a thousand thanks for creating this site!
my dad came to visit me in phoenix a few weeks ago and on his trip, he wanted to brew a father/son beer. his birthday is in a couple weeks so i was hoping to slap some labels on a case of bottles and ship them to him, as a surprise of course. searching...
all very good information. i've been contemplating the tub / fan idea for some time now. i might see if i can work it into the budget this weekend. i'm dying to get something brewing again but at the same time, i know once i start, i'm gonna wanna brew something every weekend. and i already know...
i made a 5 gallon batch of this back in march because i was moving and i didn't think it would be as temperamental to relocate as a batch of beer. i bottled it with wine conditioner after 3 months fermentation and then sampled some after 3.5 total months. it tasted okay at that time but it had...
i'm not sure what took me so long to register but i figured it was definitely time. after borrowing a wine kit a couple years ago and making a reisling, i hadn't put much more thought into brewing since the sanitizing part of wine making was a huge pain.
then my buddies and i began the talk...