Wow, those are awesome Floppy, great work! I'm slowly trying to do something homemade by buying a pre-made table leg from Home Depot and then cutting to size and staining. But your work makes me think I can make it look a lot better.
You'll be close to Monday Night Brewing and Red Brick Brewing. Sweetwater Brewing is also not too far away. 5 Seasons Brewpub is probably the closest and it's right next to one of the better bottle shops in town which is Hop City. If you're able to find time to go just a little further you...
blakelyc, how much chocolate pb2 did you use and how and when did you add it, if you don't mind my asking? i'm racking my porter to secondary today (no free kegs at the moment) and am thinking about turning it in to some sort of peanut butter cup porter. I'm curious about your method and how...
Bottle from the keg. If you can blow a quick shot of CO2 in to the bottle first that's good. As long as you have it carbed well enough in the keg then it will bottle just fine for your trip. I've done this several times with good results.
I have an IPA I've brewed for a competition where I'll actually be serving the entire 5 gallon batch from a keg. I just finished dry hopping for 14 days in a secondary & kegged the beer to begin carbonating. The brew didn't have the aroma I was hoping it would when I transferred to the keg, so...
I've been using the Bayou Classic pots for a couple of years with weld-less valves and they work great. I would say you have nothing to worry about if you chose to get the Bayou Classic pot.
TopherM, did you ever hit it with more yeast or just the single vial from the start and that was it through all primary and secondary, etc? Did you secondary on to fruit or no fruit? I brewed a brown yesterday that I'm thinking of hitting it with a pack of Roeselare and maybe racking on to...
It's a lot cheaper if you just buy the kettle & then put in your own weldless spigot (very easy drill) & I'd suggest the screen over the false bottom. Amazon sells the 36q pot alone for $70.99.
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