Recent content by fenrrris

Yup, thanks for the advice. Just needed someone to tell me not to be an idiot.

So I was sanitizing bottles earlier and after I finished and poured the sanitizer out I realized there were some Oxiclean grains still clinging to the side of the bucket (same bucket I use for cleaning and removing labels). Seems I didn't rinse the bucket well enough. Any reason to be...

My LHBS charges $15 for the bucket and $15 for the lid for some unknown reason. Granted, the lids are really nice with a rubber airlock hole and a big rubber ring around the inside of the lid so it's completely airtight, but obviously $30 a bucket is a lot to drop if I want three.

First post, hi everyone! I'm a very green brewer but have a decent handle on some of the basics. I've brewed six batches now (all five gallon) and after the first four extract batches I built an MLT and have done two all-grain brews since. I'm wondering how people generally start to expand...