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With my kids names it came up with A JADE GRAIN KEG A NAKED RAGE JIG AREA JADING KEG AGAIN AGED JERK

This is what I ended up with 10# Dinghams (sp?) Pale ale malt 1# Crystal 60 8oz Chocolate malt 1oz Cascade 6.4%(60) .5oz Kent Goldings 6%(10) .5oz Kent Goldings 6% (5) 14qt @ 166 for mash in held @ 154 for 60min batch sparged 4gal @ 168 the rest is self explanatory...

Was at my LHBS tonight and the owner gave me a large bag of grains that was batched wrong.:ban: So here I have a bag with 10# of Belgian pale ale malt and 1# of crystal 60, and I also grabbed 8oz of chocolate malt, wyeast 1084 Irish ale, and 1 oz each of cascade and kent goldings. I dont know...

I love the idea of the bottlecaps - looks real good.

Fellow Michigander here also, I wasnt a beer fan either - untill I tried some REAL beer. Good luck with the cider.

Welcome fellow Michigander! Glad to see more of us on this board. Im also in SE Michigan (Holly - just south of Flint) Hopmans Beer and winemaking in waterford is having a party/brewfest at their store on Sat the 4th for national teach a freind to homebrew day, You should come out. Devon

26 -- started when i was 18 and stopped for a few years -- getting back into things now :ban:

Great -- now you tell me, Going to the store for vinager

^^^I Second That^^^ Just finished up one using that yeast and it is real nice.

Well i have to think since potato is a streight starch - once converted in the mash youll have a whole boatload of fermentables. I guess we need to try it sometime.

Ive always found it hard to start a siphon using a racking cane, but ill try to explain how I do it -- Put the source bucket or carboy on a counter and the destination on a chair. Place the racking cane in the bucket or carboy using the clip that comes with it making sure to keep it off the...

I married my High school sweethart 3 years after we got out. Still married, Happily I may add for the past 5 years. I think I got lucky off the bat with her - I have many other freinds that got married young - alot for the wrong reasons :rolleyes: - that have already split up.

My LHBS is having a big party -- supposed to be a group bringing out their 50 gal all grain setup :eek: . I know ill be there all day (my habit has gotten so bad I had to get a job there :rockin: ) I dont know if we are allowed to post the name of places here -- so unless im told otherwise ;)

Welcome!!! :ban: You have stumbled upon a great site here. Where in michigan are you? Im just south of Flint. And by the way good luch on your first batch.:D

Sweet -- just joined and am already playing 2 games --- Hope I dont do too bad :) BTW I set up my Rss Reader to tell me when im ready to play works great:)

This thread gets me thinking .. Is there other easly obtainable off the shelf products that can be made into a sweet alchoholic beverage? Maby like table sugar or molassas? Devon

Ive never tried that - but I always thow in 3-4 hop pellets for a 10 cup batch :) . Makes for a tasty cup of coffee - Now that you mention it im going to try it tomarrow and tell you how it tastes.:ban: Devon

I can see it now at the customs inspection "Do you have anything to declare --- uhh yeah, 2 empty beer kegs" I just came back from LaSalle today and the wouldnt let me bring my 6 pak of Kokanee across. :( But yes the deposit is like $10 over here, and the ethics are up to you.

I havent had any issues with mine not sealing. Try pressing down in the middle of you lid to see if you get a few bubbles out of the airlock.

SWMBO started singing along at the beginning, stopped and says "What did she just say" LOL :D Then she made me turn it off :(