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Need some opinions from the experts What kit to buy? - northern brewer has one with 2 coolers, mesh bottom, hoses etc. is that enough? Does all grain brew taste different? we seem to have problems getting the clone brews really close. does all grain give you better results? Better taste...

We have several batches of beer in the bottle. here in Texas imy house stays about 76 degrees. How long can the beer stay in the bottle in these conditions befoe it deterorates? We have the following Black IPA Rogue Dead Guy Double IPA Arrogant Double Bastard Two Hearted Ale I guess we...

Yea, really the only thing bad about living here is the summer that never ends. Gets hot in June and stays that way til September. Course all these Cowboys fans are quite annoying as well. haha The freezer i was looking at is only 9 cubic feet. they said it had inside dimensions of 29" tall...

How many square feet is your freezer? wondering what i shoud be looking for as a miniimum to have 3 fermenters at a time?

Here it is in a nutshell 1.5 # Crystal 120L Malt 10.5# Amber Extract 3# Amber DME Steep grains at 155 for 25 minutes in 2.5 gallons of water Add extract after returning to boil 60 minute boil Hop Schedule 3.5 oz Chinook at 60 minutes 3/4 oz Chinook at 15 minutes 3/4 oz...

Would you want the recipe?

Thanks for all the advice. I put the lid back on and added a drain hose thats only 1 foot long, have the bottle for the airlock, sitting ontop the bucket now, looks like with 1 foot of hose it can push the foam through. Hope it continues too, man what a Bastard!!

We need advice. We have a Arrogant Double bastard in the primary and its going nuts. It was brewed on saturday.The foam is so thick ( must be form the 13# of malt added) that it keeps clogging up the bleed off tube. I have replaced it 3 times, but once the foam gets into the tube it makes...

Oh we arent dissapointed with the NB kits, not at all. Just didnt make sense on the steeping instruction. If you drop your grains in cold water and heat for 20 minutes, you may not even hit 150. someone else here recommended 150 for 20 minutes. makes more sense. Either way we have made probaly...

So how does this temp controller work? With a freezer or fridge that is.

What exactly is that? a deep freeze? Or extra large cooler?

We live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I guess we are looking at having to stop brewing until fall. I cant see how to keep the fermentaion room, err 3rd bedroom, cold enough during the summer heat here. What do people do in the south during the summer months? Pay out the wazoo for air...

Yea we have supported the local ones as well. We started brewing in October 2009. To date we have brwed 13 batches. At least half were purchased locally. We just got tired of going back nad asking questions and they would answer, " well did you use this"? ahhh no you didnt tell us to use...

Thanks for all the feed back, really helps us novices!!

Just wondering what peoples opinions are on the online brew kit ordering companies. Weve used Northern Brewer a few times and are impressed with the kits, not so much the documentation (dont really undertand their steeping instructions, steep for 20 minutes or until it reaches 172 degrees? ) But...