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I bought this: http://kegcowboy.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=243 My plan is to toss my 3 gallon keg in the sink with ice and insulate with towels, or when a sink isn't available replace the sink with a cooler. I love some of the ideas in this thread but I don't have the...

One benefit of clear carboys is being able to easily see the crusty residue left over from fermentation. Cleaning a brown glass carboy would be more difficult.

1) Become a better homebrewer than my brother in law 2) Keg beer like a champ (first round of keg hardware orders are in) 3) Move on to Partial Mash BIAB brewing (Not enough space in my condo to do AG, if I were ever to move to the burbs and had a garage though I would probably go nuts and buy...

Thanks for the ideas, I think I will go with your idea David since I am a little to lazy to start messing around with yeast too much and your suggestion sounds the easiest to me.

A recipe I plan on making calls for half pounds of a handful of specialty grains that I bought in one pound increments. Since i have twice the grain I need I figured I would make two batches. My question is: Does anybody have experience using half a vile of yeast at a time? I plan on...

I can pick up 2 or 3 from the fox valley area as well, my father lives in appleton and works in green bay, my mother works in neenah if any of those places works for people

I am new to brewing so would only need 2 or 3 tops, and would be able to pick up for myself.

I am new to brewing, I just got done bottling my first batch about a week ago (fingers crossed). Anyway I was exploring some of the local homebrew stores in my area and was able to find some used corny kegs for $20. This seems like a pretty good deal for used kegs, but after you factor...