Recent content by Pooleh

It is indeed seriously awesome. I think I need to get another fermenter already as I have so many things I want to brew!

Ok guys, so I was totally impatient and have opened my first bottle of my first batch after a week in the bottles. The verdict? This stuff is awesome! The only thing is that it is not carbed up a whole lot yet but man is it good! I do want to give a huge thanks to all of the information that you...

I just got a 8 12 packs worth of bottles for free by posting in the wanted section on Craigslist in my area. It was well worth the effort of cleaning them myself to get them for free.

Brewed my first beer ever on Wednesday! It is a Stout that my local home brew store helped me put together with ingredients that I got as a gift with my brewing kit. 3846 + 5 = 3851

It isn't a very old stove but maybe it is just a cheap element. I found a canning/large pot element in searching online that will elevate the pot up a bit and looks like it is build pretty sturdy. Maybe I will go look for one locally to use while brewing.

OK so I brewed my first batch of beer yesterday afternoon and everything went great except that after I took the pot off the stove at flame out I noticed that the electric element had been damaged. The metal support that fits into the slots on the stove top had bent and twisted down. Has anyone...