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Got it. I thought (or was told incorrectly) that they partnered with some independents as well.

Didn't Guinness open a brewery in Baltimore that was a joint venture? Brother lives there and gave me a growler to that one with the first fill up on him.

Dang was hoping they had some stuff that might be better than Dale's or Mama's Yella Pils. Those are garbage beers, but that's what they ship to Texas.

Still waiting for someone with more editing skills to take the Game of Thrones/Budweiser Commercial and superimpose the HBT logo or the Independent Craft Brewers Association Logo on the Mountain or the dragon...

And now I have a few to try when the wife and I visit my parents for the holidays... Still need to do tours at New Belgium, Oskar Blues, and Odell (personal favorite). Ironic since I went to CSU, but never found the time to go...

Heavily leaning towards the freezer/fridge option for a fermentation chamber. I'm hoping to convince the wife into getting a new fridge and using the perfectly good older one as a fermentation chamber and storage for bottles, including the one off bottles I was gifted for Christmas.

Good point. Was going to go the used route on a chest freezer before I posted, yet it seems they are harder to come by on Craigslist. I’m live in a small town on Lake Lewisville called Hickory Creek. First exit off I35 once you cross the lake heading north. Been looking for a LHBS around here...

So I pose the following to everyone for some input from those that may have been in my shoes. I have decided to go back to 5 gallon extract batches this year from the 1 gallon batches I have been doing. I have the gear for it (just need to replace my 6.5 gallon bucket) and could do it tomorrow...

Everything @IslandLizard said. I always rehearse, usually with StarSan, prior to the transfer to the bottling bucket. Not only can you iron out the kinks in your process, you also just sanitized everything you need to bottle! Another process to consider in the future, which you will see...

Some will say yes, others no. I say leave it where it is. Worst case, it isn't 100% what you wanted and you try again with different techniques. Keep in mind, you still need some yeast for carbonating if bottling.

The general consensus is that secondary fermenters are not necessary for 95% of what you brew. The few types that require dry hopping may benefit from it but you still risk contamination/oxygenation. If you are looking to clear up your beer, whirl-pooling before transferring to the fermenter...

What kind of water did y'all use in the barrel? I've read somewhere (I think on a comment for a barrel for sale online) that you shouldn't use water directly from the tap. Something to do with chlorine affecting the wood adversely.

I went from 5 gallon to 1 gallon to save fridge space, since I don't have a dedicated beer fridge or keezer (yet...). I think the NB kits are great to learn on. I've done 4 (Cream Ale, Chinook, Brickwarmer, and Festivus) with 1 more waiting (Caribou Slobber). My two cents is to keep going...

Thanks for the info! The whole speakeasy concept you have going is awesome, and love the execution of it in the space. I definitely wish I had space to do something like that.

Yep, see it now. I posted this when I saw it on page 1 and didn't get to page 2. Kind of a "Eureka!!!" moment and started typing.

Non-Engineer. Estimator for a General Contractor. Ironically, my old company called everyone who wasn't a field superintendent an engineer, such as office engineer, project engineer, preconstruction engineer, etc. Yet, very few were engineers by degree...

Nah you're good. Even as I approach 10 years in the industry I still learn things that seem like common sense.

That's my plan for the distressing part. I was looking to see what wood OP was using, like a typical 2x4 or if it was something different. Based on the pricing of the beam "covers", I can see why they do it in drywall. As an estimator for a commercial General Contractor, one of the first...

I know this is a year old thread, but did you use just standard framing wood from Home Depot or Lowe's? I have a living room that looks straight out of the 70's with overhead beams that are "smooth finished" for lack of a better term. Buying pre-made distressed beams is not an option ($500 per...

Latest update on the spiced ale: Tried it again. This time I didn't get the weird medicinal taste. I'm thinking it just didn't pair well with the food I was eating.