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Checked the link to Staples. Eeegads!!!! $21.99 for 150 labels? WOW!! That adds like $3.50 to the cost of each case of beer. Ouch! Jeff

These are not round but I use the thin rectangular Avery 5167 return address labels and use a 3 letter abbreviation for my brews. Bust a Nut Brown Ale is BAN and Downtown Brown is DTB etc. Underneath the 3 letter abbreviation, I put the bottled on date 4/18/07 etc. I can get three bottle cap...

Well, now that I have somewhere to chill it, I will only hit it with lower pressure. If you take a quick look at a chart, 30 PSI @70 degress is not that much. That is the reason I released the residual pressure prior to chilling. It will find its happy state eventually. As far as photos go, I...

Thanks for all of your input. My Sanyo conversion is now a reality! Finally. All of the photos of earlier builds were a great help especially locating the freon line on top. Poured my first pint of Honey, It's Nut What You Think Brown Ale last night. Force carbed at 30 PSI at 70 degrees for...

I gotta agree with the masses here. It's actually pretty hard to make bad beer unless you just get really careless. I have only been at this for about 7 months but have put down 10 batches so far and have yet to have a "failure". I was really anal about the sanitation at first (as I think...

Spyk'd - Tried the link agin and it worked. Hmmmmmmmmmm.?.?.? Good photos.

Swami75 - I'm not planning on doing anything until I know I'm not going to trash the fridge. I kind of did want my tank outside., but I would not be dead set against putting it inside either if it will fit. It is a 10# tank and I need to see how much room I have. Spyk'd - I made a...

Swami75 - I'm not planning on doing anything until I know I'm not going to trash the fridge. I kind of did want my tank outside., but I would not be dead set against putting it inside either if it will fit. It is a 10# tank and I need to see how much room I have. Spyk'd - I made a...

My kegerator fridge will be here Monday. :ban: As you only get one shot at drilling the holes for gas in and brew out correctly, where are the accepted places for drilling? Are there any cooling coils in the top for when I attach the tower? :confused:

I am putting together a recipe and have a question about honey. What is the ratio for conversion of honey to LME? 1:1? As a general rule, is there a point where you can use too much honey in place or along with LME?

I racked a beer into a secondary about a week or so ago. I monitor the frequency of the bubbles with a stopwatch from time to time. Once it hits 3 minutes between bubbles, I usually bottle it. Well, I was down to a bubble every 4 minutes on one batch and could not tend to it that day. The next...

It does tase a bit sweeter than what I would expect but I assumed that was due to the fact that the priming sugar had not been consumed yet. I'm going to bring it all upstairs for a couple weeks and see how that goes. Is there a limit to how warm is too warm to carbonate at? The brew was...

Well, I am keeping it in the basement. It's probably in the low 60'sdown there anyway. Is there a recommended temp to carbonate at?

I bottled a batch of ale three weeks ago and I am getting essentially zero carbonation. I am hearing a butterfly fart when I pop a cap but nothing that I would call real carbonation. Yes, I did add the sugar and did stir it in well. The other batches I have made were well carbonated after two...

Never brewed anything other than Ales. My nieces and their significant others likes the foofey Belgians that cost $15 a bottle + around here. Any suggestions of a personal favorite? ______________________ Primary #1 - Empty Primary #2- Empty Secondary #1- Nut Brown Ale #1 Secondary #2...