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Firestone walker double dba followed with a jolly pumpkin madrugada oscura.

In all honesty I didnt even check that yet. I figured I was probably going to be cutting it too close with the starter. With the Ales I usually time it to pitch the starter after 15 hours or so.

I use the same burner and I am satisfied with it. It takes a little bit of fine tuning to get the flame right, but it is very efficient. I do 75- 90 minute boil all grain batches and I get several weekends out of it. You could use the extra money that would go towards a blichmann burner and...

I plan on brewing my first 2 lager batches this weekend. I have 2 vials of WLP yeast (Pilsner yeast and German Lager) that are past their viability date (Oct 2). I have the option of a 2 and 1 liter flask alternating time on the stirplate, or using two 1 gallon wine jugs for possibly 3 liter...

When I first started brewing I would buy the Costco kirkland bottled water, the one with the with 6 one gallon containers. It made some great Beers but I got tired of making trips and waiting in line just for that

It goes for $90. You can buy a stainless valve and thermometer from bargain fittings or Bobby Ms brewhardware.com for about $40 an have a goo kettle with everything you need under $150. I think morebeer will cut the lid for you if you buy the immersion wort chiller and free shipping

I definitely recommend going with the full boil option. Morebeer has an economy 8 gallon modified kettle so you can and a ball valve and thermometer.

Just get yourself a carbon filter and you'll be fine. Water chemistry plays a bigger roll when doing all grain (I'd assume you are going with extract). You can always do a 50/50 mix of RO and your filtered house water

I was half way on my imperial stout- black xantus.... damn dog.

now i have to fix a hole in my wall

f'n dog came by and dropped his f's rope/ chew toy right when I was done sparging and ready to boil. I am seriuously contemplating taking his a$$ to the pound (not really). I took off the lid to check the level in the kettle and he decides its a perfect time to play catch WTF. the F' with...

Obviously I know the beer wont be a wit since it lacks the key ingredient. Maybe I am better off putting the starter in the fridge and back on the stir plate for next week

So I am doing two batches today, a honey pale and a belgian wit. Got the Honey Pale mashing, about to put together the grains for my wit and I realized I am out of coriander. I have the 2 liter starters of each yeast ready to go. What kind of beer could I expect if I brew with simple grains and...

What are the odds! I got the same model from work for free and it just came in. I am tempted to go with a 3 tap tower since I can fit 3 corny kegs in there

That exactly what I used for my chest freezer and it works perfectly. Plus it's dual stage. It's a quick project and easily half or three times cheaper than a ranco dual stage digital controller