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Being an IT guy, I prefer the mac. I never had a whole lot of exposure to macs until recently when I had my girlfriend get one for her computer. She got a very stable powerbook & I got a new toy :) They're rock solid and pretty much bullet proof (no viruses to speak of). The biggest downside...

Okay stupid question, when you add hops for 0 minutes, what exactly do you do? Do you just add the hops and then leave it in while you cool the wort? Or do you dry hop it in some way?

I second that. I know it's extremely tough to wait but give it at least 2 weeks in the primary and absolutely as long as possible in the bottle. Another suggestion I've heard is to drink 1 bottle after letting it sit one week to experience the taste difference for yourself: 1 week in...

Just to add to what Palmer was saying. I didn't have a secondary when I first started, so I just kept it in the primary. I think I kept it in there for 2 weeks and then straight into the keg (bottles if you're doing that).

The 6.5 glass carboy replaces your bucket as the fermentor. You want the extra space for blow-off room. When you move it to the secondary, you want as little room for air as possible so you use the 5 gallon glass carboy. I wish I had purchased the best kit midwest sells. I got most...

Yup, 10 days is just fine in the primary.

That's a good question. I assume it would, but you're going to get into the classical debate of plastic vs. glass. The point of the secondary is to let the beer settle and mature. You can't see the settling through the white plastic, but I suppose if you were patient enough (unlike most of...

The primary fermentors don't have spigots & I assume this is because you want to leave your yeast and the other excess "stuff" in the fermenter when you rack it to your secondary or bottling bucket. The bottling bucket has one because at that point it should be free of "gunk" and able to go...

That does look good. What was your recipe?

It's a great question because I never had a wort stay this hot this long. I did my normal ice bath but it didn't seem to do enough. I think the problem was I normally do an ice bath for 1.5 - 2.5 gallon boils. This was a gallon more and I still did the same time in the ice bath. Of course by...

Funny, I was looking this up yesterday. Check this thread out: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1201&highlight=hopless Basically, hops are not necessary but you will want to use something to obtain similar effects. There is a recipe or two in that thread too.

I'd suggest the door as well. These guys did a really good job on their fridge: http://www.ihomebrewsolutions.com/TheGreatFridgeProject.pdf

Okay - so I made the Christmas Ale last night and since the recipe told me to boil more water than I ever had in the past, it took a LOT longer for the wort to cool. At about 11 PM last night I had to go to bed and I thought I should pitch the yeast anyway. I'd say it was around 80 and the...

These may or may not help. Found them while looking to see if anybody else had built their own walk in and posted instructions. http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/612F777D-90B9-4CB1-B710-F9F8E0DAD898/13502/36012TempWalkInRefrigerator.pdf From this site...

Here are some reviews: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=8988

From Beer Captured: Affligem Noel Christmas Ale Heat 1 gallon of watter to 155 F and add: 8 oz Belgian Cara-Munich Malt 4 oz Belgian Aromatic Malt 4 oz Belgian Biscuit Malt 2 oz British Chocolate Malt 2 oz Gamrbinus Honey Malt Remove from heat & steep @ 150 for 30 minutes...

I guess this is one of those personal preference questions. I'll just have to test it out with some good homebrew. A tough job, but I suppose somebody has to do it. Thanks again

I bought a freezer specifically to keep kegs in. So the only thing in it right now is 1 keg & the CO2. I will put my xmas ale in there in about a month and a half to let it condition at "cellar temps".

Okay, I have my freezer set to 55 or so right now with a temp controller & with that goes to about 50 before it shuts the freezer off. I'm thinking I might want to drop it down to 50 on the temp controller. Thanks!

What do you keep your keg fridges at temperature wise? TIA, Eric