with the owner and he told me to be very carful of kit instructions. He said that there is alot of bad or misleading info out there...