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Depends... looking forward to children sometime in the future? No : Go for it. See how it goes. Yes : Well, dump it.

Prior Total 39910.5 + 5 gallons of Oatmeal Cream Stout + 5 Gallons of modified zombie dust clone ----------------------------- 39920.5

I am torn between getting a kegging system or getting a Blichmann floor burner. Pricing things out, I think I can get a kegging system for around $200. The blichman burner is 150 plus another 30 or so for the leg extensions (using all gravity right now so I think the extensions are a must for...

Yeah that one looks awesome and you cant beat that price. I think I paid 14 bucks for the one previously linked. Love how amazon jacks around with its prices based on page views...

Wowzer. $1,500 buy-in to a new hobby. That is a hell of an investment all up front. Just buy the parts you need. You will find you will want to tweak things to the way you want to do them and buying this guys entire brew setup, you will spend a lot of time in the future tweaking and spending...

Lol - I thought the same thing and then I saw you were from MI so I have to do it now in good fun... REDWINGS SUCK! Kidding of course. But in all seriousness. Go Blackhawks! P.S. How about that for livening up discussion? & Please don't ban me! =0)

@Yoooper - Very cool. I will check out those sites. @jefftravis17 - It looks like harvest is early fall (late Oct - Dec) based on info gleamed off of hopsdirect.com

Hey Guys - After buying 9 1oz packs of Citra for a Zombie Dust clone for 2.50 a piece, I am now pretty interested in just doing a bulk buy of a year's worth of hops, or smaller bulk purchase every six months or so. Right now, I am brewing about once or, if I am lucky, twice a month and I...

I actually had the same problem at first (maybe quite a bit more severe). Now I am just a little more careful with long-ish exposures to star san. If I am going to be working with it in direct contact with my skin, I just do what I need to do and then wash/rinse afterwards and seems to have...

Hey Guys - Good to know I am not (totally) screwed. Definitely appreciate the advice! I do like caramelization... at least I hope I become a super huge fan after this batch. =) It actually play nicely off some of the smoked malt I threw in. I took a peek in the fermenter today and just had to...

Lordy... lordy... lordy... Well, did my first AG today. It was a modified Zombie Dust clone with all Citra with a target OG of 1.073. All kinds of stuff went wrong. Let's start with efficiency; it wasn't great (read: kinda horrible actually). I nailed my sach. rest temp (152) so that was...

I have definitely gotten a couple of shocked looks when I say "I make 5 gallon batches" and they respond with "WOW! That... is... a lot of beer...", like I am some kind of alcoholic. I then have to tell them it is roughly "just 2-24 cases" and get the "Oh, well that isn't that much" response.

So glad I found this thread! I am for sure doing this. Going to pick up the following off of amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Pizza-Pan-Diameter/dp/B002UG7QVI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374276111&sr=8-1&keywords=stainless+steel+pizza+pan Based on the reviews, I am loving the...

I am in the same boat (my son is just about to turn 2). He seems to like that he can hang out in the kitchen and play with all the cool stuff when I brew. He is constantly saying "beew" (he is still working on getting the 'R'-sound down) and I find it kinda sweet. My wife is just glad I have a...

Tots... as in Tater? If so, do tell! Put some aluminium foil down and do it on there? Having to work today (booo!) but plan on grilling tonight once I get home. Just throwing some brats on the grill.

... he said fart... huhuhuuuh </Beavis> Just had to class up the joint...:ban:

I laughed my ass off at this!

Fermentation is going strong this morning! I wound up just pouring the whole starter in. Started fermenting pretty hard in under 12 hours. Love that bubbling sound!

Thanks for all of the advice guys! I let the starter warm back up after crashing and there was some sediment in the bottom of the flask but not quite as much as I was hoping. Mixed up another batch of starter wort using light DME and it is back on the stir plate again. Just going to let that...

lol - I am tempted at this point to run around giving away my first brew like a nut just so I can brew my next batch. Have two more planned (Fuggle's IPA tomorrow [hopefully] and a Cream Stout in a couple of weeks). Already looking at all-grain but with a little one running around, time is...