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unvented is not the same as ventless. I'm surprised some of these folks even dare to drink beer...

A friend of mine blew himself up last winter with propane fumes and an electrical spark. He wasn't thinking, smelled a problem then made a dumb move unplugging an electrical cord instead of cutting power from the outside. He survived altho he couldn't wipe his own ass for months. He wasn't...

I could care less if it is green, blue or rainbow, it tastes great and is not bubbly or foamy, just right... although I did have my worries because of reading many negative posts, glad I took the chance. I do believe that given more time and conditioning there will be a 'better' product. I have...

After reading lots of posts on fast-tracking the brewskies I decided to cut short the waiting period on a batch of wheat beer which had been in a secondary for a while. Wiith temps down in the low 30's here overnight I cold crashed out on the deck and loaded up a keg. I charged up the keg to...

2 hearted draft is $2/pint happy hr every day at Lattitudes in Marquette... 9lbs of lme, a lb of crystal 20 or 40L and 5 oz of centennial works good for me, will try some carapils next batch and I'm going to grab a 6pak today and try to culture some yeast.... too much fun.

I have a thick creamy layer of yeast in the bottom of my starter flask. Tonight I do see signs of a bit of co2 coming off... but nothing like what I expected, will watch for a while. I cooked up 5 gal of a 1.046 IPA this morning, just dumped in a dry yeast packet so now waiting for signs of life...

Apparently the stuff isn't 'viable' for some reason. This morning there is no sign of activity in the starter I made.... other starters I've made from dry yeast were frothing well after 12 hrs. Guess I'll just try this again when one of my primaries is ready to drain.

I keg, not bottle, but I'm pretty sure you do need to gently mix in the sugar water in the bottling bucket, using your racking cane gently so as not to splash. I assume you waited 2+ weeks to open bottles, and used 3/4 cup sugar mixed into boiling water then cooled....

I use oxy clean on everything. You can clean/rinse/sanitize the dip tube and outlet post by pressurizing the keg and running the cleaner/other thru it. I don't see a real need to remove the posts every time if cleaned immediately after emptying, we are running an alcoholic beverage in there...

So far northernbrewer is my favorite, only because it seems like best pricing to me. I am half way thru a keg of Irish Red that is wonderful, it is $20 and sometimes they run different kits at 10% off specials, a different special every week.

I've read all the articles I can find, now it's the implementation that is raising some questions here ...., like with making a starter. If I were to boil up 5 gal, would I want to make a starter given the apparent quantity of yeast seen in the first pic? Do I need to be concerned with...

Yesterday morning I kegged a wheat beer from a secondary and saw lots of interesting stuff in the bottom so I put it in a jar to play around with. After 24 hrs in the refigerator now ... first pic shows 4 layers. I assume the top layer must be discardable liquid and I just poured that off...

what was the temperature where you stored for a week? If it was over 60 degrees then 25lbs shouldn't have overcarbed in just one week.... at 60 deg I'd say about 22 lbs for 2 weeks... shook it 'a little'? there again unless the temp was very low this may have done almost nothing. When you...

visit the northern brewer website and you can see the whole kit inventory and instructions for all kits they sell. I have been buying the ingredients separately which leaves plenty of leftover grains to experiment with.

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hmmm I think I yam in the midwest here on Lake Superior... Very few of our group acutally hunts during the first week of deer camp, usually are way too shxtfaced. We like our vodka too. I should have 3 varieties in 3 kegs to haul out, oops have to get more of those 16gm cO2 cartridges...

Great point about cooling w/snow. I have a cut down 55 gal drum bottom that I overflow with cold well water to cool my boil pot. My well water is delicious, I should get off my butt and do some all grain lager this winter. I got a mini-corny setup from Midwest, they do have great prices on a...

Very interesting! Since I am primarily a hophead I would be more than happy to stick with extract. I have a 40qt pot but on other advice I've been mostly boiling up 3 gal in order to more quickly cool the wort. I'm wondering about the effects of increased cooling time for the full boil .... but...

Discontent? Nah, seems more like insight and comments regarding your own egotism, impatience, and apparent ignorance of the forum search feature.

Do you know what grains and hops come in the kit? The website doesn't say. I very much like that Northern Brewer lists all the ingredients in their kits as well as the steeping and boiling times for each.... you can usually save by buying separate ingredients or just those necessary to...