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it tasted hoppy... and light. when pouring, it had foam and bubbles, just not as much a i had hopped.. actually, i pulled another bottle for tomorrow, and am now thinking i better get to keggin'.. i was thinking about the 'tap-a-draft'. i like it cause it'll fits in the outside...

as an update, last saturday evening 10/13, i bottled my hefe.. and i just couldn't wait another day.. so i poped one this evening.. yea ..! it was very good.. this said, i was looking for a little more carbonation. question: since it's only been 11 days since bottling, will the beer get...

quick update.... when i got home from work yesterday i checked the airlock... yea baby.. just bubbling away happy as can be. i checked this morning before leaving for work and see that the bubbling has slowed down. early next week, i'd like to do up a 'holiday' beer (my first was a...

hi.. i got a cajun cooker sp10 which came with the stove and a 32 qt aluminum pot for 74 bucks, at ACE hardware. there's no way my wife would have liked the odor... ron

well i finally got started last night.. i needed to get a couple of items after dinner, and got going at 8:30 or so. i sanitized everything and then got my water boiling and mixed in the malt extract at about 9:15. after mixing, i fired up my stove and started heating the water and...

Hi.. Ron here. i've been smoking meats for over 10 years now and thought making home-brewed beer was just the next step in enjoying a sunday after noon. What got me interested was a video on utube for 'coopers' kit and ingredients. so basically i'm a total noobie to all this beer stuff...