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Count me in too please!

Definitely make one of these every 3 months or so, but I always make a smaller batch (1-3 gallons). Most are drinkable and on occasion one is really good.

Is the "freezer" a plastic tray with the cooling plate right below it? If so, I just removed the tray and bent the plate down to be parallel with the back vertical wall. Worked fine for me. I also had to cut off the plastic in the inner side of the door to fit a 6.5 gallon carboy

Edit: The individual recipe kits come with mesh straining bags for grains It doesn't appear to come with a grain bag/strainer either.

I think I am going to start calling my false bottom "Pippa".

lol, "false bottom"

I made a Warrior SMaSH last summer. My verdict was that in addition to it being a great bittering hop, Warrior could be an useful aroma hop in some circumstances (I got some substantial lemon/grassy aroma). The flavor it imparted was a little too plain/grassy to stand by itself. Just my 2cents.

Does it even come with a pot to, ya know, brew in?

Black Racer from Bear Republic. The only Black IPA I can enjoy a full pint of personally

Hi HBT, I finally decided to join and be a part of this great site. I can't even come close to counting the number of useful tidbits I have learned from reading the threads and forums over the past couple of years. A little about me: I have been brewing for 2.5 years. Most of the time I...

I had a similar problem a few months ago. Used to hit OG spot on, but then I started noticing low OG and incomplete fermentation (high FG). Turned out my crummy thermometer went haywire and was reading ~10F lower than reality :mad: Anywho, good luck finding the culprit

Two Lagunitas Sucks poured in a single Maß. Designing some new recipes. Good Friday night

Put me in coach!

Simcoe turned out to be much more diverse a hop than I initially thought. It started off being all tropical fruit (drinking right when carbed). After a week I noticed some different citrus (peaches mostly with some orange/grapefruit). And after a couple of weeks some pine became noticeable...

My first post in homebrewtalk! I brew in batches of 1,3, and 5 gallons for different occasions. AND I must admit that I have the most fun with the 1 gallon batches. Get to experiment, and 3 hours start to finish. Currently I have been making a bunch of single-hop pale ales (simcoe, east...