Recent content by Lynne_L

Hi! I'm an inexperienced brewer currently living in Union county, NJ. My husband and I just brewed our third batch of beer last weekend. It's the "Who's in the Garden Grand Cru" from the New Joy of Homebrewing book by Charlie Papazian. I was quite pleased to finally get rid of all that...

Why not use your empty primary to brew a quick, all-extract beer that goes straight into bottles to tide you over?

OK not like I have th $$ but that's one awesome fridge... what would you sell it for if you might sell it, may I ask? I'd design a bar around that as a fine centerpiece!

I thought you couldn't reuse regular beer bottles for homebrewing because they would explode or something like that. Was I wrong or is there a way to discover which bottles are OK to use? I've been using the grolsch type bottles, but I'd like to switch to normal bottles and your way would be a...