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I ran to lowes and got me a SS washer to put on the inside. The damn thing still leaks? Any ideas? I am going to try puting another o-ring on the inside and see what happens with that.

I am wondering if I need to have a washer on the inside of the cooler to keep the gaskets from roling up onto the barb piece. I have tried it with the big white washer turned around and I still get leaks.

I have decided to make the leap from extract to all grain. My extract beers are coming out drinkable, but I can't seem to get rid of the extract twang. I recently moved to full boils and that did not help. Although, the beer I am drinking now is better as it as aged a little more. Anyway, I...

I am trying to enter this recipe into BeerSmith and Lactose is not listed anywhere. Am I just missing it somewhere, or will I need to add this. If I have to add it, does anyone have the specifics? Thanks

I have a recipie for a Bourbon Porter I am going to be trying in the next couple of weeks. I figure it can not turn out bad as it is a Porter and I will be adding Makers Mark to it and a couple oak cubes. I think it sounds tasty. I would try it and see what happens.

I use them quite a bit. In fact, the Nut Brown in my Primary is from NB. I like them because I can order two at a time and still only costs me $8 for shipping. All the beers I have made from them have come out very well. I have an Imperial Stout kit that I will be brewing in a couple of...

I did my first full boil this weekend. I started off with just over 6.5 gallons of water. I only had about a pound of grains to steep but when all was said and done, I only have 4 or so gallons of beer in my primary fermenter. Is it typical to loose that much in a full boil? I am assuming...

I was putting this recipe into my BeerSmith software and I am trying to figure out the water amounts for the Mash and the Sparge. I am assuming I will be around 70% eff. as this will be my first all grain batch. I am looking at 1.25 qt/lb for the mash. So with 18 pounds of grain I will need...

I believe I have just found my next beer. It mixes my two most favorite things in the world. Beer and Makers Mark!!!!! Can life get any better?