Recent content by flaggonofmead

WOW! Great info guys! Thanks for all of the input! And a special thanks to FatMoose. It's not that I'm trying to brew "for my friends" per say, just that I want to brew something they'll greatly appreciate so maybe they'll get into brewing also. Brewing solo is fun, but would be much better...

With those quantities on hand, how much do you brew a month? In five gallon quantities please if you can. My friends definitely do appreciate other types of beer, just not the same types I love the most.

what size scale do you recommend? And why/usage? I'll definitely check into the food saver though! What is the relation of the hops to the outcome of the beer? I've often wondered this because I would love to brew a batch just for my friends. However, most of my friends don't share the same...

I've successfully brewed two of my own batches now that turned out fantastic! What I would like now is to move away from the pre-packaged "kits" and start fashioning my own recipes or buying brewing supplies in surplus. How did you masters make the transition? Anything you would have done...

fantastic!!! so general rule of thumb is always siphon after pitching? During all stages?

I browsed through the stickies but didn't see anything that directly answered my question. I'm moving a red ale from primary to secondary to the carboy. As I understand, it is desired to siphon from the secondary to the bottling bucket. Is this true for the transfer from primary to...

1st post! w00t! I was waiting to see the outcome of my first batch before signing up for a forum. And as a total armature with no knowledge of what I was doing...at all....I went with an English Bock, and it turned out DY-NO-MITE! So now I have two more batches going and a healthy addiction...