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First home brew in the fermenter. Started at 3:30. Finished at 11. I was a little she using the bayou classic at first. Only made one mistake that I noticed. When we were taking the SG measurement sanitized the graduated cylinder but not the hydrometer because we didn't think that beer was going...

Also, the handles on my SS 40 Qt pot from the Williams kit feels like they could break off when the pot is full. Is this fear irrational?

Wow, thanks for all the tips and support. I've spent a lot of time today getting my kit together. I built my mash tun. Seems to be properly assembled. I have all my grains and everything. Still need a few more small items, like tubing, etc. My Williams Brewing kit came with an American IPA kit...

As required by the Rules and Regs, I'm posting an intro. I live in Seattle, and previously Portland, two brew meccas. I love coffee, beer, wine, cocktails, cheese, bread, and pasta. And bacon. I have no brewing experience. I plan on going straight to all grain brewing. I've read a lot about...

Very sorry to hear this. This does happen to me sometimes, but not nearly to the extent you have described. I see at least to possibilities: 1. The beer/alcohol/something in the drinks is messing with you. Not good. You can try to isolate it, but this can be very, very challenging to do with...

That's what I'm doing. At first I was a little intimidated by all the lingo, but I read Palmer, Papazian, and many, many of the threads on this amazing website and I plan on doing my first home brew batch ever and I'm going all grain right off the bat. My cousin, who has participated in a couple...