Recent content by mjs2103

I don't need the bottle tree but I'm interested in the bottle. I live in Annandale so local pickup would be easy.

I think you're right, the speakers don't fit in.

any bottles anyone wants to get rid of in northern/central nj or eastern pa?

Hey all, this is the logo i just had done by Brew Brand Creative. Need to make up a label for it but it should be ready for my next batch of beer. Tell me what you think.

I have a glass carboy and a plastic bottling bucket

I finished and bottled my first beer about 3 weeks ago. It tastes pretty good :mug:. I put oxyclean free in my carboy to clean it out but because of work and the holidays it sat in my closet for basically the past 3 weeks filled with oxyclean and tap water. Should i just wash it out a...

I bottled my first beer, a wheat extract kit, almost two weeks ago. I tried one the other day and its still green and im going to let it sit for another two weeks. The problem is that my friend left the light on in the basement and I noticed today, two days later. Will the beer get skunked...

hey, i also did the Northern Brewer American Wheat kit as my frist homebrew. Its been in the primary for 10 days. As stated above, the directions say 2 weeks primary and 2 weeks bottle. I'm going to do get the FG for 3 days in a row to see if it stays the same. If it does is it okay to...

thanks for all of the help. one more question: is it better to use just regular bottled spring water or distilled water?

since i dont have an IC, how many bags of ice will i need to cool the kettle down after boil?

It looks like today after work will be my first brew day. I got the Deluxe Starter kit last week from Northern Brewers. I picked up a 30qt SS kettle and tried a 5 gal test boil last night to see if i could keep a rolling boil on my stove. The stove couldn't handle 5 gallons so it looks like...

Hey all, just bought the Deluxe Beer Starter Kit from the Northern Brewers sale the other day as a birthday present to myself. Looking forward to getting my first brew underway sometime this week. Look like i just added another home brewer to the many NJ people on this message board...