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I see prices went up 10-20% from the previous ones. Is the quality much better on these or is there anything else i'm missing that is different? It says Ball Valve kit $40 - is that just the parts or it comes installed if you buy that? And lastly, any special deals for the HBT faithful? :)

If you are doing 2.5 gal in 3 gal better bottle make sure you have a blowoff tube for initial fermentation. You WILL need it. You don't really need to continuous hop with the high AA hops. I mean, you could, but since it's just for bitterness may as well add that at 60 (amount determined by...

Not a huge fan of this one! I understand wanting to keep it simple with the dry yeast (I do too), but that stuff is expensive share it with somebody else haha.

You are misquoting Yoda friend! Come on now! :) It is "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try!"

Always hated those damn Chinese finger traps! I personally got the "next size up" for the tubing so it literally slides right on and off. Just use a little metal 50 cent clamp that I tighten over it to prevent leaks/bubbles. Much easier than trying to heat the ends and lube this and twist...

To be sure; might want to post the size of the batch and how you carbonated. Just in case you miscalculated. Did you use regular sugar? Corn sugar? Tablets? How much? Did you try to put it individually into each bottle or mix the beer into the priming solution all at once etc. But...

Yep just dial down the roasted barley and you will be good on lighter color. That stuff turns a beer brown/black in a hurry. If you want to get the gravity back up just add a little extra of your base grain to the mash or DME to the boil. If you want to hit an exact SRM/color and/or ABV use a...

^^^ Good post. Same for me, except I don't even bottle brush them before filling. I actually like to do a quick soap/rinse/dry before storing and then just a quick dunk in starsan solution when bottling.

If you mashed grains at a high temp (high 150s+) you may have left a lot of unfermentables in there...but a Marzen is usually supposed to finish on the sweet end anyway so your beer should be quite drinkable and "to style". I just recently did an Oktoberfest Ale batch and finished at 1.02 and...

The LHBS here in Raleigh you mill your own and it's "supposed" to be .10 cent per pound...but i've never been charged (maybe cause I usually only do a pound or 2). We'll see what happens when I am all grain and doing 10 pounds.

Technically you really don't need all the stuff in that kit to brew your first batches. I think I got my stuff together with about $60. The hydrometer and beer thief are a luxury. The bottle filler is DEFINITELY a luxury. The bottle capper and caps aren't necessary (plastic bottles with...

First time making this, can't wait! 17537 + 5 = 17542

Good point! Thanks.

Is it okay to put 5 gallons of Apfelwine into a 6 gallon carboy? Any issues with too much headspace/CO2? I know it's not necessary since it doesn't bubble up much with montrachet yeast, but it's all i've got.