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i found a used glass carboy at an ongoing flea market. the stuff they sell is used, usually taken out of houses they clean when an old peron with no next of kin kicks the keg. anyway they had a large glass jug that was probably around 7-8 gallons for sale for 10 bucks. the bottom was frosted and...

In order to expand my beer pallete i have been buying many different 6 packs of different brands and styles. Im new to homebrewing so i figured this type of research would be an important step tword what i was doing. I have been drinking lagger beers for many years and decided that if i was...

I think that 4 sheets woul be overkillfor your small project. it makes more cense on a large walk in type for energy saving$. r-10 should be more than enough on a small box like yours. spend the extra time and dough thinking about how to get a good air tight seal between the box and the door...

this thread has been tuning the gears in my head for days. Im gonna go down the the local estate sale flee market on friday and see if i can pick up a small fride with good guts. they usually have a lot crap like this for aroud 15 buck or so. the "quick and dirty" cooler i just built to lager my...

if you plan on building the cabinet yourself, your best bet would be Rigid Polyurethane Foam Board Insulation. this is the pink or blue sheets of foam found at home improvement stores. Pick the one with the highest "R-Value" this is the rating on how well the foam insulates. make sure that you...

it would benefeit you to place a box fan blowing directly on the fridges condesor coil. (the hot snakelike tubing that zigzags across the back of the fridge). At least untill you get the keg down to temp. this will reduce the cooling time and reduce the load on the fridges compressor.

this is a tricky question. If the box can "maintain" you desired temperature when empty, than it is strong enough to keep anything you put inside it,(provided that this item is at target temperature) be It a huge block of lead or just air at your target temperature. Heat itself is what flows...

anyone got a good gluten free beer recipe that dosent involve malting your own miscillanious grain? i'd like to make a batch for someone with celiac disease while my very first batch of beer is lagering! thanks!

O.K. i'm convinced. anything worth doing is worth doing right. does my lagering vessel need to be vented, or should I seal up the brew tight. I seem to remember hearing someware that very long brew times lend to contamination and possable off flavors.

my kit didnt come with a secondary. can i leave the brew in the primary? what is the purpose of using a secondary if fermentation is complete? Boy i have a lot to learn! what would happen if i skip the whole 2 month @ 34 deg. thing? and last but not least, do i detemine that fermentation is 3/4...

Im brand new to home brewing, and just started my first batch of beer friday night. I bought a pre packaged receipe kit for octoberfest lagger, threw away the packet of dried yeast that came with it and used a white labs liquid yeast instead(wlp830 german lager). Ive gotten a lot of conflicting...

I just got my homebrew kit on x-mas(2006),so sorry if this thread is a little outdated. my first brew is an octoberfest lagger, antd i live in an appartment, therefore i dont have a cool basement or a lot of money to buy a specialized cooler so here is what i did. i took the box that my kit came...