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Hi I am heading out west to BC in a couple weeks, I plan on picking up some hops and Rhizomes (spelling) from crannog farms while im there. I was talking to my dad about this, if he knew where it was etc. Anyways it turns out he has hops on his property/farm as well, there are wine grapes also...

ive made a licorice porter I used 1 oz of fennel seeds I would add more next time, there is a slight licorice taste.

that picture makes me want to not drink er not eat for that matter

here in Canada it is very hard to find affordable beer with non twist tops, mostly imports are pop tops, I wish I had saved all those smithwicks bottles I drank in the past.

Hey anyone ever buy from local buy and sell papers, Ive been looking on ebay for deals but the shipping costs are brutal for most stuff like carboys. I saw 3 23 ltr carboys for 10 bucks in the local paper, I cant buy right now cause ive gotta pay off a trip I havent been on yet. I am sure more...

Its a different sanitizer but I use one batch of Diversol sanitizer from start to finish for each batch, I keep it stored in a couple 10 litre water jugs with a lid. I do however had a scoop full of diversol each time I use it to make up for it loosing its strength.

my bucket is full of scratches and it still hasnt screwed a batch I plan on getting a new bucket and glass secondary (im running a plastic carboy for secondary now) I will still use the plastic but I want the glass for longer aged brews and wine.

Ive enjoyed Grolsch in the past and have bought it for the bottles but the last bottle I had was definately skunked.

adam I know what you mean i tried mine after a month while racking to secondary, and the stuff tastes so good! but i could see myself getting hammered off one sip of this stuff whew. but i plan on leaving this stuff in the secondary for as long as it takes, its a 1 gallon batch if it turns out I...

ive had old speckled in a bottle and can both times were gross heh

brew meister my last batch was 1.060 and fg ended up 1.012

I added 1 oz of orange peel zest in my last batch of honey wheat, very strong smell at first but after 4 days I checked the Gravity (because all activity had stopped and I was a bit worried but everything is ok) anyhow I tasted and only a slight orange taste, well have to see how she turns out...

I know in germany they didnt drink the tap water

shambolic I recently had the exact same problem, what i did and it worked was when i racked into bottleing bucket i stuck the end of the hose in my grain steeping bag , worked good, all the hop bits ended up in the bag instead of the bottles.

thanks for the input boyz, ya I talked to my bro in law and basicaly thats what he suggested, either remove the tube and plug while brewing or put a shutoff valve, I think ill go with AHammers suggestion

oop someone beat me to it hehe... walker sometimes crap is crap hehe

ive never made starters using dry yeast but I always re-hydrate the yeast. my last batch started bubbling after 6 hours

would airating the wort before change the OG reading?

I am happy with extract/grain right now but I know down the road I will be doing all grain, its cool to see others techniques and the more I learn the less difficult all grain brewing seems to be.

looks good, ya i tried my new chiller today for the first time, cut down chill time from 30-40 mins to about 10 mins.