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That is it, you are never allowed to post here again. j/k BTW, if SHE likes it and you don't, just buy her some and brew what you want to. I, however, detect that you are covering for yourself posing as your "wife." Shame on you.

i usually buy beer ingredient kits and most of them come with the pellets.

I didn't strain them at all, they went into the fermenter with my boil. Maybe this will present some different flavors??? They were completely broken down by the time i racked to the bottling bucket I know that.

Just finished a honey brown ale, and a guy I buy supplies from told me not to even bother with hops bags, just throw em right in. I did that, and they broke down almost completely. Didn't have ANY problem getting any hops during racking from the fermenter. So i say he suggestion was accurate...

4% is fairly normal. Take another hydrometer reading, if it stays the same 1.012 you can rack to your secondary. Some beers just don't have THAT high of a starting gravity. The honey brown ale i am currently doing is about the same. If you use Austin Home Brew for supplies, you can get their...

I think 6.25 might be a BIT too much. I usually start with 5.75 or 6 and after a 60 minute boil I still end up with a bit more than 5 gallons. But to answer your question, YES, you need to start out with a bit more than 5 gallons. You always CAN add water to get it back up to 5, but that is...

got a basic set, a wort chiller, and a turkey fryer to start, probably spent around 150 total to start, then adding the cost of sanitizer and ingredient kit took it up to 190. Remember that the add ons cost money too. Also i decided to drink my way thru 54 samuel adams bottles, which cost...

You will be fine, however a wort chiller is always a good investment and only costs about 40 bucks.

Hey, i know am computer illiterate, but what would be the best way to take a designed seal from this site and print out for labels. It would be pretty silly to use one whole page for 1 seal, which is what i have managed so far.

I used that Seal thing that was discussed a bit down the message board. That is good enuf for me. Now i just gotta figure out how to print that multiple times onto stickers.

Do i need special software??? I don't have photoshop currently. I think I want to call my little home brewery "Beaver Creek Brewery" with a picture of a beaver on it....should be funny. Then, just change the name and info on it as I brew different batches. So what do i need to make...

I found some homebrews at my grandpa's house that were about 7-8 years old!!! I drank them......

Whew! Thanks!!

In my SHORT time in this biz, i have learned one thing. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO WAIT A BIT LONGER!!! Waiting longer never seems to hurt anything, is a safeguard, and usually ends up improving the end result!

used Sam Adams bottles and didn't rip off the labels, and their top label goes all the way around so it was actually a bit difficult to judge the amount at the top. i did well with it though, i went when the beer JUST hit the bottom of that label. I need to tear those suckers off!!! Also, my...

Let me praise Northern Brewer. Living in Iowa, they will ship from their store in MN the same day, and i get things the very next day. That being said, they are also EXTREMELY helpful and honest when it comes to anything. Have a problem?? They will take care of it no matter what it is. They...

I would probably just let it sit in there a month, then rack directly to the keg.....skip the secondary. If you want to do a secondary, I would wait 5 more days.

I used more than 3/4 cup but a tiny bit less than a full cub to prime. Hoping carbonation turns out fine. I was right at 5 gallons after transferring to the bottling bucket and all the sludge gone..

And it was actually 5 1/2 gallons in the fermenter. Honey nut ale. Hope this doesn't mean i filled the bottles too full!! Was thinking I should get 56-57 bottles out of it.

my house is EXACTLY the same. 72 upstairs, the basement is about 60. I am hoping to make some KILLER ales, still too warm for Lager though. Remember, wort temp is usually about 4 degrees warmer then room temp.