Recent content by Crazybrew04

The first capper I had was one of the ones that come with the kits and I did the same thing. Broke bottles.

I think it may be time for a new capper or some repair. It looks like they crimped on though. At this point all you can do is pop one open in a couple weeks and find out.

Many people add oxygen to the primary to help fermentation. I doubt it oxidized. How were your dryhops stored. Did you vacuum seal them? My guess is you threw some freezer burned hops in your brew.

Kind of seems like the MR BEER of kegerators.

good info I want to do this but wasn't sure how much to use. Thanks

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That would have sucked. I went to bed, but thanks to insomnia I'll see it tonight.

i thought it was yesterday:drunk:

are you planning on using a manifold?

my 2 cents http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/brewing-equipment/bottling/bottle-cappers/super-agata-bench-capper.html the capper in the kit was not my favorite this too...

the euipment I started with on my first batch was 3gal pot, a spoon, hop sacks, 5gal bucket with the lid for an airlock, and an air lock. I made a canadian beer from a kit at my LHBS. It wasnt the best beer I ever had but it was drinkable. I just had alot of fun doing it.

Well if you have a setup to keg already thats great. Wont much make a difference in the brew phase. I would recomend starting out small try a kit with some directions or an extract. Work your way to partial mash all stuff you can do on a stove top with basic euipment. Make sure you like...

Well your not dead yet.:D you ask after you drank it. I have no idea what is in your bottle but my hats off to you for giving it a try anyway.

ha ha ha....I rarely go out and drink but that is so true and funny

I agree with the start small for 2 reasons. One before you put you tax return into it make sure you like doing it. Two, if you start small say extract brewing you can start cheap you just need the basics a stove and a 2-3 gallon pot buckets blah blah blah, plus it sounds like your like me you...