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The only place anywhere near me that will refill them is a fire extinguisher place. Anywhere else in the area does swaps only. I pay 21 dollars to fill my 5 pound tank though ;( I could do a swap for less money but, I have such a nice shiny aluminum tank.

+1 on the milk. Put a small amount in a dish, dip the labels slightly, and slap them on the bottle. Works like a charm!

I've only used dry yeast a handful of times but, now that you mention it, it does settle into little clumps like little pebbles or something.

Warrior/Amarillo IPA.....I think this is the best beer I've ever brewed

This was the first time i used that yeast. It is a monster! It kept chugging away for over two weeks.

I just tapped a keg of this today. It was the first time I brewed this recipe. It is delicious! I used 1oz of 16.7% warrior hops and 9.3% amarillos for the rest. I also used Wyeast 1332. Brewsmith put my ibus around 100. Warrior hops produce a very pleasant bitter.

This is true. There is no bacteria that can hurt you that can live in beer. Bacteria and infections can make your beer taste horrible but, it will not harm you.

I brewed this a few weeks back. I used Amarillo instead of Centennials and Wyeast 1332 northwest ale yeast. It is in the keg carbing up right now. The sample I took was awesome!! This could possibly be the best beer I have ever brewed.

Haha! We are brewers, not mathematicians...

Even if that is the way you read it, it still totals 44.

I live right near west park...south of Jefferson and west of Raynor. Before I got married, I lived at Miami and Copperfield near you. I also lived on Kracker and in ingalls park...small world.

I've never naturally carbed in the keg before but, I think you use less priming sugar than you would when you bottle condition. Would adding the sugar then splitting it between the keg and bottles make the beer in the keg overcarbed?? Anyone?

Welcome and good luck. This is a great hobby to be involved in. I'm in Joliet, too!

It is way too early to worry. 80* is definitely too warm to pitch your yeast but, it's not going to kill your yeast. Yeast can take up to 72 hrs or more to get going. Be patient...

I have a composition book that I write each recipe in and take notes on brew day. I just recently got Beersmith but, I will continue to use my beer book also. Even when I repeat a recipe, I rewrite it in the book on brew day and keep notes.

My neighbors had a friend over who seemed to really enjoy the brown ale I had on tap. I thought it wasn't very good and I was planning on dumping the rest of the keg. I told the guy to help himself to as much as he liked. I caught him in my garage, trying to fill an empty Busch Light can off the...

I sure hope nobody here buys anything off of this tool.

+1 on this. I am far from an expert on brewing but, I have recently started calculating my efficiency. I also just recently got Beersmith. I have been getting about 85% and thought this was too good to be true so, when i wrote my last recipe, I set it for 75%. I over shot my gravity by about ten...

I always enjoy the Leine's Oktoberfest. Good beer at a fair price.

I have done 22# in mine and had barely any room left. Once, I tried doing 25#. Once...