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When you are more concerned with when the courier will deliver the hops you ordered, as that might affect brewday, than you are with the fact that the power will be off for scheduled maintenince.

Love the thread.

I'm at about 90% self sufficient. I bottle as CO2 is a bit of an effort to get where I am, so when I'm low on bottles I buy beer for the bottles.

I've kinda put reading the rest of the books on hold after the HBO series.

Currently reading Gail z Martin - War of Shadows and Bernard Cornwell - The Fort that's not work related. Just finished Wildcrafter brewing and Brew like a Yeti, fantastic books.

Currently reading Gail z Martin - War of Shadows and Bernard Cornwell - The Fort that's not work related. Just finished Wildcrafter brewing and Brew like a Yeti, fantastic books.

Currently reading Gail z Martin - War of Shadows and Bernard Cornwell - The Fort that's not work related. Just finished Wildcrafter brewing and Brew like a Yeti, fantastic books.

My brewing vessels are standard kitchen pots (some just huge), most of my fermentation in the summer is in my brew closet. I winter my outdoor storeroom turns in a brewery and many gallons of beer is fermented.

Might be they are using different company for their malt. Here in South Africa if you use local malt one company vs another could reduce up to 5% effiency. So if all else in your process remains the same I would guess the malt is not as didastic as the malt your previous LHBS had...

Rand. The malt works out $20.5 for 50lb. Shipping is $55 in US currency.

I am curious how many people make their own malt and why? I started for the simple reason, I live in a rural part of South Africa, we do have fantastic malt in the country, but my base malt triples in cost when shipping is added to the total. literally it cost 299 for 50lb and 800 for shipping...

Other than homebrewing, I made cheese every now and then, turn small things om wood lathe, knives in forge, hunt in winter, shoot revolvers, reload ammo. I also tend to read alot and that often gets me into new hobbies (currently trying to malt grain).

I have four imperial gallon fermenters, but they are almost always full of must or something that needs to lager. I have 40 or so 1/2 gallon canning jars, so will try them. Thanks

The idea is interesting, I might actually look at building a system that might work.

Do you think a half gallon fermenter wil do the trick?

I recently read a post on practical selfreliance, that explained how to brew a quart of mead or wine. The idea facinated me and I currently have a few wines and meads in quart fermenters. Now I want to try the same with beer, I can see how it might work for trying recipes and styles that would...

I also used US-05, no wheat or oats, 1/2 lb of rice was the only "strange" non barley malt in the mash. Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a few weeks and cold crash.

Hi, I've been brewing for a while and have had a few beers that came out hazy, but never anything like this. After about ten days in primary I checked the possible FG 1.01 which is about what I was expecting, what I didn't expect was that it would look like mango juice... Anyone have an idea...

Busy with L.E. Modesitt's Chaos Balance, while waiting for dangerous women omnibus to be delivered.

I'm busy with The Slow regard of silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss. A bit strange, but his style shines through. Just wish the ... Would finish book 3.