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Okay, I'm in! Bought my ticket to the festival, and I'll bring the keg of SNCA-clone Boston and I brewed ~6 weeks ago. That one's lookin' good. I have a 1/2 keg of IPA and 3/4 keg of Kolsch on tap, which I could also save and bring; any problems letting it sit in the fridge for another few...

Yeah, I started out at ~10-11 psi and keep upping it for the IPAs, now hanging out at around 13-14 psi and enjoying the results. This is all at 40F.

Damn. I've never voted for any politician who's won, but maybe Nader has a shot here! I say you're a real homebrewer as soon as you have the pipeline full, so that you're drinking your own brew while you make the next batch!

I agree with Beer Snob -- just wait a bit more. I've always waited until there's no noticable action in the airlock before racking to secondary. I started out with the 1-2-3 method, but lately I'm closer to 2-3-4. I have to say, this is one hobby where procrastination sometimes really pays off.

(old joke, but hey...) I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa. (wait for it...) Not screaming in terror like his passengers. :D

Good to see you back on board! Just let me know what story you DO want spread around... :D

Lots of great stuff on the lileks site. I like the old Motel postcards, and the photos of diners, over in the Flotsam Project.

I'm in the '0' camp. My carboys are sitting in a temp-controlled chest freezer, and I open it once a week or so to either check on things or rack primary->secondary or secondary->keg. It always smells great opening the freezer. :D One note: I was keeping grains and whatnot in the freezer...

Hi Jetsers, welcome aboard! What's your background with homebrewing?

Hey, welcome! What kind of beers do you brew? I started with glass carboys, and every time I brew they seem smaller and less ungainly. Still, they come with some risk. Several people here are recent converts to the Better Bottle, so maybe that's an alternative to plastic buckets and glass...

I just bought my third keg, and second CO2 bottle/regulator. I'll probably top out with 4-5 kegs unless I start brewing 10 gal batches. The second CO2 bottle is useful, since I use CO2 with the beer gun, and to push beer during racking. Also, it provides a backup when one runs out of gas...

We moved to NC from Sunnyvale about a year ago. Lived in the Eichler neighborhood near Fremont and Mary. I still miss the Saturday farmer's market, and drinks at the friendly neighborhood bars (Beefy's Cabin, Blue Max, etc.)

I think you've nailed the main problem. :drunk: I kegged my first attempt at IPA, then ended up drinking half of it before it really peaked. :( You could try placing six packs of your favorite commercial been around the keg, and see if that helps avoid/limit premature sampling. Best...

I just racked my first kolsch into a keg, and it's looking really good, clear as a bell. I left it three weeks in primary, then five weeks in the secondary at ~65F. Primary fermentation was at around 74F, using Wyeast 2565. I didn't find this to have more trub, mess, etc. compared with IPAs...

The homebrew is just icing on the cake. What really matters is that you recognize how hard these guys work, and relate to them very differently from the people who bitch and moan at them. Good on you!

I tried whole hops without bagging, but the spigot on my brewpot clogged. Do you use a false bottom or screen, or siphon? For dry hopping, I just dump them in the secondary. The first time I tried dry hopping, I had a small problem with hops clogging the racking cane, especially near the...

Hi all, Just a follow-up on my experience switching from pellets to whole hops. I posted about a month ago about problems I encountered after switching from pellets to whole hops. The two main issues (related) have been clogging problems when draining wort from brewpot to primary, and...

I was sitting at the bar at Tied House (Mountain View, CA) having one of their beers, and a man came in to chat with the brewmaster and drop off a couple of his homebrew beers for the brewmaster to taste. We ended up talking about homebrewing, and he gave me a bottle to try. I was very...

After reading a few posts about broken carboys, I've also eyed the milkcrates. But I'm curious: do you just sit them in the crate, or do you tie them in somehow? The crate would seem to add safety when simply moving a carboy around, but the biggest risk seems to be when washing a carboy. How...

I recommend working on that last TODO item. If you can knock that one off, you'll have more motivation to do the others. ;)