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Hey! I put in about 5 hrs into it too!

Can't believe you posted pictures of an incomplete project...no drip tray....;)

looks great, now you just need some chalk for your chalk board!

Just a fruit fly, no worries, he isn't getting through the "S" especially when filled with vodka.

Ahh, good idea, don't think green floaties would be to appealing in a beer.

This one has been covered in a lot of other threads. It is an ongoing debate, pros and cons both sides, there is no real definitive answer. I am going to personally dry hop the IPA I have going at the moment in a secondary, just in hopes of having a cleaner clearer final product. The only...

I also just started my first IPA, and am coming up on the 3 week mark. It sounds like going to a secondary is the way to go. I am using pellet hops, so my question is this, put the pellets into the secondary first, then transfer, or transfer first, then dump the pellets, or does it matter?

My reaction exactly.

I personally use vodka in my airlock, just that extra step to help insure no infection.

Congratulations! I can only hope to aspire to get where you are with your beer, with my beer. You got me thinking, now just have to figure it out with local laws and such, oh and a lot more experience on my end.

I started off enjoying the Mountain Irish Red I made, but realized my stock was getting low watching my Dolphins lose to the most hated Jets, and switched to the Avery IPA.

Yea, use the oxyclean and the vegetable peeler for those stubborn bottles (Breckenridge) but I don't have the patience or sink space for 5 hour soakings, can only get about 11 bottles in my little old sink at a time, and I refuse to use the bathtub (bad back).

I understand both sides. I do hate cleaning bottles, and bottling takes alot of time. I do enjoy bottled beer, but kegging would be so much more efficient. I do already have a keg fridge, with tank, regulator, and tap, it is just currently being used for lagering. I just need to buy some gear...

Being a new brewer myself, I understand your desire to see where your beer is at after bottling. We kind of did the same thing, tried one after 1 week, then 2 weeks, then 3 weeks. After this initial test we decided not to ever do that again, just to wait at least 3 weeks before deciding if it...

That which does not kill you, only makes you brew better beer:cross:

All the AHS Session beers go quickly, we tried the American Brown, and sure enough it was incredibly fast, and great tasting. Here is the link to Austin Homebrew and their session beers. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/index.php?cPath=178_452_627

If I send you one, then it will just increase the loneliness of my poor poor carboys:( Besides, everything is full, couldn't possibly send a full carboy away.

The plan from the beginning was to go all grain after 10 batches...I don't think either of us thought we would have reached 10 batches so quickly. It might be a few more batches before we take that next step. We have started a couple of our own recipes, a few altered recipes, and my last...

We have noticed a few oversights as we have gone along and adjusted as needed, so hopefully nothing horrible happens to any of our batches of brew. We do have 2 batches that we have been enjoying, everything seems to be great so far. As far as bottles go...We have bottled 4 batches already...

When you have panic attacks because you have an empty carboy. Then you get concerned that your carboy is lonely, and buy another, and another, and another.....