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I do understand this, thus the reason for the other batches doin their secondary and being bottled to age. The ida only called for 5-6 days ferment, or untill it met gravity, per the recipe, remember not a too complex recipe. And after the taste test with the co2 forced into it, it is doing...

the ida was done wednesday, it reached correct final and was done fermenting. and the stout also was down to gravity, it called for a secondary for clearity and some more fermentation, but we got a bit overzealous when we tasted it while moveing it to the secondary, so it went into a keg and...

And finally. All but the mead are either keg'd or bottled. We bottled our first 2 today, wow did they smell and taste awsome. And keg'd the winter stout, it was freaking great! Gonna be drinking 10 gallons of home brew this weeked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for a grain bag, goto k-mart, go to the home section, goto the laudry area with marth stewart stuff. they have what is called a wash bag or something of that sort. It is a bag u would put like shoes in to wash in the laundry or clothes. It is nylon with a zipper. Works awsome for the grains. It...

you secondary helps with some fermentation and clearing of the beer. check you SG, once it is where u want it, and it is clear, bottle/keg away

Well the IDA is keg'd and tasted good going in. we force carbinated it because we have a huge band festivle this weekend to attend and want some home brew. So it is sitting in the keg, at 35psi. Can not wait to taste it. We are bottleing our first 2 brews tomorrow. and moveing the stout to the...

Well malty, We used that. my bro has 2 to be exact. From his cheffin! And it is exactly that. We sanatized it before useing. Worked good. untill it melted and was warm. but worked with the ice, none the less

i got their intermediant kit and added an extra 6.5 gallon fermenter and 5 gallon carboy and an extra air lock. and it was cheaper than the pro set. but the pro set ha some extra stuff like a bottle washer and such. but it all works good. i now have 3 carboys, 2 5gallon and 1 6.5gallon, and 3...

sweet guys, thanks! It is much more cost efficient for me to make ice (free) than to buy a wort chiller, but i am still buying one cause we brew 2-3 batches at a session

its not so much posionous, it is if u are sensitive to iodine or ivp dye, (medical background coming out in me). that would be the only problem, cause i use iodine all the time on patients and no problems if they are not allergic to it. but ppl who are allergic to shell fish will probably need...

i know i ordered mine from midwest, ordered on wednesday got it on saturday, and i ordered the week they moved and it was suppost to be delayed.. but it wasnt

i use a 40$ turkey fryer and a 5 gal ss pot. no problems. once the boil over point is past, just let it roll. the btu's wont scorch unless you dump extract in the pot with heat on without vigerous stirring

My wort chiller will not be here till tomorrow. So my brother the chef said about useing ice direct in the wort. I explained not to use unless you know it is not infected and such. So what we did was. Use ice from our ice maker. It is the same as the water that goes into the wort. So the theory...

Thanks thanks! And to Sam, still no boil over. Must be the chef in my brother as he wathces and makes sure stuff does not boil over. Hell today when the mead was boiling, we went up stairs for the 40 minutes it boiled and let it go alone with no boil over. Once the surface tension has set, it...

Well day 2 in the "brew house" is officially in the record books. 6 hours, 3 more batches! We moved our Holiday Spice Ale and Blazberry Honey Wheat to the Secondary. Wow the smells!!! And the taste!!! Hydrometer readings are good so far. No bad taste. And if you like ginger then make the Holiday...

i am quite lucky, my brothers basement has a old windowless coal celler area, with a door. stays at a constant 68 degrees!! Plus we have an extra fridge to cold lager in. Got it at 48-52 degrees! It seems everything for me is working perfect........ almost too perfect!

sanatized, large cooking whisk

yeah we are gonna do a extract IPA first, then get a few more fancy ones under our belts and then goto all grain. Oh BTW, we smelt the beer today, (bubbles from the air locks) and wow the blazberry honey wheat smells awsome, the holiday spice smells, like cinamon and ginger, very nice! Secondary...

so your saying that i can use my aluminium 10 gallon pot!!! that would be awsome.... man I could double batch then!!!!!!!!!!!!

just make sure that you dont use the aluminium kettle that came with the turkey cooker. I bought a turkey deep fryer for 40$ at dunams sporting goods. just use the aluminium kettle that came with it to keep my sani water in with my untensils