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I've heard about a month max, although I go about 2 weeks then secondary.

I vaguely remember once opening a bottle within like an hour after bottling. I can't exactly remember why. I think the cap didn't look like it crimped properly or something so I wanted to re-cap it. Anyway, the point is that when I opened it, it gave the "pssst" sound, but obviously the beer...

So when did you bottle the batch? Are the ones you kept warm awesome and carbonated? Just curious what your trying to determine here.

Nice! Where'd you get them?

Where did you track these hops down? I would love to get my hands on some for next summers IPA.

The Victory will give your beer a very toasty, biscuity character with little sweetness. The Vienna would have contributed more of a rich and malty character. It's definitely going to be a different beer than originally intended, although I personally like a little toastiness in my IPA's.

I love how the first guy rotated the boot just like in the move beerfest.

You make some decent points. With some creativity and ingenuity you can make just about anything brewing related for a fraction of the cost. Your statement about Starsan is inaccurate though. I personally don't use it (I use Iodophor) but I know for a fact Starsan is a no-rinse sanitizer. It...

It's folks like you that make this world a better place. :D I have had a few of these myself recently. It's funny, I don't drink Widmer brews all year (except their hefe at football games), but once fall/winter rolls around I can't get enough Brrr and Snow Plow. They make the best winter...

You may just have to eat the extra cost and order what you need from somewhere else with express shipping. Tell Morebeer to cancel your backorder.

I've never ordered from them, mainly because of poor selection. Thanks for sharing your experience. I've heard more bad than good about them so I doubt I'll ever order anything from them. There's plenty of good on-line suppliers out there anyway.

If your going for an extra-light extract, Pilsen would be the way to go. Gold is great for an APA in my opinion, but if color is a concern (in a partial boil for example) pilsen would work fine.

Northern Brewer Gold is essentially a light malt extract syrup. I've used Northern Brewer's extract quite a few times with great results. You can't go wrong with their extracts, IMO.

The bottom line here is if you steep and sparge properly you'll get pretty much all the malt goodness out of your grains possible and squeezing or collecting the drippings from the grain bag won't even be an issue.

There's alot of stories on here from folks who squeezed the bag with no issues. Just do a search on "squeeze grain bag" and see for yourself. You may have nothing to worry about here.

You can extract tannins that can give your brew a nasty bitter taste. There's some debate as to whether or not this is true, but why risk it.

+1 on Sterling for bittering. Liberty and Sterling are a perfect match. Use Sterling for bittering and Liberty for flavor and aroma, maybe with a little more Sterling late in the boil for added complexity. Aside from hops, what's your recipe?

Two stage is the way to go, especially if your going to brew lagers or high gravity brews. Many folks here don't bother with secondary, but I'm of the opinion that bulk aging in secondary can work wonders for a brew. This will still require a few weeks in bottles minimum, mainly for...

I discovered them from Northern Brewer. I had no Idea what to expect when I bought them but they turned out to be perfect for this type of beer.

2 lbs. XL-DME (60 min) 3 lbs. XL-DME (10 min) 1.5 lbs. Clover honey 8 oz. Crystal 20L 4 oz. CaraPils 1 oz. Perle (60 min) 1.5 oz. Saphir (20 min) .5 oz. Saphir (dry hop-1 week secondary) WLP800- White Labs Pilsner Lager Steep grains for 30 min. @ 155f, then start boil and add...